Professor Maguire holds the Lawson Chair in Patient Engagement in Child Nutrition at U of T, through which he conducts patient-oriented research — an approach in which families and children provide input throughout the research process, including identifying questions they want answered, how they would like them answered and which results they are most likely to use in day-to-day life.

Prof. Maguire is a staff pediatrician in the Department of Pediatrics at St. Michael’s Hospital, with an clinical practice focussed on urban child nutrition. His research is focused on clinical trials which aim to improve the nutrition and health of urban children. He co-leads TARGet Kids!, the largest primary care research network for children in Canada.

Prof. Maguire has received several 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, an American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement award and holds a CIHR/SPOR Chair in Innovative Clinical Trials.