About Dr. Brock Williams
I am a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a board certified nutrition support clinician (CNSC) with over 9 years of experience working in pediatric nutrition.
I have worked as both a research and clinical dietitian at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto (2014 - 2018), and at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver (2018 - 2023). I specialize in the clinical areas of General Pediatrics, Allergy, and Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
I have a PhD in Human Nutrition from the University of British Columbia. During my doctoral studies I conducted a clinical trial investigating micronutrient supplementation in children with sickle cell disease (an inherited blood disorder).
My primary research and clinical interests lie in infant and child nutrition and feeding practices, food allergy prevention and treatment, and micronutrients.
I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Division of Allergy at BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) researching nutritional aspects of food allergy treatment and prevention.
Lastly, I am also an educator, working as a Sessional Lecturer at the University of British Columbia (2020 - Present) teaching clinical nutrition to aspiring dietitians.
My Latest Research Projects
FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION IN CANADIAN
CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Our team, which included expert clinicians and scientists from UBC and BC Children’s Hospital, conducted a randomized clinical trial in which children with sickle cell disease were provided with folic acid supplements (the current standard of care) and a placebo for 12-week time periods to determine circulating levels of folate and folate metabolites, and clinical outcomes during periods of supplementation and no supplementation.
You can find our published study protocol here:
WHOLE FOODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAEDIATRIC FOOD ALLERGY
This study, funded by a North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) Council for Practicing Pediatric Nutrition Professionals (CPNP) Grant, determined whether commercially available food products are as effective as glycerinated food extracts for immunotherapy in the treatment of pediatric food allergies.