Faculty profile

Karen Wong

Back to faculty

Associate ProfessorMedicine Dept GastroenterologyUniversity of Alberta

Karen Wong

Associate Professor

Medicine Dept Gastroenterology

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Supervision signals

Professors usually supervise graduate students in their department's programs.
53 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

These signals come from public records, including federal and provincial funding decisions. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

141

Publications

2,387

Citations

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the publications linked to this profile. Citations and the h-index appear when the source records them.

Profiles and links

University Profile

Search on Google Scholar

Search on ResearchGate

iDORCID OpenAlex

Find them onX · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube

Signals and details

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Alberta profile.

Latest papers

A pilot randomized trial on the usability and acceptability of an app (MyIBDDiet) to improve the self-management of anti-inflammatory diet for individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: A protocol paper.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
Co-Developing a Clinical Pathway for Recurrent C. difficile Infection with Primary Care Providers: A User-Centered Design Study (Preprint)
Interactive Journal of Medical Research · 2026
Comparing the accuracy of computed tomography enterography to balloon-assisted enteroscopy in the evaluation of small bowel Crohn's disease.
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2026

All 141 publications

Latest funding

A multicentre, double blind, randomized trial comparing lyophilized fecal filtrate to lyophilized stool in treating recurrent Clostridiodes difficile infection
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$1,314,115

All 1 grants and awards

141 publications.

A pilot randomized trial on the usability and acceptability of an app (MyIBDDiet) to improve the self-management of anti-inflammatory diet for individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: A protocol paper.

Kaur R, van Diepen K, Raiesdana S, Chappell KD, Ajibulu L, Gozdzik M, Halloran B, Hoentjen F, Kroeker KI, Peerani F, Prado CM, Kao D, Wong K

PloS one2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0353123 PMID: 42391282

Co-Developing a Clinical Pathway for Recurrent C. difficile Infection with Primary Care Providers: A User-Centered Design Study (Preprint)

R.P. Patel, Rose Franz, Jordan Tate, Jennifer Coppens, Matthew Do Rego, Christopher Smith, Lauretta Ovadje, Karen Wong, Lynora Saxinger, Dina H. Kao

Interactive Journal of Medical Research2026Open Access

DOI: 10.2196/93032

Comparing the accuracy of computed tomography enterography to balloon-assisted enteroscopy in the evaluation of small bowel Crohn's disease.

Cooper J, MacKay S, Reeson M, Dieleman LA, Oguro K, Dang TN, Kroeker KI, Wasilenko S, Gozdzik M, Baumgart DC, Hoentjen F, Wong K, Peerani F, Wiebe E, Zepeda-Gomez S, Halloran B

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwaf029 PMID: 41669715

Engaging Patient and Caregiver Partners in Codeveloping a Patient Educational Video for Improving Clostridioides difficile Infection Education: Participatory Co-Design Study.

Patel RK, Teja R, Hermann K, Franz R, Wong K, Kao D

JMIR formative research2026Open Access

DOI: 10.2196/81643 PMID: 41780918

Impact of pediatric versus adult diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease on achievement of health care autonomy in emerging adults: a cross-sectional study.

Bihari A, Seow CH, Wine E, Goodman K, Peerani F, Hoentjen F, Du L, Wong K, Halloran B, Gozdzik M, Kroeker KI

Crohn's & colitis 3602026

DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otag078 PMID: 42528824

Preliminary Results From a Multicenter, Randomized Trial Using Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Induce Remission in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Crohn's Disease

Kao D, Wong K, Jijon H, Moayyedi P, Franz R, McDougall C, Hotte N, Panaccione R, Semlacher E, Kroeker KI

American Journal of Gastroenterology202528 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000003196

Effects of lyophilised faecal filtrate compared with lyophilised donor stool on Clostridioides difficile recurrence: a multicentre, randomised, double-blinded, non-inferiority trial.

Kao D, Wong K, Lee C, Steiner T, Franz R, McDougall C, Silva M, Schmidt TSB, Walter J, Loebenberg R, Monaghan TM, Giebelhaus RT, Harynuk JJ, Xu H, Yaskina M, MacDonald KV, Marshall DA, Louie T

The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology202513 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(25)00190-6 PMID: 40997843

Network analysis of extraintestinal manifestations and associated autoimmune disorders in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Baumgart DC, Cheng CH, Du TX, Parkes MD, Sadowski DC, Wine E, Hoentjen F, Halloran BP, Montano-Loza A, Zepeda-Gomez S, Wong K, Peerani F, Goebel R, Ross Mitchell J

NPJ digital medicine202511 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41746-025-01504-6 PMID: 40234671

Relating the molecular phenotype of ulcerative colitis to the clinical course.

Madill-Thomsen KS, Venner JM, Parsons DE, Famulski KS, Thiesen AL, Hoque S, Kroeker KI, Wong K, Peerani F, Dieleman LA, Hoentjen F, Baumgart DC, Halloran PF, Halloran BP

Scientific reports20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90618-8 PMID: 40064933

“Simpleness”: a qualitative description study exploring patient perspectives on the barriers and facilitators of using digital health tools to self-manage inflammatory bowel disease

Lekan Ajibulu, Kaitlyn Delaney Chappell, Cynthia H. Seow, Karen Jean Goodman, Karen Wong

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology20256 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/17562848251319807 PMID: 39963250

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

Something wrong or missing on this profile? Suggest a correction

Karen Wong

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A pilot randomized trial on the usability and acceptability of an app (MyIBDDiet) to improve the self-management of anti-inflammatory diet for individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: A protocol paper.

Co-Developing a Clinical Pathway for Recurrent C. difficile Infection with Primary Care Providers: A User-Centered Design Study (Preprint)

Comparing the accuracy of computed tomography enterography to balloon-assisted enteroscopy in the evaluation of small bowel Crohn's disease.

Engaging Patient and Caregiver Partners in Codeveloping a Patient Educational Video for Improving Clostridioides difficile Infection Education: Participatory Co-Design Study.

Impact of pediatric versus adult diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease on achievement of health care autonomy in emerging adults: a cross-sectional study.

Preliminary Results From a Multicenter, Randomized Trial Using Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Induce Remission in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Crohn's Disease

Effects of lyophilised faecal filtrate compared with lyophilised donor stool on Clostridioides difficile recurrence: a multicentre, randomised, double-blinded, non-inferiority trial.

Network analysis of extraintestinal manifestations and associated autoimmune disorders in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Relating the molecular phenotype of ulcerative colitis to the clinical course.

“Simpleness”: a qualitative description study exploring patient perspectives on the barriers and facilitators of using digital health tools to self-manage inflammatory bowel disease

A multicentre, double blind, randomized trial comparing lyophilized fecal filtrate to lyophilized stool in treating recurrent Clostridiodes difficile infection

Frequent collaborators

Karen Kroeker

Leo Dieleman

Levinus Dieleman

Farhad Peerani

Richard Fedorak

Dina Kao

Christopher Ma

Frank Hoentjen

Jens Walter

Cynthia Seow

Eytan Wine

Brendan Halloran

Deborah Marshall

Deborah Marshall

Gilaad Kaplan

Remo Panaccione

Ryland Giebelhaus

Sepideh Pakpour

Karen Goodman

Maryna Yaskina

Gane Wong

Kristy Hermann

Raimar Loebenberg

Parul Tandon

Vivian Huang