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Daniel Niven

ResearcherCritical Care MedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Daniel Niven

Researcher

Critical Care 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.
9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Publications

395

Citations

102

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Critical Care Medicine Knowledge Translation Intensive Care Unit Implementation Science Clinical Trial Mixed Methods Transitions In Care Adoption

Latest papers

Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.
BMJ open · 2026
Outcomes of Repeat Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Following Initial Unsuccessful Cannulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026
Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine · 2025

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Family-partnered delirium prevention, detection, and management in ICU: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$825,590
Co-designing better transitions in care for patients undergoing cancer treatment (CanTiC Tx)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$279,225
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in the Critically Ill; REVISE Renewal Grant
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,863,000

All 17 grants and awards

15 publications.

Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.

Petkovic-Wintemute A, Eystathioy T, Okuori A, Oxland P, Kupsch S, Fiest K, Niven D, Parsons Leigh J, Burry L, Jenkins J, Jaworska N

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112790 PMID: 42156148

Outcomes of Repeat Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Following Initial Unsuccessful Cannulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Tepox-Padrón A, Pattar BSB, Adler DG, Niven D, Forbes N

Digestive diseases and sciences2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10620-026-09765-1 PMID: 41706406

Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada

Molinaro ML, Shah AQ, Elma A, Scholes A, Pinto N, Leslie M, Brown A, Cook D, Niven D, Fiest K

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine20254 citations

DOI: 10.1177/08850666251329828

Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis during Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

Iqbal M, Reeve B, Forrest D, Trop S, Reynolds S, Saunders L, Heels-Ansdell D, Marshall J, English S, Ostermann M

New England Journal of Medicine2024108 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2404245

International cross-sectional survey on current and updated definitions of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome.

Nasa P, Wise RD, Smit M, Acosta S, D'Amours S, Beaubien-Souligny W, Bodnar Z, Coccolini F, Dangayach NS, Dabrowski W, Duchesne J, Ejike JC, Augustin G, De Keulenaer B, Kirkpatrick AW, Khanna AK, Kimball E, Koratala A, Lee RK, Leppaniemi A, Lerma EV, Marmolejo V, Meraz-Munoz A, Myatra SN, Niven D, Olvera C, Ordoñez C, Petro C, Pereira BM, Ronco C, Regli A, Roberts DJ, Rola P, Rosen M, Shrestha GS, Sugrue M, Velez JCQ, Wald R, De Waele J, Reintam Blaser A, Malbrain MLNG

World journal of emergency surgery : WJES2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13017-024-00564-5 PMID: 39609850

What counts as patient-important upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the ICU? A mixed-methods study protocol of patient and family perspectives

Cook DJ, Swinton ME, Krewulak KD, Fiest K, Dionne JC, Debigare S, Guyatt GH, Taneja S, Alhazzani W, Burns KEA

BMJ Open202315 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070966

Monitoring and auditing protocol adherence, data integrity and ethical conduct of a randomized clinical trial: A case study

Takaoka A, Zytaruk N, Davis M, Matte A, Johnstone J, Lauzier F, Marshall J, Adhikari N, Clarke FJ, Rochwerg B

Journal of Critical Care20224 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154094

Antipsychotic prescribing practices and patient, family member and healthcare professional perceptions of antipsychotic prescribing in acute care settings: a scoping review protocol.

Jaworska N, Moss SJ, Krewulak KD, Stelfox Z, Niven D, Ismail Z, Burry L, Fiest K

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057585 PMID: 35768120

Evidence for overuse of cardiovascular healthcare services in high-income countries: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Roberts DJ, Sypes EE, Nagpal SK, Niven D, Mamas M, McIsaac DI, van Walraven C, Shorr R, Graham ID, Stelfox HT, Grimshaw J

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053920 PMID: 35393307

Effect of Probiotics on Incident Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients

Johnstone J, Meade M, Lauzier F, Marshall J, Duan E, Dionne J, Arabi YM, Heels-Ansdell D, Thabane L, Lamarche D

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)2021217 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.13355 PMID: W3199054172

Family-partnered delirium prevention, detection, and management in ICU: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fiest, Kirsten M

Keywords: Anxiety; Critical Care; Delirium; Depression; Icu; Patient And Family Engagement; Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

$825,590

Co-designing better transitions in care for patients undergoing cancer treatment (CanTiC Tx)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sauro, Khara M; Manca, Donna P

Keywords: Cancer Treatment

$279,225

Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in the Critically Ill; REVISE Renewal Grant

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects-Canadian sites of international trials

