John LeBlanc, M.D., M.Sc.

Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Community Health, Epidemiology, Dalhousie University

Department of Pediatrics
IWK Health Centre
5850 University Ave.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3K 6R8

Tel: (902) 470-8930
Fax: (902) 470-8937
E-mail: john.leblanc@dal.ca

Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Community Health and Epidemiology – Assistant Professor
Dr. John LeBlanc is a pediatrician at the IWK Health Centre and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. His research and clinical work focuses on disruptive behaviours and bullying in elementary school children. He holds research grants to evaluate two programs designed to create peaceful school climates and to develop a screening system for child mental health disorders.
Before joining Dalhousie University, Dr. LeBlanc was the Provincial Epidemiologist for Nova Scotia. He was responsible for provincial surveillance of diseases and served on federal committees related to surveillance and epidemiology. Currently, he chairs the Psychosocial Pediatrics Committee of the Canadian Pediatric Society and serves on the directing council for the Centre of Excellence for Early Child Development. He is the Team Leader for Interventions for the Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence National Centre of Excellence (PREVNet).

Santor, D.A., Poulin, C., LeBlanc, J., & Kusumakar, V. (in press). Online health promotion, Early identification of difficulties and help seeking in young people. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Santor, D.A., Poulin, C., LeBlanc, J., & Kusumakar, V. (accepted). Examining school health center utilization as a function of mood disturbance and mental health difficulties. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Vaillancourt, T., Côté, S., Farhat, A., LeBlanc, J.C., Boivin, M., & Tremblay, R. (submitted). Developmental trajectories of indirect aggression: Insights from the Canadian national longitudinal survey of children and youth. Developmental Psychology.
LeBlanc, J.C., Pless, I.B., King, W.J., Bawden, H., Bernard-Bonnin, A., Klassen, T.P., et al. (2006). Home safety measures and the risk of unintentional injury in young children: A multi-centre case-control study. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 175(8), 883-887.
Lee, K.H., LeBlanc, J.C., & Sim, H.O. (2006). Prediction and early intervention model of low school performance for impoverished children. Journal of Emotional & Behavioral Disorders (Korea), 22(1), 175-196.