Joseph Ting, MBBS, MPH, MD(Res), DRCOG, MRCPCH, FRCPC

Variety, the Children's Charity and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation Pediatric Clinical Research Professor/ Tenured Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Pediatrics Dept

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Variety, the Children's Charity and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation Pediatric Clinical Research Professor/ Tenured Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Pediatrics Dept
Email
joseph.ting@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

neonate infection antimicrobial stewardship echocardiography


About

SHORT BIO:

Dr. Ting is a clinical researcher, committed to improving neonatal health. As a Staff Neonatologist, he provides care for high-risk infants born at the threshold of viability, those with congenital heart diseases, and those requiring surgical intervention and multidisciplinary care. Throughout his clinical and research career, he has maintained a prolific research output, contributing to over 150 peer-reviewed publications and three book chapters. 

He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee and the Annual Report Review Committee of the Canadian Neonatal Network. He has been nominated as the Associate Director and Co-Chair of the Nosocomial Infection Group within the Evidence-Based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) initiative, a national multidisciplinary collaboration that facilitates the implementation of evidence-based practice changes to enhance neonatal outcomes. 

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT:

He completed his medical school training and pediatric residency at University of Hong Kong (HKU) and its affiliated teaching hospitals in 2006. He also obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases (2007) and a Master of Public Health (Medical Statistics, 2009). In 2013, he completed his Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship at University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, during which time he went to the University of Toronto for 6 months to receive further training in Targeted Neonatal Echocardiograph. He has also completed his MD (research) degree in neonatal infection and antimicrobial stewardship in 2021, and a postgraduate certificate in Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership (SQIL) from Harvard University in 2024. 

Upon completion of his fellowship in 2013, he was hired as Staff Neonatologist at British Columbia Women’s Hospital. In 2017, he was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UBC, and then recruited to University of Alberta as the tenured associate professor with endowed professorship (Variety, the Children's Charity and the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation Pediatric Clinical Research Professor) in 2021.


1998 MBBS          University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2003 MRCPCH    Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, United Kingdom (Member)

2007 DRCOG       Royal College Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, United Kingdom (Diplomate)

2009 MPH            University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

2013 FRCPC        Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canada (Pediatrics)

2015 FRCPC         Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canada (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)

2021 MD (Res)      University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong



 


Research

His research areas fall mainly into three aspects: 

(i) Neonatal infections - using large population database to examine the impact of infections and antimicrobial overuse on mortality, morbidities and neuro-developmental outcomes; applying knowledge translation strategies to reduce the inappropriate use of antimicrobials.

(ii) Neonatal hemodynamics - using targeted neonatal echocardiography to understand the pathophysiology of hemodynamic changes, and predictors of adverse neonatal outcomes; to explore the impact of possible early interventions to enhance the short and long term outcomes; 

(iii) Perinatal epidemiology and outcomes of at-risk infants - using national (Canadian Neonatal Network, Canadian Institute for Health Information) and regional perinatal databases (Population BC) to examine the perinatal risk factors leading to adverse neonatal and early childhood outcomes.


Teaching

As a staff neonatologist, he has delivered clinical teaching to learners across various stages of training, including medical students, paediatric residents, subspecialty residents in neonatal-perinatal medicine, clinical fellows, and practising nurses, during ward rounds. Furthermore, he has taught newborn resuscitation workshops for paediatric, obstetrics, and family medicine residents, as well as for nurses and respiratory therapists, and has delivered lectures on a wide range of neonatal topics.

Over the course of his career, he has provided supervision to more than 20 trainees, including undergraduate and medical students, residents, clinical fellows, junior faculty members, graduate students, and postdoctoral research fellows, supporting them in their clinical research projects.

His teaching portfolio also encompasses regular instruction in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Evidence-Based Improvement in Quality (EPIQ) workshops, and Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography (TnECHO).

Announcements

Currently looking for eligible graduate student (Master/ PhD) and post-doctoral research fellow in the areas of neonatal infections, long-term health outcomes of at-risk infants. 

