The Morris Lab
As part of the SickKids Child Health Evaluative Sciences research program and Centre for Global Child Health, our goal is to reduce childhood morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases in Canada and abroad, with a focus on marginalized populations.
Key areas of research
Our research spans the disciplines of paediatrics, infectious diseases, global health, epidemiology and public health. We employ different methodologies, including cluster randomized trials and population-based surveillance.
About Dr. Shaun K. Morris, MD, MPH, FCRCP(C), FAAP, DTM&H
Dr. Morris is a Clinician-Scientist in the Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, a Senior Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences research program and the Co-Director of the Centre for Global Child Health, and holds the Mining4Life Chair in Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). He is an Associate Professor in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and is cross appointed to the Clinical Public Health Division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health where he is also a member of the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases.
Dr. Morris completed his medical degree at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON, Canada, and his Master of Public Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. He completed his clinical training in paediatrics and infectious diseases at SickKids and his training in tropical medicine was at the Gorgas Memorial Institute in Peru. His research training was supported by the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program and the Pediatric Scientist Development Program.
Funding partners
Thank you to our patients, study participants, families and funding partners for their generous support of our research program.
