Matthew Wiens

I am a global health epidemiologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia, and I lead the Global Health & Innovations theme at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute. My training is in clinical pharmacy and epidemiology, and my research is conducted largely in partnership with institutions and investigators across East Africa.

My work concerns risk stratification in health systems where clinical resources are scarce and must be allocated deliberately. Methodologically it sits at the intersection of clinical epidemiology, prediction modeling, and digital health: deriving and externally validating prognostic models in prospective cohorts, embedding them in decision-support tools that are usable at the point of care, and evaluating their implementation and effect on outcomes. The applied focus of the past decade has been sepsis and post-discharge mortality in children — a period of substantial and under-recognized risk — and, more recently, mother–newborn dyads.

I also contribute to consensus work on pediatric sepsis definitions and risk stratification through the Pediatric Sepsis Definition Task Force and the WHO Pediatric Risk Stratification Working Group. I welcome enquiries from prospective graduate students and collaborators.