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Sunita Vohra

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Alberta

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Sunita Vohra

Researcher

Pediatrics

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.
49 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 16 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2015.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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188

Publications

2,878

Citations

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Research

Complementary Therapies Integrative Practice Active Surveillance Adjudication Adverse Events Knowledge Translation And Exchange Mental Health Natural Health Products

Latest papers

The Trial Bank initiative to promote trustworthy living evidence for medication safety (PROMISE) of children: design and pilot validation.
BMC medicine · 2026
Efficacy and Safety of Laser Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.
Global advances in integrative medicine and health · 2026 · senior author
Randomized trial of occlusive wrap for heat loss prevention in preterm infants: neurodevelopmental outcome.
BMC pediatrics · 2026

All 188 publications

Latest funding

Embedding Shared Decision-Making in Patient Centered Care in Community Rehabilitation Programs in Alberta
CIHR · 2017 · Supervisor
$108,500
IMPORTTEN: Integrative Medicine Patient-ORiented Translational and Treatment Evaluation Network
CIHR · 2015 · Nominated PI
$50,000
Mental Health SONAR (Study of Natural health product Adverse Reactions)
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
$399,835

All 6 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 188 publications.

The Trial Bank initiative to promote trustworthy living evidence for medication safety (PROMISE) of children: design and pilot validation.

Xu C, Doi SA, Vohra S, Furuya-Kanamori L, Wang Y, Tang L, Tian Y, Fan S, Peng Z, Mayo-Wilson E, Lin L, Chu H, Murad MH, Yu T, Li S, Chen Y, Golder S, Loke Y, Clark J, Glasziou P, Du L, Lin H, Gu Z, PROMISE Collaborative Research Network

BMC medicine2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-026-04709-y PMID: 41723462

Efficacy and Safety of Laser Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.

Dong D, Xu L, Thompson-Hodgetts S, Jou H, Vohra S

Global advances in integrative medicine and health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/27536130261487432 PMID: 42724412

Randomized trial of occlusive wrap for heat loss prevention in preterm infants: neurodevelopmental outcome.

Vincer MJ, Reilly MC, Vohra S, Rac VE, Bhaloo Z, Dunn M, Ferrelli K, Kiss A, Wimmer J, Zayack D, Soll R, Vermont Oxford Network HeLP Trial Study Group

BMC pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05678-6 PMID: 42638093

Comparison of a Cardiac Specific Versus a General Instrument to Assess Health-Related Quality of Life 4-5 Years After Cardiac Surgery in Early Infancy.

Almeida L, Vohra S, Johnson JA, Ghasemi E, Dinu I, Robertson CMT, Garcia Guerra G, Joffe AR

CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2026.02.003 PMID: 42666944

Unpublished trials affected evidence synthesis substantially when estimating medication harms in children.

Yisha Z, Fan Z, Furuya-Kanamori L, Tian Y, Loke Y, Peng Z, Lin L, Golder S, Chu H, Vohra S, Doi SA, Xu C, Jia P

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112276 PMID: 42009146

An n-of-1 gene-directed drug repurposing trial for an ultrarare genetic condition.

Jha V, Tsetsos C, Bedford M, Costain G, Vohra S, Diaz Martinez JP, Heon E, Vorstman J, Gorodetsky C, Vincent A, Rapley J, Anderson L, Anagnostou E, Baribeau DA

Epilepsia2026

DOI: 10.1002/epi.70253 PMID: 41999155

Toward Evidence Synthesis of Adverse Events in Imbalanced Time-to-Event Data.

Peng Z, Jiang J, Lin L, Furuya-Kanamori L, Li S, Loke Y, Chu H, Vohra S, Xu C

Journal of evidence-based medicine2026

DOI: 10.1111/jebm.70144 PMID: 42381160

Harm outcomes applicable for most meta-analyses of randomized trials of biomedical interventions: a key concept in clinical epidemiology.

Christensen R, Berthelsen DB, Tugwell P, Golder S, Qureshi R, Mayo-Wilson E, Simon LS, Kwong J, Williamson PR, Vohra S

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112218 PMID: 41802580

"The Evidence I Need Is Change in a Child" Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Acupuncture Therapy for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An Interpretive Description.

Dong D, Vohra S, Jou H, Thompson-Hodgetts S

Global advances in integrative medicine and health2026

DOI: 10.1177/27536130261448873 PMID: 42125725

Investigating the impact of problematic evidence on clinical practice guidelines and associated patient outcomes (VITALITY Study II): protocol.

Xu C, Furuya Kanamori L, Cao H, Wang X, Loke YK, Li S, Wen T, Fan S, Gu Z, Stone JC, Lin L, Yisha Z, Cristea IA, Du L, Clark J, Qin Z, Song Y, Zeng L, Fan Z, Golder S, Chu H, Murad MH, Lin H, Mol BW, Vohra S, Doi SA

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115303 PMID: 41916628

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Sunita Vohra

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Trial Bank initiative to promote trustworthy living evidence for medication safety (PROMISE) of children: design and pilot validation.

Efficacy and Safety of Laser Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.

Randomized trial of occlusive wrap for heat loss prevention in preterm infants: neurodevelopmental outcome.

Comparison of a Cardiac Specific Versus a General Instrument to Assess Health-Related Quality of Life 4-5 Years After Cardiac Surgery in Early Infancy.

Unpublished trials affected evidence synthesis substantially when estimating medication harms in children.

An n-of-1 gene-directed drug repurposing trial for an ultrarare genetic condition.

Toward Evidence Synthesis of Adverse Events in Imbalanced Time-to-Event Data.

Harm outcomes applicable for most meta-analyses of randomized trials of biomedical interventions: a key concept in clinical epidemiology.

"The Evidence I Need Is Change in a Child" Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Acupuncture Therapy for Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An Interpretive Description.

Investigating the impact of problematic evidence on clinical practice guidelines and associated patient outcomes (VITALITY Study II): protocol.

Embedding Shared Decision-Making in Patient Centered Care in Community Rehabilitation Programs in Alberta

IMPORTTEN: Integrative Medicine Patient-ORiented Translational and Treatment Evaluation Network

Mental Health SONAR (Study of Natural health product Adverse Reactions)

Primary Outcomes Reporting in Trials (PORTal): systematic reviews of adult and pediatric trials

Dissemination of reporting guidelines for N-of-1 trials

CIHR Team in Safety Culture for Spinal Manipulation Therapy:(SAFETY NET: an academic and professional partnership building a culture of safety for Spinal Manipulation Therapy)

Frequent collaborators

Lisa Hartling

David Moher

An-Wen Chan

Martin Offringa

Karin Olson

Liana Urichuk

Maria Mayan

Catherine Backman

Peter Tugwell

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Gordon Guyatt

Michael Dunn

Tracy Wasylak

Suneeta Monga

Linda Carroll

Tracy Wasylak

Peter Szatmari

Heather Boon

Peter Szatmari

Lehana Thabane

Jason Walter Busse

Pasqualina Santaguida

Maureen Smith

Angela Cheung

Tammy Clifford

Heather Boon

Aaron Orkin

Angela Cheung

Derek Chu

Behnam Sadeghirad

Thomas Agoritsas

Yuqing Zhang

Yutaka Yasui

Sarah McDonald

Raimond Wong

Dean Fergusson

Anita R Gross

Jennifer Stinson

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