Dr. Maguire’s research focuses on clinical trials involving nutrition and development in young children, as well as the creation of tools to help health-care providers use the best available evidence to inform their clinical decisions. He is the recipient of a 2015 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Foundation Grant, a CIHR/SPOR Chair in Innovative Clinical Trials, and several prestigious awards including the Samuel J. Fomon Young Physician Award from the American Society of Nutrition, the Canadian Paediatric Society Young Investigator Award, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award, an Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award, and a Special Achievement Award form the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Maguire is a scientist with MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, and the University of Toronto Lawson Chair in Patient Engagement in Child Nutrition. He is a staff pediatrician in the St. Michael’s Hospital’s Department of Pediatrics and an professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Pediatrics.