Research
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Latest papers
The impact of the Starting dialysis on Time, At home on the Right Therapy (START) project on the use of peritoneal dialysis.
Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis · 2025 · senior author
Home Sweet Home: A Program Report on Promoting the Uptake of Home Dialysis.
Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025
Starting Dialysis on Time, At Home on the Right Therapy (START): Cost analysis of an initiative to increase the use of peritoneal dialysis.
Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis · 2025
Latest funding
- $100,000
Exploring the use of a new clinical information system among specialists in Alberta
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $1,388,475
Improving the Outcomes of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
- $424,298
Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Kidney Practice (ePRO Kidney)
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
8 publications.
The impact of the Starting dialysis on Time, At home on the Right Therapy (START) project on the use of peritoneal dialysis.
Quinn RR, Oliver MJ, Clarke A, Mohamed F, Klarenbach SW, Manns BJ, Fox DE, Scott-Douglas N, Morrin L, Kozinski A, Schwartz T, Pauly R
Home Sweet Home: A Program Report on Promoting the Uptake of Home Dialysis.
Churchill LJ, Reintjes F, Pauly R, Shah N, Thompson S
Starting Dialysis on Time, At Home on the Right Therapy (START): Cost analysis of an initiative to increase the use of peritoneal dialysis.
Armstrong MJ, Manns B, Au F, Oliver MJ, Pauly R, Klarenbach S, Quinn RR
Electronic patient-reported outcomes in clinical kidney practice (ePRO Kidney): a process evaluation of educational support for clinicians.
Schick-Makaroff K, Klarenbach S, Kwon JY, Cohen SR, Czupryn J, Lee L, Pauly R, MacRae JM, Forde B, Sawatzky R
Starting Dialysis on Time, At Home on the Right Therapy (START): Description of an Intervention to Increase the Safe and Effective Use of Peritoneal Dialysis.
Quinn RR, Mohamed F, Pauly R, Schwartz T, Scott-Douglas N, Morrin L, Kozinski A, Manns BJ, Klarenbach S, Clarke A, Fox DE, Oliver MJ
Peritoneal Dialysis: A Scoping Review of Strategies to Maximize pd Utilization
Bikaramjit S. Mann, Braden Manns, Lianne Barnieh, Matthew J. Oliver, Daniel J. A. Devoe, D. Lorenzetti, Robert P. Pauly, Robert Ross Quinn
Patient Education and Peritoneal Dialysis Modality Selection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Devoe DJ, Wong B, James MT, Ravani P, Oliver MJ, Barnieh L, Roberts DJ, Pauly R, Manns BJ, Kappel J, Quinn RR
Economic Evaluation of Frequent Home Nocturnal Hemodialysis Based on a Randomized Controlled Trial
Klarenbach S, Tonelli M, Pauly R, Walsh M, Culleton B, So H, Hemmelgarn B, Manns B
Exploring the use of a new clinical information system among specialists in Alberta
Principal investigators: Menon, Devidas
Keywords: Adoption Of Innovation; Ehr Data; Use Of Ehr By Specialists
Improving the Outcomes of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Insertion
Principal investigators: Quinn, Robert R; Oliver, Matthew J
Keywords: Kidney Failure; Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter; Peritoneal Diaysis
Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Kidney Practice (ePRO Kidney)
Principal investigators: Schick-Makaroff, Kara L; Klarenbach, Scott; Sawatzky, Richard
Keywords: Electronic Collection Of Patient-Reported Outcomes; End-Stage Kidney Disease; Home Dialysis; Mixed Methods; Patient-Oriented Research; Patient-Reported Experience; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Process Evaluation; Quality Of Life
The ACCESS trial: A randomized trial Comparing Catheters to fistulas in Elderly patients Starting dialysiS
Principal investigators: Quinn, Robert R; Ravani, Pietro
Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Health Services Research; Hemodialysis; Vascular Access
The cost and cost-effectiveness of frequent nocturnal hemodialysis compared with conventional intermittent hemodialysis: A decision analysis based on a randomized clinical trial
Principal investigators: Manns, Braden J; Klarenbach, Scott
Keywords: Cost; Economic Evaluation; Hemodialysis; Kidney Failure; Nocturnal Hemodialysis
Longitudinal comparison of quality of life among kidney transplant recipients and nocturnal home hemodialysis patients
Principal investigators: Pauly, Robert P
