Dr. Radha Jetty is a Clinical Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. She is the Physician Lead for Inuit Child Health and the Nunavut Program at CHEO. She is an advisor to Health Canada’s First Nations Inuit Health Branch Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. She is the chair of the Canadian Pediatric Society committee for First nations, Inuit and Metis health. She strives to advocate for health equity among Canadian Indigenous children through her research, through policy development and through developing strong partnerships with academic institutions, governments, national advocacy organizations and community partners.
Research Projects
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Nonauscultatory clinical criteria are sensitive for cardiac pathology in low-risk paediatric heart murmurs.
25/08/2021
Basic clinical criteria that do not require auscultation are highly sensitive for ruling out significant cardiac pathology in children over 12 months of age.
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Nonauscultatory clinical criteria are sensitive for cardiac pathology in low-risk paediatric heart murmurs
05/08/2020
Basic clinical criteria that do not require auscultation are highly sensitive for ruling out significant cardiac pathology in children over 12 months of age.
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Tuberculosis among First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and youth in Canada: Beyond medical management
14/01/2020
Historical TB control practices in Canada have contributed to stigma and discrimination toward those with the disease, as well as fear and mistrust of the health system.
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The Impact of Implementing a Preprinted Order Form for Inpatient Management of Otherwise Healthy Children Admitted to a Tertiary Care Centre With a Diagnosis of Bronchiolitis
01/12/2019
A retrospective chart review was performed of children admitted to the inpatient units at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) with a discharge diagnosis of bronchiolitis.