Professor Emeritus

Head of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease

Department of Pediatrics

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in children living in both Canada and lower-resourced countries; optimal duration of antimicrobial therapy for uncomplicated pneumonia in Canadian children; rapid diagnosis of enteric pathogens via molecular methods in children with acute severe gastroenteritis in Botswana.

Principal investigator of a multicentre randomized placebo-controlled study in Ontario seeking to define the proper length of antimicrobial therapy for mild community-acquired pneumonia

905-525-9140 ext. 77577

pernica@mcmaster.ca

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Dr. Pernica is currently the principal investigator of a multicentre randomized placebo-controlled study in Ontario seeking to define the proper length of antimicrobial therapy for mild community-acquired pneumonia and the principal investigator of a multicentre randomized factorial placebo-controlled study in Botswana whose goal is to improve treatment of acute pediatric diarrhoeal disease.