Featured Publications

Dara Simcha Petel, Sandra Isabel, Kyong-Soon Lee, Joseph Yuk Ting, David A Kaufman, Pablo Jose Sanchez, Sarah Khan, Kathryn Timberlake, James Wright, Michelle Science

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2024 November; 10.1017/ice.2024.176


Mimi T. Y. Kuan, Krishan Yadav, Michael Castaldo, Jason Tan, Natalie H. Chan, Michael Traynor, Martin Hosking, Erik Skarsgard, Joseph Y. Ting

Journal of Perinatology. 2024 March; 10.1038/s41372-023-01807-0


World Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2024 January; 10.1136/wjps-2024-000790


International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2024 January; 10.1002/ijgo.15048


JAMA Network Open. 2024 January; 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.1651


Pediatrics. 2024 January; 10.1542/peds.2023-065091


Neonatology. 2024 January; 10.1159/000534178


BMC Pediatrics. 2024 January; 10.1186/s12887-024-04536-1


Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2024 January; 10.3389/fped.2024.1394682


Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2024 January; 10.3389/fped.2024.1257694


Lindsay L. Richter, Matthew Sai-pong Ho, Michael S. Dunn, Kyong-Soon Lee, Joan L. Robinson, Ashley Roberts, Nisha Thampi, Shikha Gupta-Bhatnagar, Prakesh S. Shah, Joseph Y. Ting

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2023 December; 10.1017/ice.2023.112


SSRN. 2023 January; 10.2139/ssrn.4507880


Joseph Y. Ting, Ashley Roberts, Ayman Abou Mehrem, Faiza Khurshid, Christine Drolet, Luis Monterrosa, Eugene W. Yoon, Prakesh S. Shah

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2023 January; 10.1017/ice.2021.380


Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2023 January; 10.1017/ice.2022.318


Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 2023 January; 10.1080/14767058.2023.2206940


Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2023 January; 10.3389/fped.2023.1145252


Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2023 January; 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.01.026


Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2023 January; 10.1155/2023/9968774


Translational Pediatrics. 2023 January; 10.21037/tp-22-301


Journal of Pediatrics. 2023 January; 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.021


Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2023 January; 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325418


Translational Pediatrics. 2023 January; 10.21037/tp-22-147


Joseph Y. Ting, Kate McDougal, Alanna De Mello, Eddie Kwan, Cherry Mammen

Pediatrics & Neonatology. 2022 November; 10.1016/j.pedneo.2022.06.018


Ting J.Y., Autmizguine J., Dunn M.S., Choudhury J., Blackburn J., Gupta-Bhatnagar S., Assen K., Emberley J., Khan S., Leung J., Lin G.J., Lu-Cleary D., Morin F., Richter L.L., Viel-Thériault I., Roberts A., Lee K.S., Skarsgard E.D., Robinson J., Shah P.S.

Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2022 June; 10 10.3389/fped.2022.894005


McClymont E., Albert A.Y., Alton G.D., Boucoiran I., Castillo E., Fell D.B., Kuret V., Poliquin V., Reeve T., Scott H., Sprague A.E., Carson G., Cassell K., Crane J., Elwood C., Joynt C., Murphy P., Murphy-Kaulbeck L., Saunders S., Shah P., Snelgrove J.W., Van Schalkwyk J., Yudin M.H., Money D. [CANCOVID-Preg team]

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 2022 May; 327 (20):1983-1991 10.1001/jama.2022.5906


Chevallier M., Debillon T., Darlow B.A., Synnes A.R., Pierrat V., Hurrion E., Yang J., Ego A., Ancel P.Y., Lui K., Shah P.S., Luu T.M. [Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network (ANZNN); Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN); Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network (CNFUN); Etude Epidémiologique sur les Petits Ages Gestationnels (EPIPAGE-2) Investigators]

Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition. 2022 May; 107 (3):317-323 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322288


Ting J.Y., Yoon E.W., Fajardo C.A., Daboval T., Bertelle V., Shah P.S. [Canadian Neonatal Network]

Journal of Perinatology. 2022 April; 42 (7):947-952 10.1038/s41372-022-01382-w


Hutcheon J.A., Strumpf E.C., Liauw J., Skoll M.A., Socha P., Srour M., Ting J.Y., Harper S.

