Associate Professor
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Associate Member
Emily Tam
Location
Hospital for Sick Children
Research Interests
Brain, Metabolism, Children’s Health
Research Themes
Neuroscience, Brain Health
Accepting
Summer Undergraduate, MSc
Research Synopsis
Dr. Tam’s research focuses on studying modifiable metabolic and nutritional risk factors for impaired brain development in term and preterm newborns.
Her laboratory is currently focused on studying the impacts of high and low blood sugar on babies who suffer inadequate oxygen or blood flow at birth. She has also been studying the risk factors for impaired preterm cerebellar development, as well as the impacts of fatty acid and cholesterol levels on preterm brain development.