Innis, Sheila M.
Professor, Dept of Pediatrics
Associate Member, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
M.Sc. University of Alberta
Ph.D. University of Toronto
Recipient
MRC Fellowship
MRC Scholar (1983-88)
BC's Children's Hospital Research Division Investigatorship (1986-)
BC's Children's Hospital Research Division Investigator Award (1992)
Borden Award, Canadian Society for Nutrition Sciences (1993)
Research Interests
Lipid requirements for neonatal brain development.
Central nervous system membranes contain large proportions of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are crucially important to a wide array of biochemical and physiological events. The research here combines a laboratory approach investigating transport of fatty acids to brain and their role in metabolism with clinical studies investigating the effect of dietary fatty acids on neurodevelopment in infants.
Selected Publications
Innis SM. Essential fatty acids in growth and development. 1991. Prog Lipid Res 30:39-103
Innis SM, Lupton BA, Nelson CM. 1994. Biochemical and functional approaches to the study of fat requirements in premature infants. Nutrition 10:72-76
Innis SM, Nelson CM, Rioux FM, King DJ. 1994. Development of visual acuity in relation to plasma and erythrocyte omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in healthy term gestation infants. Am J Clin Nutr 60:347-352
Innis SM. Fatty acid requirements of the newborn (1993 Borden Award Lecture). 1994. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 72:1483-1492