Steven F. Miller

Dr. Steven Miller (MDCM, MAS, FRCPC) is Head and Professor of the UBC Department of Pediatrics and the Chief of Pediatric Medicine at BC’s Children Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre in the Provincial Health Services Authority. He holds the Hudson Family Hospital Chair in Pediatric Medicine and James & Annabel McCreary Chair in Pediatrics, and was previously a Canada Research Chair in Neonatal Neuroscience. Leading a multidisciplinary team, his research program focuses on better understanding of how intensive care impacts brain development and injury in the newborn. He and his team use advanced brain imaging and detailed long term follow-up to help children who were born early or with conditions that put them at risk of neurological and developmental deficits. He has contributed to our understanding of brain abnormalities caused directly by preterm birth, perinatal asphyxia or indirectly by congenital heart disease The ultimate goal of his team’s work is to promote strategies to prevent brain injury and to promote recovery from brain injury with the ultimate goal of improving the lifelong health of children and their families. He is passionate about supporting the career development of early-career child health researchers and served as President of the Society for Pediatric Research.