Dr. Georgiades is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences at McMaster University, Director of the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University, and the inaugural holder of the McMaster Children’s Hospital Chair in Autism and Neurodevelopment. He was named a 2025 University Scholar with McMaster University, and as a member of the 2025 class of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists, and is a member of the Board of Directors for Children’s Healthcare Canada. Dr. Georgiades is an Instructor and Co-founder of the Child Health Specialization in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program.
His program of research investigates the factors influencing developmental trajectories of children and youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions. The overarching objective of this research is to generate new knowledge that will lead to more precise, equitable and personalized evidence-based interventions and service systems for children and their families.
Dr. Georgiades is the Founder and Co-Director of the McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART), an interdisciplinary collaborative aiming to advance autism care through meaningful research. This includes the Pediatric Autism Research Cohort (PARC) Study, a CIHR-funded project which will map variability in developmental pathways and examine different individual and contextual level factors influencing outcomes in Autistic young children and their families. He is a Co-Principal Investigator on a national study, “Examination of the Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic Response on Health and Functioning of Canadian Children and Youth” (in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada). Dr. Georgiades is also Principal Investigator for creating a Pan-Canadian Learning Health System (LHS) for Neurodevelopment, a project that will utilize various data and evidence from children, families, clinicians and administrators to generate new knowledge and apply it to improve patient care and experiences, in a cyclical manner and continuous evaluation.