Department of Pediatrics

Faculty of Medicine

Aniko Malik, MD, PhD

Department of Pediatrics

Email: Aniko.Malik@iwk.nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-470-6935
Mailing Address:

Division of Immunology
IWK Health Centre
PO Box 9700
5850-5980 University Ave.
Halifax, NS B3K 6R8

Research Topics:

Doctor of Medicine (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
Residency - Pediatrics (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
Fellowship - Clinical Immunology and Allergy (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
Doctor of Philosophy – Medical Research Graduate Program (Dalhousie University)
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Dalhousie University)

Malik AE, Slauenwhite D, McAlpine SM, Hanly JG, Marshall JS and Issekutz TB (2024) Differences in IDO1+ dendritic cells and soluble CTLA-4 are associated with differential responses to methotrexate treatment in rheumatoid arthritis. Front. Immunol. 15:1352251. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1352251
Malik AE, Issekutz TB, Derfalvi B. (2021) The Role of Type III Interferons in Human Disease. Clin Invest Med. 2021;44(2):E5-18. DOI: 10.25011/cim.v44i2.36622
Malik AE, Stringer E, Warner N, van Limbergen J, Vandersteen A, Muise A, Derfalvi B. (2021) Multisystem Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease, Including Colitis, Due to Inborn Error of Immunity. Pediatrics. 2021;148(5). DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-050614
Slauenwhite D, McAlpine SM, Hanly JG, Malik AE, Haidl ID, Marshall JS, Issekutz TB. (2020) Association of a Type 2-Polarized T Cell Phenotype With Methotrexate Nonresponse in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020;72(7):1091-102. DOI: 10.1002/art.41223
Tarr T, Derfalvi B, Gyori N, Szanto A, Siminszky Z, Malik AE, et al. (2015) Similarities and differences between pediatric and adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2015;24(8):796-803. DOI: 10.1177/0961203314563817

2024 New Health Investigator Grant (for two years) – Research Nova Scotia
2023 Clinician Scientist Award (for five years) – Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation - Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Vaccinology (I3V)
2022 Research Fellowship in Immunology (for one year) - Canadian Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Foundation
2018 Scotia Scholars Award (for three years) - Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (NSHRF)