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Rhandi Christensen

Title: Staff Physician Division of Neurology
Designations: MD, PhD, FRCPC
Email: rhandi.christensen@sickkids.ca
U of T Positions: Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr. Rhandi Christensen is a Staff Paediatric Neurologist at SickKids and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. She completed medical school at the University of Toronto, where she also completed her Paediatric Neurology Residency and her Clinical and Research Fellowship in Neonatal Neurology at SickKids. Prior to her medical training, she completed a PhD in Neuroscience from McMaster University. At SickKids, Dr. Christensen has a General Neurology, Neonatal Neurology and Fetal Neurology Clinic.

Research

Dr. Christensen’s research focuses on studying biological predictors of neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born preterm or with neonatal brain injury. She seeks to integrate genetic and epigenetic risk factors with established clinical and environmental predictors to provide individualized neuroprognostication and targeted clinical care for these infants.

Education and experience

  • 2024: Neonatal Neurology Fellowship, University of Toronto and SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2022: Paediatric Neurology Residency, University of Toronto and SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2016: Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2012: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • 2008: Master of Science (M.Sc.), Neuroscience, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • 2004: Bachelor of Science (H.B.Sc.), Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Publications

  1. Christensen R, Chau V, Synnes A, Guo T, Ufkes S, Grunau RE, Miller SP. Preterm Sex Differences in Neurodevelopment and Brain Development from Early-Life to 8 years. Journal of Pediatrics 2025. PMID: 39218208.
  2. Christensen R, Widjaja E, Kamino D, Mamak E, Ly L, Tam EMW. Brain MRI T2 Hyperintensity and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Neonatal Encephalopathy. Pediatric Research 2025. PMID: 39905143.
  3. Christensen R, Gomaa N, Miller SP. Home-ics: How Experience of the Home Shapes Biology and Child Health Outcomes. Pediatric Research 2024. PMID: 39333388.
  4. Christensen R, deVries L, Cizmeci M. Neuroimaging to Guide Neuroprognostication in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Current Opinions in Pediatrics 2024. PMID: 37800448.
  5. Christensen R, Chau V, Synnes A, Guo T, Grunau RE, Miller SP. Preterm Neurodevelopmental Trajectories from 18-months to 4.5-years. Journal of Pediatrics 2023. PMID: 37019331.

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