CMAJ. 2022 February; 194 (7):E235-E241 10.1503/cmaj.211491


Zhou Q., Ong M., Lan M., Ye X.Y., Ting J.Y., Shah P.S., Lee S.K.

Neonatology. 2022 February; 119 (1):60-67 10.1159/000520424


Brown B.E., Shah P.S., Afifi J., Sherlock R., Adie M.A., Monterrosa L., Crane J.M., Ye X.Y., El-Naggar W.I., [Canadian Neonatal Network; Canadian Preterm Birth Network Investigators]

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2022 February; 226 (2):247.e1-247.e10 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.08.003


Carr S., Gogal C., Afshar K., Ting J., Skarsgard E.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2022 February; 57 (7):1235-1241 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.02.027


Charpentier C., McDonald S., Elwood C., Ting J., Grigoriu A., Pylypjuk C., Yudin M., Van Schalkwyk J., Boucoiran I.

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 2022 January; 44 (1):28-33 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.06.003


Journal of Perinatology. 2022 January; 10.1038/s41372-022-01382-w


CMAJ. 2022 January; 10.1503/cmaj.211491


Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.06.003


Jain A., Giesinger R.E., Dakshinamurti S., ElSayed Y., Jankov R.P., Weisz D.E., Lakshminrusimha S., Mitra S., Mazwi M.L., Ting J., Narvey M., McNamara P.J.

Journal of Perinatology. 2022 January; 42 (1):3-13 10.1038/s41372-021-01296-z


Synnes A.R., Petrie J., Grunau R.E., Church P., Kelly E., Moddemann D., Ye X., Lee S.K., O'Brien K.

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2022 January; 107 (1):76-81 10.1136/archdischild-2020-321055


Muraca G.M., Boutin A., Razaz N., Lisonkova S., John S., Ting J.Y., Scott H., Kramer M.S., Joseph K.S.

CMAJ. 2022 January; 194 (1):E1-E12 10.1503/cmaj.210841


Khurshid F., Coo H., Khalil A., Messiha J., Ting J.Y., Wong J., Shah P.S.

Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2021 December; 9 10.3389/fped.2021.759776


Rizzolo A., Shah P.S., Bertelle V., Makary H., Ye X.Y., Abenhaim H.A., Piedboeuf B., Beltempo M., Afifi J., Alvaro R., Andrews J., Armson A., Audibert F., Aziz K., Ballantyne M., Barrett J., Beltempo M., [Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN) and Canadian Preterm Birth Network (CPTBN) Investigators]

Journal of Perinatology. 2021 November; 41 (11):2597-2606 10.1038/s41372-021-01092-9


Roychoudhury S., Lodha A., Synnes A., Abou Mehrem A., Canning R., Banihani R., Beltempo M., Theriault K., Yang J., Shah P.S., Soraisham A.S., [Canadian Neonatal Network; Canadian Preterm Birth Network; Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network Investigators]

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2021 September; 225 (3):276.e1-276.e9 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.03.027


Saunders J., Callejas Salgado A.M., Ting J.Y., Mammen C., Terry J., Bush J.W.

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology. 2021 September; 24 (5):438-444 10.1177/10935266211018922


Dharel D., Singhal N., Wood C., Cieslak Z., Bacchini F., Shah P.S., Ye X.Y., Alshaikh B., [Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN) and Canadian Preterm Birth Network (CPTBN) Investigators]

Journal of Pediatrics. 2021 September; 236 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.037


Ting J.Y., Roberts A., Abou Mehrem A., Khurshid F., Drolet C., Monterrosa L., Yoon E.W., Shah P.S.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2021 September; 10.1017/ice.2021.380


Kandraju H., Kanungo J., Lee K.S., Daspal S., Adie M.A., Dorling J., Ye X.Y., Lee S.K., Shah P.S., [Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN); Canadian Preterm Birth Network (CPTBN) Investigators]

Journal of Pediatrics. 2021 August; 235 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.012


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