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University of Toronto: Toronto, ON, CA

2019 to present | Associate Professor (Department of Nutritional Sciences)
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Robert Bandsma

The Hospital for Sick Children: Toronto, ON, CA

2018 to present | Scientist (Research Institute)
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Robert Bandsma

University of Toronto: Toronto, ON, CA

2014 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Nutritional Sciences)
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Robert Bandsma

University of Toronto: Toronto, ON, CA

2013 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Paediatrics)
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Robert Bandsma

The Hospital for Sick Children: Toronto, ON, CA

2013 to present | Staff Gastroenterologist (Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition)
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Education and qualifications (6)

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario: Toronto, ON, CA

2013 to present | License #: 89609
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Royal Dutch Medical Association: Utrecht, NL

2011 to present | License #: 79051042801 (Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Academic License)
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Royal Dutch Medical Association: Utrecht, NL

2007 to present | License #: 79051042801 (Pediatric License)
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University of Groningen: Groningen, NL

1999 to 2004 | PhD (Faculty of Medicine)
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Robert Bandsma

University of Groningen: Groningen, NL

1991 to 1999 | MD (Faculty of Medicine)
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Robert Bandsma

University of Groningen: Groningen, NL

1991 to 1996 | MSc (Faculty of Medicine)
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Professional activities (12)

Society for Pediatric Research: The Woodlands, TX, US

2018 to present
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University of Malawi: Blantyre, MW

2016 to present | Honorary Lecturer (Department of Biomedical Sciences)
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American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: Silver Spring, MD, US

2016 to present | Membership Number: 7764050
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Canadian Association of Gastroenterology : Oakville, Ontario, CA

2014 to present
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University Medical Center Groningen: Groningen, NL

2013 to present | Honorary Staff (Department of Pediatrics)
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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: Ottawa, ON, CA

2013 to present | Membership Number: 2310897
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North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition: Ambler, PA, US

2013 to present | Membership Number: 7126
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Robert Bandsma

Canadian Diabetes Association : Toronto, ON, CA

2013 to present | Membership Number: 10442
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Banting & Best Diabetes Centre: Toronto, ON, CA

2013 to present
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Dutch Society for Hepatology: Unknown, NL

2011 to present
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Dutch Society for Pediatrics: Unknown, NL

2011 to 2019 | Membership Number: 2559
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Robert Bandsma

Dutch Society for Intestinal and Liver Disease: Unknown, NL

2011 to 2014
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Robert Bandsma

Funding (8)

Optimization of ready-to-use therapeutic food: increasing protein quality and quantity to improve growth in children with severe acute malnutrition.

2020 to 2021 | Grant
Centre for Global Child Health Catalyst Grant (Toronto, CA)
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Robert Bandsma

A mechanistic understanding of the impact of pathogen-microbiome dynamics on maternal and infant nutrition during pregnancy in young women.

2019 to 2024 | Grant
Canadian Institute for Health Research (Ottawa, CA)
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Robert Bandsma

Investigating pathways between maternal nutritional status, breastmilk consumption, and infant linear growth in rural Pakistan.

2019 to 2020 | Grant
Centre for Global Child Health Catalyst Grant (Toronto, Ontario, CA)
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Robert Bandsma

The role of organelle dysfunction in the pathophysiology of severe malnutrition.

2018 to 2023 | Grant
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (Toronto, ON, CA)
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Robert Bandsma

One year support to develop a full research proposal on sarcopenia and malnutrition.

2018 to 2019 | Grant
Wellcome Trust (London, GB)
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Robert Bandsma

One year support to establish a nutrition support program at the Department of Paediatrics of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blanytyre, Malawi. The PI is a dietitian in my lab.

2018 to 2019 | Grant
Centre for Global Child Health Catalyst Grant (Toronto, Ontario, CA)
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Robert Bandsma

Early INterventions to Support Trajectories for healthy lifE in INdia (EINSTEIN)

2017 to 2021 | Grant
Canadian Institute for Health Research, Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) (Toronto, Ontario, CA)
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Robert Bandsma

The Kusamala program: an intervention for primary caregivers of children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Malawi.”

