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Brenda Hemmelgarn

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Brenda Hemmelgarn

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.
3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (12 CIHR), most recently in 2019.
Supervised 7 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

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103

Publications

1,017

Citations

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160

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Grants

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Research

Chronic Kidney Disease Health Services Research Knowledge Translation Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Trials Comparative Effectiveness Diabetes Mellitus Health Systems And Services

Latest papers

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)
Learning Health Systems · 2025
Computerised clinical decision support system for the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism: a preclinical pilot study.
BMJ open quality · 2023
Association of Albuminuria and Regression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease.
JAMA network open · 2022

All 103 publications

Latest funding

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
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Addressing cost-related nonadherence of prescription medications through evidence-informed cost-sharing policies in public drug plans to advance health equity in Canada
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$149,804
Decisions to Seek Emergency Medical Care Among People with Kidney Failure: Implications for Optimal Care Delivery
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$133,876

All 42 grants and awards

103 publications.

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)

Marshall DA, Sidhu S, Oddone Paolucci E, Lopatina E, Gallant N, Manhas KP, McGrail K, Wasylak T, Zelinsky S, Bryan S

Learning Health Systems20252 citations

DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.70025

Computerised clinical decision support system for the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism: a preclinical pilot study.

Altabbaa G, Carpendale S, Flemons W, Hemmelgarn B, McLaughlin K, Zuk T, Ghali WA

BMJ open quality2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2022-001984 PMID: 36927628

Association of Albuminuria and Regression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease.

Pasternak M, Liu P, Quinn R, Elliott M, Harrison TG, Hemmelgarn B, Lam N, Ronksley P, Tonelli M, Ravani P

JAMA network open2022

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.25821 PMID: 35943741

The Association Between Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Hospitalization for Fatigue: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Farragher JF, Zhang J, Harrison TG, Ravani P, Elliott MJ, Hemmelgarn B

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/20543581211001224 PMID: 33796323

Enhancing primary care capacity in chronic kidney disease management: a quality improvement educational initiative.

Smekal MD, Bello AK, Donald M, Zaidi D, McBrien K, Nicholson K, Novak E, Hemmelgarn B

BMJ open2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046068 PMID: 34753751

Sex differences in the vascular access of hemodialysis patients: a cohort study.

MacRae JM, Clarke A, Ahmed SB, Elliott M, Quinn RR, James M, King-Shier K, Hiremath S, Oliver MJ, Hemmelgarn B, Scott-Douglas N, Ravani P, Alberta Kidney Disease Network

Clinical kidney journal2021

DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfaa132 PMID: 33959269

Enhancing ICD-Code-Based Case Definition for Heart Failure Using Electronic Medical Record Data.

Xu Y, Lee S, Martin E, D'souza AG, Doktorchik CTA, Jiang J, Lee S, Eastwood CA, Fine N, Hemmelgarn B, Todd K, Quan H

Journal of cardiac failure2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2020.04.003 PMID: 32304875

Impact of payment model on the behaviour of specialist physicians: A systematic review.

Quinn AE, Trachtenberg AJ, McBrien KA, Ogundeji Y, Souri S, Manns L, Rennert-May E, Ronksley P, Au F, Arora N, Hemmelgarn B, Tonelli M, Manns BJ

Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.02.007 PMID: 32115252

Supportive care for end-stage kidney disease: an integral part of kidney services across a range of income settings around the world.

Hole B, Hemmelgarn B, Brown E, Brown M, McCulloch MI, Zuniga C, Andreoli SP, Blake PG, Couchoud C, Cueto-Manzano AM, Dreyer G, Garcia Garcia G, Jager KJ, McKnight M, Morton RL, Murtagh FEM, Naicker S, Obrador GT, Perl J, Rahman M, Shah KD, Van Biesen W, Walker RC, Yeates K, Zemchenkov A, Zhao MH, Davies SJ, Caskey FJ

Kidney international supplements2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.008 PMID: 32149013

Considerations on equity in management of end-stage kidney disease in low- and middle-income countries.

Van Biesen W, Jha V, Abu-Alfa AK, Andreoli SP, Ashuntantang G, Bernieh B, Brown E, Chen Y, Coppo R, Couchoud C, Cullis B, Douthat W, Eke FU, Hemmelgarn B, Hou FF, Levin NW, Luyckx VA, Morton RL, Moosa MR, Murtagh FEM, Richards M, Rondeau E, Schneditz D, Shah KD, Tesar V, Yeates K, Garcia Garcia G

Kidney international supplements2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.kisu.2019.11.004 PMID: 32149010

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Brenda Hemmelgarn

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)

Computerised clinical decision support system for the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism: a preclinical pilot study.

Association of Albuminuria and Regression of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease.

The Association Between Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Hospitalization for Fatigue: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Enhancing primary care capacity in chronic kidney disease management: a quality improvement educational initiative.

Sex differences in the vascular access of hemodialysis patients: a cohort study.

Enhancing ICD-Code-Based Case Definition for Heart Failure Using Electronic Medical Record Data.

Impact of payment model on the behaviour of specialist physicians: A systematic review.

Supportive care for end-stage kidney disease: an integral part of kidney services across a range of income settings around the world.

Considerations on equity in management of end-stage kidney disease in low- and middle-income countries.

Frequent collaborators

Braden Manns

Marcello Tonelli

Marcello Tonelli

Scott Klarenbach

Pietro Ravani

Hude Quan

Matthew James

Stephanie Thompson

Matthew James

Michael Walsh

Cheryl Barnabe

Neesh Pannu

Peter Tugwell

Robert Quinn

Branko Braam

Richard Lewanczuk

Paul Ronksley

Jennifer Macrae

Kathryn King-Shier

Nairne Scott-Douglas

Paul Ronksley

Fiona Clement

Sasha Bernatsky

Adeera Levin

Kailash Jindal

Nairne Scott-Douglas

Noah Ivers

Amit Garg

Guanmin Chen

Betty Chui

Alun Edwards

Brian Hutton

Andreas Laupacis

David Moher

Mark Rosenberg

Howard Bergman

John Lavis

James Scholey

Reem Adel Mustafa

Heather Reich