Professor
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Full Member
Jill Hamilton
Location
Hospital for Sick Children
Research Interests
Children’s Health, Metabolism, Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Endocrine System
Research Themes
Endocrine, Gastroenterology
Accepting
MSc
Administrative Assistant: Becky James, becky.james@sickkids.ca
Research Synopsis
Dr. Hamilton's clinical and research work is in endocrinology and diabetes with a particular focus in the areas of complex obesity (including hypothalamic obesity due to genetic or other causes). She is the medical director of the Healthy Living Clinic at SickKids. Her research focuses on (i) the metabolic complications of obesity in childhood, (ii) biologic and psychosocial determinants of obesity, and (iii) obesity treatment outcomes and interventions.