2017 to 2019 | Grant
Grand Challenges Canada (Toronto, Ontario, CA)
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Works (40)

Tribute to an outstanding scientist, caring clinician, and wonderful friend Pui-Ying Iroh Tam

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
2024-10-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert Bandsma
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Elucidating the dynamics and impact of the gut microbiome on maternal nutritional status during pregnancy, effect on pregnancy outcomes and infant health in rural Pakistan: study protocol for a prospective, longitudinal observational study

BMJ Open
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Yaqub Wasan; Jo-Anna B Baxter; Carolyn Spiegel-Feld; Kehkashan Begum; Arjumand Rizvi; Junaid Iqbal; Jessie Hulst; Robert Bandsma; Shazeen Suleman; Sajid Soofi et al.
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Development of the Pediatric Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (P-INPAC) using a modified Delphi technique

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
2024-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kim Brunet-Wood; Zujaja Tul-Noor; Robert H.J. Bandsma; Laura Carter; Bonnie Fleming-Carroll; Leah Gramlich; Kim Hutchison; Koen Huysentruyt; Daina Kalnins; Valerie Marchand et al.
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Prevalence and correlates of paediatric guideline non-adherence for initial empirical care in six low and middle-income settings: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Riffat Ara Shawon; Donna Denno; Kirkby D Tickell; Michael Atuhairwe; Robert Bandsma; Ezekiel Mupere; Wieger Voskuijl; Emmie Mbale; Tahmeed Ahmed; Md Jobayer Chisti et al.
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Weight gain during nutritional rehabilitation post-childhood malnutrition may influence the associations between adulthood desaturases activity and anthro-cardiometabolic risk factors

Clinical Nutrition
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Laurentya Olga; Kimberley McKenzie; Marko Kerac; Michael Boyne; Asha Badaloo; Robert H.J. Bandsma; Albert Koulman; Debbie S. Thompson
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Accelerometer-based sleep metrics and gut microbiota during adolescence: Association findings from a Brazilian population-based birth cohort

Sleep Medicine
2024-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Marina Xavier Carpena; Aluisio JD. Barros; Elena M. Comelli; Lorena López-Domínguez; Etiene Dias Alves; Andrea Wendt; Inacio Crochemore-Silva; Robert HJ. Bandsma; Ina S. Santos; Alicia Matijasevich et al.
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Upregulated pexophagy limits the capacity of selective autophagy

Nature Communications
2024-01-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kyla Germain; Raphaella W. L. So; Laura F. DiGiovanni; Joel C. Watts; Robert H. J. Bandsma; Peter K. Kim
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New approaches and technical considerations in detecting outlier measurements and trajectories in longitudinal children growth data

BMC Medical Research Methodology
2023-10-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Paraskevi Massara; Arooj Asrar; Celine Bourdon; Moses Ngari; Charles D. G. Keown-Stoneman; Jonathon L. Maguire; Catherine S. Birken; James A. Berkley; Robert H. J. Bandsma; Elena M. Comelli
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Upregulated pexophagy limits the capacity of selective autophagy

2023-05-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Kyla Germain; Raphaella W. L. So; Joel C. Watts; Robert Bandsma; Peter K. Kim
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Trends in severe acute malnutrition admissions, characteristics, and treatment outcomes in Malawi from 2011 through 2019

2022-06-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Allison I. Daniel; Sylvester Kathumba; Collins Mitambo; Dennis Chasweka; Wieger Voskuijl; Esther Kamanga; Emmie Mbale; Robert H.J. Bandsma; Isabel Potani
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Association between gut MIcrobiota, GROWth and Diet in peripubertal children from the TARGet Kids! cohort (The MiGrowD) study: protocol for studying gut microbiota at a community-based primary healthcare setting

BMJ Open
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Paraskevi Massara; Carolyn Spiegel-Feld; Jill Hamilton; Jonathon L Maguire; Catherine Birken; Robert Bandsma; Elena M Comelli
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Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Containing Low or No Dairy Compared to Standard RUTF for Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Advances in Nutrition
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Isabel Potani; Carolyn Spiegel-Feld; Garyk Brixi; Jaden Bendabenda; Nandi Siegfried; Robert H J Bandsma; André Briend; Allison I Daniel
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Childhood malnutrition and bacteraemia at a tertiary hospital in Malawi

2021-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Mukhula VT; Harawa PP; Phiri C; Khoswe S; Chaziya J; Mbale E; Tigoi C; Tam PI; Bandsma R; Voskuijl W
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Pathways between caregiver body mass index, the home environment, child nutritional status, and development in children with severe acute malnutrition in Malawi.

