Dr. Leanne Marie Ward MD FRCP FAAP
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ottawa
Medical Director, Pediatric Bone Health Clinical and Research Programs
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Em: Lward@cheo.on.ca
Dr. Leanne Ward is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculties of Medicine and
Surgery at the University of Ottawa where she is the Director of the Pediatric Bone
Health Clinical and Research Programs. Dr. Ward’s clinical and research interests span a
range of topics in the burgeoning field of pediatric bone health. Her primary focus is on
the effects of chronic childhood illnesses on the developing skeleton, including children
with Crohn’s disease and neuromuscular disorders. She is the principal investigator of the
“STOPP” research program (STeroid-induced Osteoporosis in the Pediatric Population),
a pan-Canadian project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to evaluate
the effect of glucocorticoids on bone health in children with leukemia, rheumatic
conditions and nephrotic syndrome. Dr. Ward has been the recipient of a number of
awards for her work in pediatric bone health, including the Canadian Child Health
Clinician Scientist Career Development Award (2004), the Canadian Institutes for Health
Research New Investigator Award (2004) and the Canadian Child Health Clinician
Scientist Career Enhancement Award (2007). She has also received a Young Investigator
Award from the 4th Annual Conference on Children’s Bone Health (Montréal, 2007).