Residency Match Canada · Program Research Profile

McMaster Pediatric Neurology
2026 Match

What the research profiles of this year's 2 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, research type, and notable activity, not just publication count.

Program Director: Dr. Michelle Jaeggi

2
spots filled this match cycle, up from 1 in 2025. Every stat below describes this full cohort (n=2).
1.5
avg. confirmed publications
1
avg. first or second authored
1.5
avg. neurology relevant
0
avg. adjacent specialty research
0
avg. other medical
Program context

Source: CaRMS program descriptions

Selection weights

Selection weights not published

What the program says it looks for
  • Acceptable academic achievement, particularly related to neurology and pediatrics
  • Interest in pediatric neurology and related fields, shown by electives or previous exposure
  • Capacity for self directed and problem based learning
  • Exemplary communication and interpersonal skills
  • Interest in working with children and families
  • Personal qualities such as being hard working, responsible, honest, humble, and self reflective
Where research appears

Research is judged in file review through interest in pediatric neurology and academic skills, and scholarly activities are judged at interview through research or quality improvement experience.

0 to 50
applicants per year, with the program noting it generally receives 10 to 20
51 to 75%
interview invite rate
9 to 12
applicants invited to interview per year, as stated by the program

The program's own 9 to 12 figure is more direct than a formula estimate from the ranges above, which would be about 0 to 38.

Inference, not the program's wording

The program does not publish exact weights, and research has no separate weight. It is judged in general academic terms in file review and as research or quality improvement experience at interview, so it can help at both stages, but no research share can be assigned.

Gaps: The program does not state a rank list size, and only a CMG stream with a quota of 2 was listed.

Where this cohort came from
McMaster University
University of Calgary

Both residents in this cohort are Canadian medical graduates. Schools are shown as a set only and are not matched to the individual profiles below.

Per resident breakdown
Neurology relevant Adjacent specialty research Other medical
PGY1-A
CMG
2
confirmed pubs
2
first or second author
2
neurology relevant
0
adjacent specialty research
0
other medical
Both confirmed papers sit directly in neurology, and both are in a leading author position. The first-authored paper is a new protocol, the only new-protocol work in this cohort and the strongest initiative signal in either record. The second-authored paper is a synthesis of existing evidence.
Notable: student leadership in youth mental health advocacy, and community arts work with youth, both pointing toward early interest in pediatric and adolescent wellbeing.
PGY1-B
CMG
1
confirmed pubs
0
first or second author
1
neurology relevant
0
adjacent specialty research
0
other medical
One confirmed paper, a pediatric study in a middle author position within a large team. It is fully on specialty and fully pediatric, but it is the lightest research record in the cohort and carries no first or second authorship.
Notable: an executive role on a pediatric fundraising initiative through a student association.
Written descriptions on this page are intentionally general to protect resident privacy. Counts and authorship figures are unchanged.
Reading this data

Both profiles are fully on specialty with no adjacent crossover, and both are small by volume, at 2 and 1 confirmed publications. The difference is in shape: PGY1-A holds two leading author positions including the cohort's only new protocol, while PGY1-B's single paper is a team based pediatric study in a middle author position.

The pediatric orientation of this cohort shows up most clearly outside the publication count, in youth advocacy and pediatric fundraising work. At n=2, the pattern suggests that a modest publication record paired with clear pediatric focus was competitive for this program in 2026, though two residents cannot establish a benchmark. Program weightings may change from year to year.

All data on this page was gathered from publicly available sources and verified to a high but not absolute degree of confidence. This profile is intended to give prospective applicants a general sense of what previously matched residents looked like, not to serve as a definitive or exhaustive record.

Methodology: Identities were used privately to look up and verify publication records, then discarded; residents are labeled PGY1-A and PGY1-B and are not otherwise identifiable. Confirmed counts reflect items matched against a publication record, and presentations, abstracts, leadership roles, and non-medical research are described in notable activity only and are never counted. Sample size is n=2 from a single program year, not a stable year-over-year benchmark, and counts this small should be read as illustrative of profile shape rather than a statistically robust comparison.

Residency Match Canada, independent residency data, not affiliated with CaRMS or McMaster University.