Principal investigators: Cook, Deborah J

Keywords: Clinically Important Gastrointestinal Bleeding; Clostridioides Difficile; Covid-19; Critical Care; Invasive Mechanical Ventilation; Mortality; Neurological Critical Illness; Pneumonia; Randomized Clinical Trial; Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

$1,863,000

Developing Federated Learning Strategies for Disease Surveillance Using Cross-Jurisdiction Electronic Medical Records without Data Sharing: With Applications to Acute Myocardial Infarction, Hypertension, and Sepsis Detection

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Na; Garland, Allan; Lamontagne, Francois; Li, Yue; Thavorn, Kednapa

Keywords: Cross-Jurisdictional Research; Detection Of Acute Myocardial Infarction; Detection Of Hypertension; Detection Of Sepsis; Diagnostic And Prognostic Prediction; Disease Surveillance; Electronic Medical Records; Federated Learning; Machine Learning; Population Health

$703,800

Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in the Critically Ill; REVISE Renewal Grant

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Cook, Deborah J

$465,750

Moral distress in critical and primary care providers from the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-provincial mixed-methods case study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Grierson, Lawrence; Molinaro, Monica L

Keywords: Burnout; Case Study; Covid-19; Critical Care; Family Medicine; Health Policy; Moral Distress; Primary Care; Qualitative Methods

$248,373

ACCELERATE: Partnering with ICU patients and family caregivers toward early transitions in care

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stelfox, Henry T; Fiest, Kirsten M; Foster, Nadine K; Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Sept, Bonnie G

Keywords: Critical Care Medicine; Health Services Research; Intensive Care; Knowledge Translation; Patient Centered Care; Transitions In Care

$355,725

Understanding and managing the effects of COVID-19 restricted visitation policies on the families and healthcare providers of critically ill patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Fiest, Kirsten M; Foster, Nadine K; Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Sept, Bonnie G; Stelfox, Henry T

Keywords: Anxiety; Critical Care; Depression; Distress; Family; Follow-Up; Healthcare Provider; Intensive Care Unit; Prospective Cohort

$298,769

Awake Prone Position in Hypoxemic Patients with Coronavirus Disease 19

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Therapeutics

Principal investigators: Alhazzani, Waleed; Cook, Deborah J; Parhar, Ken Kuljit S; Stelfox, Henry T; Weatherald, Jason

Keywords: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Ards); Coronavirus; Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation; Proning

$1,089,205

Improving Transitions in Care from ICU: Evaluation of an Electronic Communication Tool

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Transitions in Care - Evaluation Grants

Principal investigators: Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Farrier, Christian E; Fiest, Kirsten M; Kupsch, Shelly; Niven, Daniel; Oxland, Peter R; Sept, Bonnie G; Stelfox, Henry T; Straus, Sharon E

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Critical Care Medicine; Electronic Medical Charting; Family-Caregiver Engagement; Health Systems Communication; Intensive Care Unit; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Methods; New Aging Population; Transitions In Care

$198,535

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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Daniel Niven

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.

Outcomes of Repeat Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Following Initial Unsuccessful Cannulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Experiences of Moral Distress in Canadian Intensive Care Unit Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploratory Multiple Case Study in Ontario and Alberta, Canada

Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis during Invasive Mechanical Ventilation

International cross-sectional survey on current and updated definitions of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome.

What counts as patient-important upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the ICU? A mixed-methods study protocol of patient and family perspectives

Monitoring and auditing protocol adherence, data integrity and ethical conduct of a randomized clinical trial: A case study

Antipsychotic prescribing practices and patient, family member and healthcare professional perceptions of antipsychotic prescribing in acute care settings: a scoping review protocol.

Evidence for overuse of cardiovascular healthcare services in high-income countries: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Effect of Probiotics on Incident Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients

Frequent collaborators

Deborah Cook

Kirsten Fiest

Bram Rochwerg

Joanna Dionne

Shane English

John Muscedere

Ian Ball

Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Diane Heels-Ansdell

Karen Burns

Erick Duan

Meredith Vanstone

John Marshall

Tina Mele

Sangeeta Mehta

Jennie Johnstone

Alexandra Binnie

Ryan Zarychanski

Lehana Thabane

Jennifer Tsang

Gordon Guyatt

Maureen Meade

Timothy A Karachi

Paul Hosek

Patrick Archambault

Lisa Burry

Kirsten Fiest

Khara Sauro

Myles Leslie

Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Kirsten Fiest

Ryan Zarychanski

Francois Lamontagne

William Beaubien-Souligny

Patrick Archambault

Oleksa Rewa

Maureen Meade

Patrick Archambault

Salmaan Kanji

Deborah Cook