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Braedon McDonald

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Braedon McDonald

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Neutrophils Microbiome Sepsis Gnotobiotic Mice Bronchiectasis Immunology Respiratory Medicine Biological Sex

Latest papers

High-dimensional single-cell mass cytometry analysis of IL-4 treated human macrophages reveals heterogeneity and a CD206high anticolitic subset.
Journal of leukocyte biology · 2026
ON-Time enables rapid microbiome sequencing and analysis for precision medicine.
Cell reports methods · 2026 · senior author
Differential disease tolerance mediates sex-biased illness severity in sepsis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026 · senior author

All 50 publications

Latest funding

Deciphering How Host-Microbe and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Drives Bronchiectasis Outcomes
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$875,926
Cross-kingdom interactions between airway Candida species, bacterial pathogens, and the host immune system in ventilator-associated pneumonia
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Multimodal Evaluation of Fracture Healing and Coagulopathy in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 23 grants and awards

50 publications.

High-dimensional single-cell mass cytometry analysis of IL-4 treated human macrophages reveals heterogeneity and a CD206high anticolitic subset.

Callejas BE, Schlechte J, Sousa JA, Andonian N, Kraemer L, Flannigan K, Higgins E, Wang A, Rosentreter R, McDonald B, Panaccione R, McKay DM

Journal of leukocyte biology2026

DOI: 10.1093/jleuko/qiag075 PMID: 42367148

ON-Time enables rapid microbiome sequencing and analysis for precision medicine.

MacKenzie C, Seo H, Schlechte J, Herik A, Bains I, Yu IL, McCoy KD, Thornton CS, McDonald B

Cell reports methods2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2026.101593 PMID: 42705234

Differential disease tolerance mediates sex-biased illness severity in sepsis.

Dobson B, Strayer K, Wijesinghe A, Schlechte J, Tejada O, Bartlett A, Stephens M, Changirwa D, Cho NA, Yu IL, Khan N, McDonald B

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2522764123 PMID: 41734079

Impaired systemic antibody response against gut microbiota pathobionts in critical illness and susceptibility to nosocomial infections.

Cho NA, Schlechte J, Yu IL, Bains I, Fahlman T, Mackenzie C, McDonald B

Intensive care medicine experimental2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40635-026-00860-1 PMID: 41591701

Randomized Controlled Trial of Mechanical Thrombectomy With Anticoagulation Versus Anticoagulation Alone for Acute Intermediate-High Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Primary Outcomes From the STORM-PE Trial.

Lookstein RA, Konstantinides SV, Weinberg I, Dohad SY, Rosol Z, Kopeć G, Moriarty JM, Parikh SA, Holden A, Channick RN, McDonald B, Nagarsheth KH, Yamada K, Rosovsky RP, STORM-PE Trial Investigators

Circulation2026

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.077232 PMID: 41183181

Assessing the effects of fluids and antibiotics in an acute murine model of sepsis: study protocol for the National Preclinical Sepsis Platform-01 (NPSP-01) Study.

Jahandideh F, Mendelson AA, Liaw PC, Gill SE, Bourque S, Fox-Robichaud AE, Cepinskas G, Macala KF, Sunohara-Neilson J, Engelberts D, Sontag D, Dwivedi DJ, Yu IL, Batnyam O, Mbuta K, Fergusson DA, Taljaard M, McDonald B, Lalu MM

F1000Research2025

DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.163800.3 PMID: 41939488

Indole-3-propionic acid protects medium-diversity colitic mice via barrier enhancement preferentially over anti-inflammatory effects.

Nieves KM, Flannigan KL, Hughes E, Stephens M, Thorne AJ, Delanne-Cuménal A, Strayer K, Kola-Ilesanmi D, Wickramasinghe S, Mirzadzar N, Baruta G, McDonald B, Cobo ER, Petri B, Mani S, Hirota SA

American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology2025

DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00256.2024 PMID: 40257386

Impact of streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia on the host response to sepsis

Carlin S, Dwivedi DJ, Cani E, Sharma N, Venegas-Pino DE, Lalu M, Mendelson AA, McDonald B, Werstuck GH, Liaw PC

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis20252 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.07.004

Pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities of gut microbiome dysbiosis in critical illness.

Cho NA, Strayer K, Dobson B, McDonald B

Gut microbes2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2351478 PMID: 38780485

Impact of age on the host response to sepsis in a murine model of fecal-induced peritonitis

Sharma N, Chen A, Heinen L, Liu R, Dwivedi DJ, Zhou J, Lalu MM, Mendelson AA, McDonald B, Kretz CA

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental202411 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40635-024-00609-8 PMID: W4392599830

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Braedon McDonald

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High-dimensional single-cell mass cytometry analysis of IL-4 treated human macrophages reveals heterogeneity and a CD206high anticolitic subset.

ON-Time enables rapid microbiome sequencing and analysis for precision medicine.

Differential disease tolerance mediates sex-biased illness severity in sepsis.

Impaired systemic antibody response against gut microbiota pathobionts in critical illness and susceptibility to nosocomial infections.

Randomized Controlled Trial of Mechanical Thrombectomy With Anticoagulation Versus Anticoagulation Alone for Acute Intermediate-High Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Primary Outcomes From the STORM-PE Trial.

Assessing the effects of fluids and antibiotics in an acute murine model of sepsis: study protocol for the National Preclinical Sepsis Platform-01 (NPSP-01) Study.

Indole-3-propionic acid protects medium-diversity colitic mice via barrier enhancement preferentially over anti-inflammatory effects.

Impact of streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia on the host response to sepsis

Pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities of gut microbiome dysbiosis in critical illness.

Impact of age on the host response to sepsis in a murine model of fecal-induced peritonitis

Frequent collaborators

Paul Kubes

Patricia Chia-Ying Liaw

Alison Fox-Robichaud

Gediminas Cepinskas

Antoine Dufour

Gloria Vazquez-Grande

Zahra Goodarzi

Justin Chun

Nargis Khan

Mary Dunbar

Remo Panaccione

Alan Chen

Ryan Zarychanski

Dean Fergusson

Monica Taljaard

Claudia Dos Santos

Geoff Werstuck

Maziar Divangahi

Stephane Bourque

Haibo Zhang

Justin Presseau

Donald Welsh

Kirsten Fiest

Manoj Lalu

Leslie Skeith

Colin Kretz