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Puneeta Tandon

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Alberta

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Puneeta Tandon

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
99 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 39 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (10 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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222

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792

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Research

Cirrhosis Quality Of Life Integrated Knowledge Translation End-Stage Liver Disease Depression Ehealth Nutrition Digital Intervention

Latest papers

Physiological responses to the six-minute walk test in frail/pre-frail patients with cirrhosis awaiting transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society · 2026 · senior author
Interconnections across physical, psychological, existential, and health-related quality of life patient-reported outcomes in adults with chronic medical conditions: Baseline findings from the eMPower randomized controlled trial.
PLOS mental health · 2026 · senior author
Nutrition in cirrhosis: bridging guidelines and practice in hepatic disease.
Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care · 2026

All 222 publications

Latest funding

ARC: Active Recovery across the surgical Continuum: A pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial of digital prehabilitation versus extended perioperative support
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$436,050
EMPOWERING-Men: A feasibility and pilot RCT for an online mind-body wellness program for men with inflammatory bowel disease
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$240,975
Behavioural Intervention and Guided Stepping Training Early Post-Stroke (BIG STEPS)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$787,950

All 21 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 222 publications.

Physiological responses to the six-minute walk test in frail/pre-frail patients with cirrhosis awaiting transplantation.

Skow RJ, Haykowsky MJ, McMurtry TJ, Cruz C, Tomczak CR, Tandon P

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/lvt.0000000000000906 PMID: 42155107

Interconnections across physical, psychological, existential, and health-related quality of life patient-reported outcomes in adults with chronic medical conditions: Baseline findings from the eMPower randomized controlled trial.

Johnson E, Hyde A, Vandermeer B, Isley S, Corrick S, Wright G, Ezekowitz J, Zheng Y, Lee-Baggley D, Minckler H, Spiers J, Spence JC, McNeely ML, Thompson S, Ismond K, Tymchuk S, Lai JC, Tandon P

PLOS mental health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000694 PMID: 42616800

Nutrition in cirrhosis: bridging guidelines and practice in hepatic disease.

Jin J, Tandon P, Gramlich L

Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care2026

DOI: 10.1097/mco.0000000000001242 PMID: 42348593

GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition in patients with cirrhosis: A narrative review.

Chaves Santos B, Limon-Miro AT, Tandon P, Correia MITD, Prado CM, Gonzalez MC, Anastácio LR

JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1002/jpen.70095 PMID: 42057173

Behaviour change techniques in eHealth interventions for older, frail, or sarcopenic adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Omkar A, Bertrand JK, Sadasivan C, Osness E, Vandermeer B, Ding X, Dennett L, Mansour J, Ezeugwu VE, Hyde A, Tandon P

Digital health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/20552076261473804 PMID: 42534183

Reply: Distinguishing pharmacological from peripheral limitation in the six-minute walk test in cirrhosis.

Tomczak CR, Skow RJ, Tandon P, Haykowsky MJ

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society2026

DOI: 10.1097/lvt.0000000000000961 PMID: 42441819

Sarcopenia Is Associated With Mortality and Progression of Cirrhosis in Decompensated but Not Compensated Disease-A Multicentre Study.

Tandon P, Wang S, Kim MY, Van Hoek B, Bot D, van Vugt JLA, Beumer B, Ijzermans J, Taneja S, Duseja A, Singh S, Ebadi M, Montano-Loza AJ

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/apt.70636 PMID: 41913062

Home-based, virtually supported multimodal prehabilitation compared with usual care prior to major surgery: a multicentre, pragmatic pilot randomised trial.

McIsaac DI, Hallet J, Kidd G, Lee S, Taljaard M, Tandon P, Wijeysundera DN, Gillis C, STRIVE Trial Investigator Group

BJA open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100550 PMID: 42027625

Bridging the gap in nutrition assessment: Barriers and knowledge impact of an educational session on body composition and energy metabolism.

Orsso CE, Caretero A, Ghomashchi H, Atkins M, Barbosa-Silva TG, Basualdo-Hammond C, Cardenas D, Chevalier S, Cristina Gonzalez M, Gramlich L, Jager-Wittenaar H, Kiss N, Purcell SA, Quintanilha M, Sidhu S, Tandon P, Tom M, Prado CM

Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1002/ncp.70092 PMID: 41626930

Salivary microbiome and serum metabolomics add to clinical biomarkers to predict 6-month hospitalizations in a multicenter cirrhosis outpatient cohort.

Bajaj JS, Reddy KR, Tandon P, Lai JC, O'Leary JG, Wong F, Garcia-Tsao G, Vargas HE, Kamath PS, Biggins SW, Vutien P, Shaw J, Limon Miro AT, Bera C, McGinley JP, Sikaroodi M, Bush BJ, Thacker LR, Gillevet PM

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2026

DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000001462 PMID: 40632657

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cirrhosis Dear Professor Tandon, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Physiological responses to the six-minute walk test in frail/pre-frail patients with cirrhosis awaiting transplantation." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "ARC: Active Recovery across the surgical Continuum: A pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial of digital prehabilitation versus extended perioperative support" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Puneeta Tandon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Physiological responses to the six-minute walk test in frail/pre-frail patients with cirrhosis awaiting transplantation.

Interconnections across physical, psychological, existential, and health-related quality of life patient-reported outcomes in adults with chronic medical conditions: Baseline findings from the eMPower randomized controlled trial.

Nutrition in cirrhosis: bridging guidelines and practice in hepatic disease.

GLIM criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition in patients with cirrhosis: A narrative review.

Behaviour change techniques in eHealth interventions for older, frail, or sarcopenic adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Reply: Distinguishing pharmacological from peripheral limitation in the six-minute walk test in cirrhosis.

Sarcopenia Is Associated With Mortality and Progression of Cirrhosis in Decompensated but Not Compensated Disease-A Multicentre Study.

Home-based, virtually supported multimodal prehabilitation compared with usual care prior to major surgery: a multicentre, pragmatic pilot randomised trial.

Bridging the gap in nutrition assessment: Barriers and knowledge impact of an educational session on body composition and energy metabolism.

Salivary microbiome and serum metabolomics add to clinical biomarkers to predict 6-month hospitalizations in a multicenter cirrhosis outpatient cohort.

The interdisciplinary development and evaluation of a multidimensional virtual fall risk toolkit

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