Beth Potter, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Beth Potter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Research Interests
Maternal and child health
Public health genomics
Epidemiology and health services research in rare childhood diseases
Newborn screening
Survey research methods
Biography
Dr. Potter has been a faculty member in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine since 2007 and was a post-doctoral fellow in the department from 2004 to 2007. She has a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Western Ontario (2003) and an MSc in applied human nutrition from the University of Guelph (1998). Dr. Potter has a long-standing interest in maternal and child health. For the past several years she has been working in the field of public health genomics, with research in two related areas:
1. Rare childhood diseases: epidemiology, interventions, and outcomes
Dr. Potter leads a research program that focuses on the development and evaluation of interventions (both clinical, and health system-level) to improve outcomes for children with rare diseases, particularly those identified by newborn screening.
Currently, she co-leads the Canadian Inherited Metabolic Diseases Research Network – a multidisciplinary practice-based research network designed to develop an evidence-informed approach to health care for pediatric inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). CIMDRN will address many of the complexities associated with studying these diseases and aims to support health care providers and decision makers in providing the best health care possible to patients with IEM.
2. Newborn and prenatal screening: health technology assessment, policy development, and education
Dr. Potter is leading and collaborating on several research projects related to pre-screening parental education about newborn screening; has studied health technology assessment methods for prenatal and newborn screening; and led an international comparison of newborn screening policy development.
Contact Information
Department of Epidemiology & Community Medicine
University of Ottawa
451 Smyth Road, RGN 3230F
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5
Phone: 613-562-5800 ext. 8718
Fax: 613-562-5465
E-mail: bpotter@uottawa.ca
Canadian Inherited Metabolic Diseases Research Network (CIMDRN)