PloS one
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel AI; Bwanali M; Ohuma EO; Bourdon C; Gladstone M; Potani I; Mbale E; Voskuijl W; van den Heuvel M; Bandsma RHJ
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

A Mixed-Methods Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Hospital-Based Psychosocial Stimulation and Counseling Program for Caregivers and Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition.

Current developments in nutrition
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel AI; Bwanali M; Tenthani JC; Gladstone M; Voskuijl W; Potani I; Ziwoya F; Chidzalo K; Mbale E; Heath A et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Canadian Nationwide Survey on Pediatric Malnutrition Management in Tertiary Hospitals.

Nutrients
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Huysentruyt K; Brunet-Wood K; Bandsma R; Gramlich L; Fleming-Carroll B; Hotson B; Byers R; Lovelace H; Persad R; Kalnins D et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Identifying longitudinal-growth patterns from infancy to childhood: a study comparing multiple clustering techniques.

International journal of epidemiology
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Massara P; Keown-Stoneman CD; Erdman L; Ohuma EO; Bourdon C; Maguire JL; Comelli EM; Birken C; Bandsma RH
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Micronutrient supplements with iron promote disruptive protozoan and fungal communities in the developing infant gut

2021-07-06 | Other
Contributors: Ana Popovic; Celine Bourdon; Pauline W. Wang; David S. Guttman; Sajid Soofi; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Robert H. J. Bandsma; John Parkinson; Lisa G. Pell
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Albumin-dependent and independent mechanisms in the syndrome of kwashiorkor

2021-06 | Preprint
Contributors: Gonzales GB; Njunge JM; Gichuki BM; Wen B; Ngari M; Potani I; Thitiri J; Laukens D; Vanmassenhove J; Voskuijl W et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Gut Microbiota of 13 Years Old Children Is Associated With BMI- and Height- For-Age Growth Patterns Since Birth

Current developments in nutrition
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Dominguez L; Bourdon C; Borges M; Rodrigues L; Santos I; Matijasevich A; Barros A; Bandsma R; Comelli E
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Influence of Gestational Age Correction and Shape-Based Trajectories in the Identification of Children's Growth Patterns From Birth to 11 Years

Current developments in nutrition
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Dominguez L; Bassani D; Bourdon C; Massara P; Santos I; Matijasevich A; Barros A; Comelli E; Bandsma R
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Dysglycemia in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Advances in Nutrition
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Elizabeth Ledger; Philliness Prisca Harawa; Allison I Daniel; Toby Candler; Andrew M Prentice; Robert H J Bandsma
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Treating high-risk moderate acute malnutrition using therapeutic food compared with nutrition counseling (Hi-MAM Study): a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

The American journal of clinical nutrition
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Lelijveld N; Godbout C; Krietemeyer D; Los A; Wegner D; Hendrixson DT; Bandsma R; Koroma A; Manary M
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Extracellular vesicles isolated from milk can improve gut barrier dysfunction induced by malnutrition.

Scientific reports
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Maghraby MK; Li B; Chi L; Ling C; Benmoussa A; Provost P; Postmus AC; Abdi A; Pierro A; Bourdon C et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Maternal BMI is positively associated with human milk fat: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Allison I Daniel; Sara Shama; Samantha Ismail; Celine Bourdon; Alex Kiss; Martha Mwangome; Robert HJ Bandsma; Deborah L O’Connor
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Systemic inflammation is negatively associated with early post discharge growth following acute illness among severely malnourished children - a pilot study.

Wellcome open research
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Njunge JM; Gonzales GB; Ngari MM; Thitiri J; Bandsma RHJ; Berkley JA
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Author Correction: Prediction of mortality in severe acute malnutrition in hospitalized children by faecal volatile organic compound analysis: proof of concept.