Keywords: Kidney Transplantation; Nocturnal Hemodialysis; Quality Of Life
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Braden Manns and Marcello Tonelli: 278 shared papers
- Marcello Tonelli and Scott Klarenbach: 165 shared papers
- Braden Manns and Scott Klarenbach: 148 shared papers
- Matthew James and Marcello Tonelli: 109 shared papers
- Braden Manns and Matthew James: 87 shared papers
- Matthew James and Pietro Ravani: 64 shared papers
- Braden Manns and Pietro Ravani: 60 shared papers
- Marcello Tonelli and Pietro Ravani: 58 shared papers
- Marcello Tonelli and Stephanie Thompson: 49 shared papers
- Matthew James and Scott Klarenbach: 44 shared papers
- Scott Klarenbach and Stephanie Thompson: 41 shared papers
- Pietro Ravani and Jennifer Macrae: 37 shared papers
- Pietro Ravani and Matthew Oliver: 36 shared papers
- Michael Walsh and Braden Manns: 29 shared papers
- Jennifer Macrae and Matthew Oliver: 27 shared papers
- Richard Sawatzky and Kara Schick-Makaroff: 25 shared papers
- Marcello Tonelli and Jennifer Macrae: 24 shared papers
- Michael Walsh and Marcello Tonelli: 23 shared papers
- Kara Schick-Makaroff and Stephanie Thompson: 23 shared papers
- Richard Sawatzky and Jae-Yung Kwon: 21 shared papers
- Scott Klarenbach and Kara Schick-Makaroff: 21 shared papers
- Matthew James and Matthew Oliver: 16 shared papers
- Michael Walsh and Scott Klarenbach: 14 shared papers
- Matthew James and Derek Roberts: 10 shared papers
- Braden Manns and Joanne Kappel: 8 shared papers
- Richard Sawatzky and Scott Klarenbach: 8 shared papers
- Matthew Oliver and Joanne Kappel: 7 shared papers
- Braden Manns and Robert Pauly: 6 shared papers
- Jennifer Macrae and Joanne Kappel: 6 shared papers
- Braden Manns and Derek Roberts: 5 shared papers
- Scott Klarenbach and Robert Pauly: 5 shared papers
- Robert Pauly and Matthew Oliver: 5 shared papers
- Pietro Ravani and Derek Roberts: 4 shared papers
- Kara Schick-Makaroff and Jae-Yung Kwon: 4 shared papers
- Michael Walsh and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Matthew James and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Marcello Tonelli and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Richard Sawatzky and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Pietro Ravani and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Scott Klarenbach and Jae-Yung Kwon: 1 shared paper
- Kara Schick-Makaroff and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Stephanie Thompson and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Derek Roberts and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Macrae and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Jae-Yung Kwon and Robert Pauly: 1 shared paper
- Robert Pauly and Joanne Kappel: 1 shared paper
- Medicine Dept
- Department of Medicine
- Cumming School of Medicine
- Medicine/Endocrinology/Metabolism
- School of Nursing
- Medicine/Nephrology
- Department of Community Health Sciences
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Braden Manns
Medicine/Endocrinology/Metabolism
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Matthew Oliver
Department of Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Scott Klarenbach
Medicine Dept
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Robert Quinn
Medicine/Nephrology
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Nairne Scott-Douglas
Medicine/Nephrology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Louise Morrin
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Joanne Kappel
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Pietro Ravani
Department of Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Kara Schick-Makaroff
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Stephanie Thompson
Medicine Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Derek Roberts
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Jennifer Macrae
Medicine/Nephrology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Michael Walsh
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Jae-Yung Kwon
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Matthew James
Cumming School of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Brenda Hemmelgarn
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Marcello Tonelli
Cumming School of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Richard Sawatzky
School of Graduate Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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