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Laura Kinlin
Research Positions
Postdoctoral Fellow
SickKids Research Institute
Biography
Laura Kinlin is a staff physician in the Division of Paediatric Medicine and a postdoctoral research fellow at SickKids Research Institute. A graduate of Dalhousie Medical School, she completed residency training in Paediatrics at the University of Toronto and an Academic General Paediatrics Fellowship at SickKids.
Her clinical and research interests include growth and nutrition in autism spectrum disorder (ASD); her research is supported by a Fellowship Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Research
Dr. Kinlin's previous research interests have addressed topical child health issues relating to three primary areas:
- environment and communicable diseases
- population-level effects of meningococcal vaccination
- evaluation and treatment of paediatric gastroenteritis
Currently, Dr. Kinlin’s research focuses on growth and nutrition in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She is principal investigator of a Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP) identifying cases of serious micronutrient deficiency in children and youth with ASD. As a post-doctoral trainee at ICES, she studies weight status and growth trajectories of children with ASD, leveraging electronic medical record data.
Dr. Kinlin’s research interests are unified by a focus on highly prevalent and highly morbid conditions, using diverse observational epidemiologic methods and a variety of data sources (e.g., administrative health data, surveillance data, and hospital-level clinical data).
Education and experience
- 2009–2013: Doctor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 2007–2009: Master of Public Health (Community Health & Epidemiology), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2003–2007: Honours Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences specialization), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Achievements
- 2019–2022: Fellowship Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- 2017: CanMEDS Competencies Award, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Publications
- Kinlin LM, Helmers AJ, Friedman JN, Beck CE. Choice of maintenance intravenous fluids among paediatric residents in Canada. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2019 Sept; pxz093
- Kinlin LM, Vresk L, Friedman JN. Vision loss in a child with autism spectrum disorder. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2019 Jun;24(3):148-150. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxy058. Epub 2018 Jun 1.
- Kinlin LM, Blanchard AC, Silver S, Morris SK. Scurvy as a mimicker of osteomyelitis in a child with autism spectrum disorder. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2018 Feb 6.
- Kinlin LM, Freedman SB. Evaluation of a clinical dehydration scale in children requiring intravenous rehydration. Pediatrics. 2012 May;129(5):e1211-e1219.