Scientific reports
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: van den Brink DA; de Meij T; Brals D; Bandsma RHJ; Thitiri J; Ngari M; Mwalekwa L; de Boer NKH; Wicaksono A; Covington JA et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Protocol for a cluster randomised trial evaluating a multifaceted intervention starting preconceptionally-Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN): a Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study.

BMJ open
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Kumaran K; Krishnaveni GV; Suryanarayana KG; Prasad MP; Belavendra A; Atkinson S; Balasubramaniam R; Bandsma RHJ; Bhutta ZA; Chandak GR et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Childhood severe acute malnutrition is associated with metabolic changes in adulthood.

JCI insight
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Thompson DS; Bourdon C; Massara P; Boyne MS; Forrester TE; Gonzales GB; Bandsma RHJ
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

'Severe malnutrition': thinking deeplyS, communicating simply.

BMJ global health
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Kerac M; McGrath M; Connell N; Kompala C; Moore WH; Bailey J; Bandsma R; Berkley JA; Briend A; Collins S et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Prediction of mortality in severe acute malnutrition in hospitalized children by faecal volatile organic compound analysis: proof of concept.

Scientific reports
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: van den Brink DA; de Meij T; Brals D; Bandsma RHJ; Thitiri J; Ngari M; Mwalekwa L; de Boer NKH; Wicaksono A; Covington JA et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

The role of the tryptophan-nicotinamide pathway in a model of severe malnutrition induced liver dysfunction

2020-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Hu G; Ling C; Chi L; Furse S; Koulman A; Swann J; Thind M; Lee D; Calon M; Versloot C et al.
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Childhood Malnutrition and Association of Lean Mass with Metabolome and Hormone Profile in Later Life

Nutrients
2020-11-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Gerard Bryan Gonzales; Natasha Lelijveld; Celine Bourdon; Emmanuel Chimwezi; Moffat J. Nyirenda; Jonathan C. Wells; Marko Kerac; Robert H. J. Bandsma
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The clinical use of longitudinal bio-electrical impedance vector analysis in assessing stabilization of children with severe acute malnutrition.

Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)
2020-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Bourdon C; Bartels RH; Chimwezi E; Kool J; Chidzalo K; Perot L; Brals D; Bandsma RHJ; Boele van Hensbroek M; Voskuijl WP
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Plasma proteomics reveals markers of metabolic stress in HIV infected children with severe acute malnutrition.

Scientific reports
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Gonzales GB; Njunge JM; Gichuki BM; Wen B; Potani I; Voskuijl W; Bandsma RHJ; Berkley JA
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Robert Bandsma via Europe PubMed Central

Outlier Detection in Growth Data: Beyond Biologically Implausible Values

Current Developments in Nutrition
2020-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2475-2991
Contributors: Paraskevi Massara; Robert Bandsma; Celine Bourdon; Jonathon Maguire; Elena Comelli; Catherine Birken; Charles D G Keown-Stoneman
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A reduced-carbohydrate and lactose-free formulation for stabilization among hospitalized children with severe acute malnutrition: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial

PLOS Medicine
2019-02-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert H. J. Bandsma; Lars Åke Persson; Wieger Voskuijl; Emmanuel Chimwezi; Greg Fegan; André Briend; Johnstone Thitiri; Moses Ngari; Laura Mwalekwa; Victor Bandika et al.
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The introduction of a paediatric nutrition support program led by a clinical dietitian at a low-resource hospital setting in Malawi

Global Health Action
2019-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Allison I. Daniel; Humphrey Chatenga; Bernadette Chimera; Emmie Mbale; Mphatso Chisala; Eric Borgstein; Josephine Langton; Carmen Gonzalez; Robert H. J. Bandsma; Laura Vresk
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Newly appreciated therapeutic effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists: Reduction in postprandial lipemia

Atherosclerosis
2010-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9150
Contributors: Robert H.J. Bandsma; Gary F. Lewis
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Severe neutropenia following a single infliximab infusion in a child with Crohn disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
2009 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1078-0998
Contributors: M Sherlock; R Bandsma; K Ota; M Kirby-Allen; A Griffiths
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Peer review (3 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMJ open. (1)
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