| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Birmingham |
First name: | Carl L |
| Address: | St. Paul's Hospital
Eating Disorders Program
Room B432 - 1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6Z 1Y6 |
Fax: | (604) 806-8949 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of British Columbia |
| Department: | Psychiatry |
| E-mail address: |
clbirm@interchange.ubc.ca |
BC research location(s): |
St Paul's Hospital/Providence Health Care Research Institute
BC Children's Hospital |
| Web Page: |
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MSFHR Research Unit(s): |
Nutrition Research Program |
| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
06/10/2009
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Fellow (Academy of Eating Disorders) |
Eating Disorders |
2007 |
Academy of Eating Disorders |
| Master's |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
1992 |
The University of British Columbia |
| Fellow (Health Professional) |
Internal Medicine |
1986 |
American College of Physicians |
| Diploma |
Internal Medicine |
1984 |
American Board of Internal Medicine |
| Fellow (Health Professional) |
Internal Medicine |
1980 |
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| Medical Licence |
medicine |
1976 |
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia |
| Doctor (Medical) |
Medicine |
1975 |
The University of British Columbia |
| Bachelor's |
Cell Biology |
1972 |
The University of British Columbia |
| Last update: |
06/10/2009
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Dietetics and Nutrition
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Research disciplines: |
Psychiatry
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Research topics: |
Eating Disorders (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Nutritional Disorders (Nutrition and Metabolism)
Youth and Eating Disorders (Child, Youth and Maternal Health)
Autonomic Nervous System (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Cognition (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction) |
| Fields of application: |
Pathogenesis and Treatment of Diseases
Biomedical Aspects of Human Health |
| Last update: |
06/10/2009
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
| Technological applications: |
Peptides, proteins, enzymes
Medical equipment |
| Last update: |
06/10/2009
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, epidemiol, nutrition, body composition, nutritional deficiencies, bulimia nervosa, internal medicine, psychiatry |
| Research interests: |
Neurobiological aspects of anorexia nervosa including their relationship to treatment. Particularly: the effect of warming during treatment, the autonomic nervous system and its relationship to dysrhythmias. and changes in neurospsychological functioning with refeeding. |
| Last update: |
06/10/2009
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
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| Title (article or book chapter) |
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Volume |
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Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
English |
| Read: |
English |
| Write: |
English |
| Speak: |
English |
| Last update: |
06/10/2009
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