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Maria Santana

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ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsUniversity of Calgary

Maria Santana

Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Cumming School of Medicine

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Hospitalization Through Families' Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada.
Pediatric blood & cancer · 2026
A community-engaged public health research and outreach program for immigrant and racialized workers in meat processing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BMC public health · 2026
Comparing Catheters with Fistulas in Older Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026

All 37 publications

37 publications.

Hospitalization Through Families' Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada.

Zwicker HM, Kemp K, Tutelman P, Hou SHJ, Fairie P, Santana M, Guilcher GMT, Fay-McClymont T, Bendiak G, Pelletier W, Wright N, Schulte F

Pediatric blood & cancer2026

DOI: 10.1002/1545-5017.70386 PMID: 42135994

A community-engaged public health research and outreach program for immigrant and racialized workers in meat processing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fabreau GE, Norrie E, Holdbrook L, Antonio M, Essar MY, Youssef M, Sahilie A, Yemane M, Ramirez-Cerino E, Hassan N, Grewal R, Hussain Z, Altahsh D, Magwood O, Saad A, Santana M, Bharwani A, Nielssen I, Edwards ST, Spitzer D, Coakley A, Pottie K

BMC public health2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-28210-6 PMID: 42351072

Comparing Catheters with Fistulas in Older Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Quinn RR, Oliver MJ, Wald R, Hiremath S, Pauly RP, Miller L, Barrett B, Nesrallah G, Gallagher M, Kotwal S, Gray NA, Hassan HC, Talaulikar GS, Thorpe K, Graham J, Clarke A, Bian J, MacRae J, Santana M, Bohm C, Mamdani M, Nagpal S, Yilmaz S, Moist L, Ravani P

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2026

DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000001160 PMID: 42319856

Navigating vaccine access, trust, coercion and regret: post-pandemic lessons on COVID-19 vaccination among newcomer communities in Alberta, Canada.

Antonio M, Essar MY, Ramirez-Cerino E, Sahilie A, Yemane M, Youssef M, Nielssen I, Holdbrook L, Santana M, Spitzer D, Pottie K, Fabreau GE

BMC public health2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-26770-1 PMID: 41851688

Editorial: Challenges, opportunities & outcomes of patient-oriented research in learning health systems.

Manhas KP, Benzies K, Santana M, Wasylak T

Frontiers in health services2026

DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2026.1789698 PMID: 41822548

The patient as teacher: a four-phase blueprint for institutional change.

Wollmann L, Wolf A, Cooke L, Santana M

Frontiers in health services2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2026.1920768 PMID: 42638891

A Virtual Self-Management Intervention for Adolescents With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Protocol for the VISTA-JIA Randomized Controlled Trial.

Booth J, Birnie KA, Chomistek K, Santana M, Stinson JN, Adebiyi BO, Brooks J, Guzman J, Hellweg R, Lim LS, Rumsey D, Feldman BM, Tagseth J, Wilson J, Schmeling H

JMIR research protocols2025

DOI: 10.2196/69539 PMID: 40577780

Empowering refugee voices: Using Nominal Group Technique (NGT) with a diverse refugee Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) to identify health and research priorities in Calgary, Canada.

Altahsh D, Holdbrook L, Norrie E, Sahilie A, Essar MY, Grewal R, Horbach O, Abdaly F, Santana M, Talavlikar R, Aucoin M, Coakley A, Fabreau GE

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323746 PMID: 40344558

Fidelity of virtual self-management programs in pediatric autoimmune diseases: A scoping review protocol.

Adebiyi BO, Birnie KA, Booth J, Lim LS, Rumsey D, Santana M, Stinson JN, Schmeling H

MethodsX2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2025.103446 PMID: 40678455

Exploring Patient Understandings of Navigation Services Within Alberta's Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study.

Rabi S, Santana M, Dimitropoulos G, McBrien K, Benterud E, Wigston L, Tang K

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2025

DOI: 10.1111/hex.70383 PMID: 40790913

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Maria Santana

Research

Latest papers

Hospitalization Through Families' Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada.

A community-engaged public health research and outreach program for immigrant and racialized workers in meat processing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comparing Catheters with Fistulas in Older Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Navigating vaccine access, trust, coercion and regret: post-pandemic lessons on COVID-19 vaccination among newcomer communities in Alberta, Canada.

Editorial: Challenges, opportunities & outcomes of patient-oriented research in learning health systems.

The patient as teacher: a four-phase blueprint for institutional change.

A Virtual Self-Management Intervention for Adolescents With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Protocol for the VISTA-JIA Randomized Controlled Trial.

Empowering refugee voices: Using Nominal Group Technique (NGT) with a diverse refugee Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) to identify health and research priorities in Calgary, Canada.

Fidelity of virtual self-management programs in pediatric autoimmune diseases: A scoping review protocol.

Exploring Patient Understandings of Navigation Services Within Alberta's Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study.

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