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Braden Manns

ResearcherMedicine/Endocrinology/MetabolismUniversity of Calgary

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Braden Manns

Researcher

Medicine/Endocrinology/Metabolism

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 15 research grants (15 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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Academic metrics

149

Publications

1,249

Citations

h-index

166

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Knowledge Translation Health Policy Chronic Kidney Disease Diabetes Heart Disease Heart Failure Intercurrent Illness Kidney Disease

Latest papers

The current state of electronic health records across Canada: an environmental scan and interoperability maturity assessment.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026 · senior author
Advancing Methods to Study Clinical Variation in Healthcare.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026
Variation in Variation Measurement: A Mapping Review of Methods to Study Clinical Variation.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026 · senior author

All 149 publications

Latest funding

Population-based Assessment of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Canada: The PACED Study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$409,276
Community-Academic Partnerships for Equitable Learning Health Systems: A Co-Production Approach
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$130,000
Behavioural nudges to increase influenza vaccination uptake as a stroke prevention strategy: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$199,379

All 48 grants and awards

149 publications.

The current state of electronic health records across Canada: an environmental scan and interoperability maturity assessment.

Kannappan S, Hastings S, Forster A, Dean S, Hollett G, Hagens S, Gheorghiu B, Affleck E, Snyman C, Adams O, Williamson T, Manns B

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.251640 PMID: 42082412

Advancing Methods to Study Clinical Variation in Healthcare.

Black JE, Chew DS, Williamson TS, Manns B, Quinn A

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2026

DOI: 10.1111/jep.70383 PMID: 41709497

Variation in Variation Measurement: A Mapping Review of Methods to Study Clinical Variation.

Quinn AE, Black JE, Chew D, Williamson TS, Yergens D, Faris P, Au F, Fletcher JM, Sidhu S, Drummond R, Skidmore B, Manns B

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jep.70350 PMID: 41569922

Practice Variation in Prescribing SGLT2-Inhibitors: A Population-Based Analysis from Alberta, Canada.

Kanji R, Chew DS, Au F, Campbell DJT, Lau D, Beall RF, Ronksley PE, Manns B, Quinn AE

CJC open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.11.015 PMID: 41836121

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

Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis2025

DOI: 10.1177/08968608251403873 PMID: 41452022

A qualitative follow-up on perceptions of energy management education and daily life by individuals with fatigue undergoing hemodialysis treatment.

Davis JA, Farragher J, Thomas C, Ravani P, Manns B, Hemmelgarn BR

The British journal of occupational therapy2025

DOI: 10.1177/03080226251335228 PMID: 40756813

The Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology (SONG) initiative: a decade of harmonizing patient voices and research in kidney disease.

O'Reilly C, Craig JC, Cho Y, Crowe S, Gill JS, Hemmelgarn B, Howell M, Hughes A, Ju A, Manera K, Manns B, Pecoits-Filho R, Sautenet B, Scholes-Robertson N, Teixeira-Pinto A, Tugwell P, Van Biesen W, Viecelli AK, Wang AY, Winkelmayer WC, Wong G, Guha C, Jaure A

Kidney international2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2025.02.016 PMID: 40404256

Cost-Effectiveness of Semaglutide in Patients With Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

Rennert-May E, Manns B, Clement F, Spackman E, Collister D, Sumner G, Leal J, Miller RJH, Chew DS

Canadian Journal of Cardiology202517 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2024.09.025

Associations Between Hearing Loss and Health-Related Costs: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study.

Tonelli M, Wiebe N, Boulton T, Donald M, Evans J, Hemmelgarn B, Howarth T, Lunney M, Nicholas D, Makaroff KS, So H, Thompson S, Klarenbach SW, Manns B

American journal of audiology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1044/2024_aja-24-00130 PMID: 39535959

Re-Purposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalized Medical Patients (RePORT): protocol for a multicenter stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact of a multicomponent intervention bundle to reduce laboratory test over-utilization.

Ambasta A, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Pokharel S, Mathura P, Shih AW, Stelfox HT, Ma I, Harrison M, Manns B, Faris P, Williamson T, Shukalek C, Santana M, Omodon O, McCaughey D, Kassam N, Naugler C

Implementation science : IS2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13012-024-01376-6 PMID: 38956637

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Knowledge Translation Dear Professor Manns, 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 "The current state of electronic health records across Canada: an environmental scan and interoperability maturity assessment." (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 "Preventing medication complications during AcUte illness through Symptom Evaluation and sick day guidance (PAUSE): Development and feasibility testing of a Patient-Centered Mobile Health Intervention" (2022), 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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Braden Manns

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The current state of electronic health records across Canada: an environmental scan and interoperability maturity assessment.

Advancing Methods to Study Clinical Variation in Healthcare.

Variation in Variation Measurement: A Mapping Review of Methods to Study Clinical Variation.

Practice Variation in Prescribing SGLT2-Inhibitors: A Population-Based Analysis from Alberta, Canada.

Starting Dialysis on Time, At Home on the Right Therapy (START): Cost analysis of an initiative to increase the use of peritoneal dialysis.

A qualitative follow-up on perceptions of energy management education and daily life by individuals with fatigue undergoing hemodialysis treatment.

The Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology (SONG) initiative: a decade of harmonizing patient voices and research in kidney disease.

Cost-Effectiveness of Semaglutide in Patients With Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

Associations Between Hearing Loss and Health-Related Costs: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study.

Re-Purposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalized Medical Patients (RePORT): protocol for a multicenter stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact of a multicomponent intervention bundle to reduce laboratory test over-utilization.

Frequent collaborators

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Marcello Tonelli

Marcello Tonelli

Pietro Ravani

Michael Walsh

Peter Tugwell

Matthew James

Stephanie Thompson

Amit Garg

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David Collister

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Betty Chui

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York Pei

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