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Salim Samanani

ResearcherUniversity of Alberta

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Salim Samanani

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Cancer First Nation Screening Community Digital Approaches First Nations Immunizations Improvements

Latest papers

Persistence and spread of RADAR: A longitudinal evaluation of a diabetes care model.
Primary care diabetes · 2026
Impact of COVID-19-related data drift on machine-learning prognostic models predicting 30-day opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalisation or mortality: a population-level administrative data study in Alberta, Canada.
BMJ open · 2026 · senior author
'It's not just diabetes': implementation enablers and barriers of an indigenous-focused virtual diabetes care clinic using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) - a qualitative assessment.
BMJ open · 2026

All 20 publications

Latest funding

First Nations Catalyzing Resources and Relationships for the Uptake of Screening and Healthcare for Cancer (FN CRRUSH Cancer)
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$1,289,024
Optimizing Immunization Coverage in First Nations Communities in Alberta
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,403,776
First Nations Catalyzing Resources and Relationships for the Uptake of Screening and Healthcare for Cancer (FN CRRUSH Cancer)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 5 grants and awards

20 publications.

Persistence and spread of RADAR: A longitudinal evaluation of a diabetes care model.

Dubois C, Soprovich A, Meneen K, Minhas-Sandhu JK, Wozniak LA, Crowshoe L, Johnson JA, Samanani S, Eurich DT

Primary care diabetes2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2026.08.002 PMID: 42595637

Impact of COVID-19-related data drift on machine-learning prognostic models predicting 30-day opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalisation or mortality: a population-level administrative data study in Alberta, Canada.

Sharma V, Li W, Joon T, Dubois C, Lau D, Jess E, Lindeman C, Kain NA, Ye M, Semenchuk M, Eurich DT, Samanani S

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103318 PMID: 42167940

'It's not just diabetes': implementation enablers and barriers of an indigenous-focused virtual diabetes care clinic using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) - a qualitative assessment.

Swampy K, Eurich DT, Meneen K, Samanani S, Singh P, Wozniak LA, Padwal RS, Lau D

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107266 PMID: 41997705

Cost-Effectiveness of Reorganizing the Approach to Diabetes Through the Application of Registries: An Innovative Model to Organize Diabetes Care in First Nations Communities in Canada.

Ghule P, Rashid I, Minhas-Sandhu JK, Crowshoe L, Johnson JA, Samanani S, Dubois C, Asche CV, Eurich DT

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.09.010 PMID: 41005702

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug and healthcare utilisation among First Nations with diabetes in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

Weaver O, Sarin C, Samanani S, Crowshoe L, Ye M, Eurich DT

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105517 PMID: 41338612

Predicting the Risk of COVID-19 Among Adult Patients With Diabetes: A Machine Learning Approach.

Eurich DT, Lau D, Li W, Weaver O, Joon T, Ye M, McAlister FA, Kaul P, Samanani S

Canadian journal of diabetes2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2025.09.001 PMID: 40939705

COVID-19 and its impact on life expectancy among First Nations people in Alberta, Canada from 2019 to 2022: a population-based study.

Sarin C, Eurich DT, Weaver O, Huang L, Rudko S, Dubois C, Fair O, Wozniak LA, Healy B, Bill L, Crowshoe L, Senthilselvan A, Colquhoun A, Samanani S

Lancet regional health. Americas2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101052 PMID: 40213275

Describing COVID-19 immunizations for First Nations people on-reserve in Alberta using real-time integration of point of care and provincial data.

Eurich DT, Weaver O, McDermott C, Soprovich A, Wozniak LA, Woytas B, Sarin C, Bilinsky L, Thiara P, O'Brien C, Bill L, Crowshoe L, Senthilselvan A, Samanani S

Vaccine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126614 PMID: 39700910

Characterizing dose changes and tapering among opioid users: A brief report on a population-level study in Alberta, Canada.

Dubois C, Weaver O, Ye M, Gilani F, Samanani S, Jess E, Eurich DT

Journal of opioid management2024

DOI: 10.5055/jom.0880 PMID: 39545443

Effectiveness of RADAR on diabetes processes of care for First Nations communities in Alberta, Canada.

