Meghan Pike, MD
Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Assistant Professor
Email: Meghan.pike@dal.ca
Phone: (902)470-6988
Mailing Address:
IWK Health Centre
PO Box 9700
5850-5980 University Ave.
Halifax, NS B3K 6R8
- Pediatric Oncology
- Sarcoma
- Renal Tumours
- Precision Medicine
- Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
- WeThrive
- Oncofertility
- Menstrual Equity
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics (St. Francis Xavier University)
- Doctor of Medicine (Dalhousie University)
Research
Dr. Pike’s clinical interests include solid tumour oncology and fertility preservation. Her research interests include patient-reported outcome measures, and the impacts of cancer treatment on reproductive and menstrual health. She is a passionate advocate for menstrual equity and in 2021, she launched an app, called WeThrive, that can identify adolescents who have heavy menstrual bleeding.
Selected publications
McNeil N, Price VE, Pike M. WeThrive App and Its Impact on Adolescents Who Menstruate: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Medical and Internet Research (JMIR) Formative Research.
Lukindo M, Price VE, Pike M. Estimating the Impact of Menstrual Poverty on Adolescents in Nova Scotia. Paediatr Child Health. 2022 Aug 3;27(7):421-428. PMID: 36524025, DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac062.
Pike M, Chopek C, Young NL, Usuba K, Belletrutti MJ, McLaughlin R, Van Eyk N, Bouchard A, Matteson K, Price VE. (2021). Quality of life in adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding: Validation of the Adolescent Menstrual Bleeding Questionnaire (aMBQ). Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2021 Nov 8;5(7):e12615. doi: 10.1002/rth2.12615. PMID: 34765861.
Goudie C, Witkowski L, Cullinan N, Reichman L, Schiller I, Tachdjian M, Armstrong L, Blood KA, Brossard J, Brunga L, Cacciotti C, Caswell K, Cellot S, Clark ME, Clinton C, Coltin H, Felton K, Fernandez CV, Fleming AJ, Fuentes-Bolanos N, Gibson P, Grant R, Hammad R, Harrison LW, Irwin MS, Johnston DL, Kane S, Lafay-Cousin L, Lara-Corrales I, Larouche V, Mathews N, Meyn MS, Michaeli O, Perrier R, Pike M, Punnett A, Ramaswamy V, Say J, Somers G, Tabori U, Thibodeau ML, Toupin AK, Tucker KM, van Engelen K, Vairy S, Waespe N, Warby M, Wasserman JD, Whitlock JA, Sinnett D, Jabado N, Nathan PC, Shlien A, Kamihara J, Deyell RJ, Ziegler DS, Nichols KE, Dendukuri N, Malkin D, Villani A, Foulkes WD. (2021). Performance of the McGill Interactive Pediatric OncoGenetic Guidelines for Identifying Cancer Predisposition Syndromes. JAMA Oncology, 2021 Dec 1;7(12):1806-1814, DOI: 0.1001/jamaoncol.2021.4536. PMID: 34617981