Ron Wald, University of Alberta

Research

Acute Kidney Injury Critical Illness Randomized Trial Renal Replacement Therapy Dialysis Feasibility Pilot Quality

Latest papers

Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury
New England Journal of Medicine · 2020
The timing of renal replacement therapy initiation in acute kidney injury: is earlier truly better?*.
Critical care medicine · 2014 · first author
AKI: not just a short-term problem?
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2014 · senior author

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Implementation of evidence-based practices for Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Care Nephrology in the Canadian Landscape
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$15,000
LoW Dose-Intensity vs. Standard Dose-Intensity COntinuous Renal ReplaceMent Therapy in Critically Ill Patients (WISDOM): A Pilot Randomized Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$329,292
The impact of gender affirming hormone therapy on biomarkers of kidney function and glomerular filtration rate in transgender adults
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$489,601

All 4 grants and awards

10 publications.

01

Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury

Wald R, Adhikari NKJ, Dreyfuss D, Du B, Joannidis M, Liu KD, McAuley DF, Palevsky PM, Pettilä V, Smith OM

New England Journal of Medicine2020744 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2000741

02

The timing of renal replacement therapy initiation in acute kidney injury: is earlier truly better?*.

Wald R, Bagshaw SM

Critical care medicine2014First author

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000000432 PMID: 25029128

03

AKI: not just a short-term problem?

James MT, Wald R

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN2014Senior author

DOI: 10.2215/cjn.00500114 PMID: 24526743

04

The Association Between Renal Replacement Therapy Modality and Long-Term Outcomes Among Critically Ill Adults With Acute Kidney Injury

Wald R, Shariff SZ, Adhikari NKJ, Bagshaw SM, Burns KEA, Friedrich JO, Garg AX, Harel Z, Kitchlu A, Ray JG

Critical Care Medicine2014198 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000000042

05

Canadian Society of Nephrology commentary on the 2012 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury.

James M, Bouchard J, Ho J, Klarenbach S, LaFrance JP, Rigatto C, Wald R, Zappitelli M, Pannu N

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation2013

DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.02.350 PMID: 23518195

06

Standard versus accelerated initiation of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury (STARRT-AKI): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Smith OM, Wald R, Adhikari NK, Pope K, Weir MA, Bagshaw SM, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

Trials2013

DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-320 PMID: 24093950

07

Clinical factors associated with initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury—A prospective multicenter observational study

Bagshaw SM, Wald R, Barton J, Burns KEA, Friedrich JO, House AA, James MT, Levin A, Moist L, Pannu N

Journal of Critical Care201278 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.06.003

08

Acute kidney injury in 2010: Advances in diagnosis and estimating disease prognosis.

Bagshaw SM, Wald R

Nature reviews. Nephrology2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2010.185 PMID: 21278715

09

A comparison of early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Karvellas CJ, Farhat MR, Sajjad I, Mogensen SS, Leung AA, Wald R, Bagshaw SM

Critical care (London, England)2011

DOI: 10.1186/cc10061 PMID: 21352532

10

Weekend hospital admission, acute kidney injury, and mortality.

James MT, Wald R, Bell CM, Tonelli M, Hemmelgarn BR, Waikar SS, Chertow GM

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2010

DOI: 10.1681/asn.2009070682 PMID: 20395373

Implementation of evidence-based practices for Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Care Nephrology in the Canadian Landscape

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Rewa, Oleksa G

Keywords: Acute Care Nephrology; Acute Kidney Injury; Critical Care; Evidence-Based Practices; Implementation Science; Renal Replacement Therapy

$15,000

LoW Dose-Intensity vs. Standard Dose-Intensity COntinuous Renal ReplaceMent Therapy in Critically Ill Patients (WISDOM): A Pilot Randomized Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bagshaw, Sean M; Wald, Ron

Keywords: Acute Kidney Injury; Critical Illness; Dialysis; Feasibility; Pilot; Quality; Randomized Trial; Renal Replacement Therapy

$329,292

The impact of gender affirming hormone therapy on biomarkers of kidney function and glomerular filtration rate in transgender adults

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Collister, David; Ahmed, Sofia B

Keywords: Biomarkers; Chronic Kidney Disease; Estimated Glomerular Fiiltration Rate; Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy; Measured Glomerular Filtration Rate; Mixed Linear Regression; Transgender

$489,601

STandard versus Accelerated initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury (STARRT-AKI): A Multi-Centre, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bagshaw, Sean M; Wald, Ron

Keywords: Acute Kidney Injury; Cost-Effectiveness; Critical Illness; Intensive Care Unit; Mortality; Randomized Trial; Renal Replacement Therapy

$1,556,776

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Critical Care Medicine
Nephrology
Medicine/Nephrology
Pediatrics
Centre for Global Health Research
Other

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Ron Wald

Medicine/Nephrology

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Karen Burns

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

2 shared papers, latest 2014

Haibo Qiu

Centre for Global Health Research

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Bram Rochwerg

Critical Care Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Amit Garg

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Bram Rochwerg

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Matthew Weir

Medicine/Nephrology

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Acute Kidney Injury Dear Professor Wald, 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 "Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury" (2020), 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 "LoW Dose-Intensity vs. Standard Dose-Intensity COntinuous Renal ReplaceMent Therapy in Critically Ill Patients (WISDOM): A Pilot Randomized Trial" (2024), 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]

Ron Wald

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury

The timing of renal replacement therapy initiation in acute kidney injury: is earlier truly better?*.

AKI: not just a short-term problem?

The Association Between Renal Replacement Therapy Modality and Long-Term Outcomes Among Critically Ill Adults With Acute Kidney Injury

Canadian Society of Nephrology commentary on the 2012 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury.

Standard versus accelerated initiation of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury (STARRT-AKI): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Clinical factors associated with initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury—A prospective multicenter observational study

Acute kidney injury in 2010: Advances in diagnosis and estimating disease prognosis.

A comparison of early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Weekend hospital admission, acute kidney injury, and mortality.

Implementation of evidence-based practices for Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Care Nephrology in the Canadian Landscape

LoW Dose-Intensity vs. Standard Dose-Intensity COntinuous Renal ReplaceMent Therapy in Critically Ill Patients (WISDOM): A Pilot Randomized Trial

The impact of gender affirming hormone therapy on biomarkers of kidney function and glomerular filtration rate in transgender adults

STandard versus Accelerated initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury (STARRT-AKI): A Multi-Centre, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Frequent collaborators

Ron Wald

Ron Wald

Neesh Pannu

Karen Burns

Ziv Harel

Ziv Harel

Neesh Pannu

Haibo Qiu

Adeera Levin

Julie Ho

Matthew James

Bram Rochwerg

Bram Rochwerg

Matthew James

Michael Walsh

Scott Klarenbach

Amit Garg

Bram Rochwerg

Matthew Weir