Eurich DT, Wozniak LA, Soprovich A, Lee C, Minhas-Sandhu JK, Crowshoe L, Johnson JA, Samanani S

Primary care diabetes2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.004 PMID: 37951724

First Nations Catalyzing Resources and Relationships for the Uptake of Screening and Healthcare for Cancer (FN CRRUSH Cancer)

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Eurich, Dean; Crowshoe, Lynden L; Henderson, Rita I; Samanani, Salim; Thiara, Parminder; Yang, Huiming

Keywords: Cancer; Community; First Nation; Screening

$1,289,024

Optimizing Immunization Coverage in First Nations Communities in Alberta

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Eurich, Dean; Crowshoe, Lynden L; Samanani, Salim; Sarin, Christopher

Keywords: Digital Approaches; First Nations; Immunizations; Improvements; On-Time Coverage

$1,403,776

First Nations Catalyzing Resources and Relationships for the Uptake of Screening and Healthcare for Cancer (FN CRRUSH Cancer)

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - PA - Breast Cancer Prevention & Early Detection

Principal investigators: Eurich, Dean; Crowshoe, Lynden L; Samanani, Salim; Yang, Huiming

Keywords: Cancer; First Nation; Screening

$100,000

The impact of COVID-19 on vaccine uptake and immunization rates for First Nations people in Alberta

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant - Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Research

Principal investigators: Eurich, Dean; O'Brien, Celine Y; Thiara, Parminder; Sarin, Christopher

Keywords: Covid-19; First Nations; Utilization; Vaccines

$250,000

IDEATE (InDigEnous heAlTh Equity) Network for Primary Health Care and Policy Research in Alberta

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research- Dev Grants

Principal investigators: Crowshoe, Lynden L; Tailfeathers, Esther; Bablitz, Cara A; Barnabe, Cheryl C; Green, Michael E; Henderson, Rita I; Leduc, Charles; Montesanti, Stephanie R; Murry, Adam T

Keywords: Diffusions Of Innovation; Equity; Health Inequities; Indigenous; Inter-Sectoral Collaborations; Jurisdictional Barriers; Preventive Medicine; Primary Care; System Integration

$75,000

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

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Salim Samanani

Research

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Persistence and spread of RADAR: A longitudinal evaluation of a diabetes care model.

Impact of COVID-19-related data drift on machine-learning prognostic models predicting 30-day opioid-related emergency department visits, hospitalisation or mortality: a population-level administrative data study in Alberta, Canada.

'It's not just diabetes': implementation enablers and barriers of an indigenous-focused virtual diabetes care clinic using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) - a qualitative assessment.

Cost-Effectiveness of Reorganizing the Approach to Diabetes Through the Application of Registries: An Innovative Model to Organize Diabetes Care in First Nations Communities in Canada.

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug and healthcare utilisation among First Nations with diabetes in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

Predicting the Risk of COVID-19 Among Adult Patients With Diabetes: A Machine Learning Approach.

COVID-19 and its impact on life expectancy among First Nations people in Alberta, Canada from 2019 to 2022: a population-based study.

Describing COVID-19 immunizations for First Nations people on-reserve in Alberta using real-time integration of point of care and provincial data.

Characterizing dose changes and tapering among opioid users: A brief report on a population-level study in Alberta, Canada.

Effectiveness of RADAR on diabetes processes of care for First Nations communities in Alberta, Canada.

First Nations Catalyzing Resources and Relationships for the Uptake of Screening and Healthcare for Cancer (FN CRRUSH Cancer)

Optimizing Immunization Coverage in First Nations Communities in Alberta

First Nations Catalyzing Resources and Relationships for the Uptake of Screening and Healthcare for Cancer (FN CRRUSH Cancer)

The impact of COVID-19 on vaccine uptake and immunization rates for First Nations people in Alberta

IDEATE (InDigEnous heAlTh Equity) Network for Primary Health Care and Policy Research in Alberta

Frequent collaborators

Lynden Crowshoe

Lynden Crowshoe

Dean Eurich

Darren Lau

Lea Bill

Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

Michael Finkelstein

Bonnie Healy

Finlay Mcalister

Parminder Thiara

Daniala Weir

Celine O'Brien

Bonnie Healy