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Matthew James

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Matthew James

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.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (13 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Kidney Disease Acute Kidney Injury Cardiovascular Disease Chronic Kidney Disease Nephrotoxicity Diabetes Heart Disease Intercurrent Illness

Latest papers

Authors' response to "Acute kidney injury alerts: beyond detection, to effective action".
Kidney international · 2026
A population-based, regression discontinuity analysis examined the effects of nationwide alerting for acute kidney injury on health care and patient outcomes.
Kidney international · 2026
Corrigendum to "Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings" [J Nucl Cardiol 3 May 2025; 102229].
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2026

All 47 publications

Latest funding

EQUIP Re-CKD: EQUity In Predicting Re-hospitalization among people with Chronic Kidney Disease
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Prevention of Nephrotoxin-induced Acute Kidney Injury with Cilastatin (PONTIAC) Trial
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,500,000
EQUIP Re-CKD: EQUity In Predicting Re-hospitalization among people with Chronic Kidney Disease
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,497,590

All 27 grants and awards

47 publications.

Authors' response to "Acute kidney injury alerts: beyond detection, to effective action".

Xie M, Geldsetzer P, Blakeman T, James M, Scale T, Tan Z, Sawhney S

Kidney international2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2026.03.032 PMID: 42624544

A population-based, regression discontinuity analysis examined the effects of nationwide alerting for acute kidney injury on health care and patient outcomes.

Xie M, Geldsetzer P, Blakeman T, James M, Scale T, Tan Z, Sawhney S

Kidney international2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2026.01.019 PMID: 41713646

Corrigendum to "Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings" [J Nucl Cardiol 3 May 2025; 102229].

Hijazi W, Feng Y, Southern DA, Chew D, Filipchuk N, Mylonas I, Kazmi M, Banijamali H, Har B, James M, Wilton S, Slomka PJ, Berman D, Miller RJ

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2025.102440 PMID: 40670280

Reply to Zhou and He.

Forbes N, Howarth M, James M

Gastroenterology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2026.09.010 PMID: 42772425

Multicenter Prospective Evidence of Kidney Safety of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Prevention of Post–Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis

Howarth M, James M, Lam NN, Dixon E, Ruan Y, Forbes N, Group CW, Chen Y-I, Singh A, Hookey L

Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2026.03.026

Acute kidney injury.

Ostermann M, Lumlertgul N, Jeong R, See E, Joannidis M, James M

Lancet (London, England)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02385-7 PMID: 39826969

Patient, Caregiver, and Provider Perspectives on Improving Provider-Patient Interactions in Hemodialysis: A Qualitative Study.

Talson MD, Ferreira da Silva P, Finlay J, Rossum K, Soroka KV, McCormick M, Desjarlais A, Vorster H, Sass R, James M, Sood MM, Jaure A, Pannu N, Tennankore K, Thompson S, Tonelli M, Bohm C

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2025

DOI: 10.1177/20543581241309986 PMID: 39758856

Using Human-Centered Design and Development to Create a Digital Sick Day Medication Guidance Application for People With Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, or Chronic Kidney Disease: Mixed Methods Study.

Babione J, Gil S, Okemeziem C, Palechuk T, Watson KE, Robertshaw S, Verdin N, McBrien K, Campbell DJT, Tsuyuki R, Pannu N, James M, Donald M

JMIR formative research2025

DOI: 10.2196/77240 PMID: 41308191

Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings.

Hijazi W, Feng Y, Southern DA, Chew D, Filipchuk N, Mylonas I, Kazmi M, Banijamali H, Har B, James M, Wilton S, Slomka PJ, Berman D, Miller RJ

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2025.102229 PMID: 40324562

Understanding preferences of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease towards revascularisation and optimal medical therapy: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment.

Wilson T, Dalton M, Bhagat N, Har B, Abatan D, Hazlewood G, Santana MJ, Semeniuk G, Kayode A, Parmar S, Pearson W, Alhmoudi AMMM, Sharma N, Wilton S, Graham M, James M, Sajobi T

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094587 PMID: 40467319

EQUIP Re-CKD: EQUity In Predicting Re-hospitalization among people with Chronic Kidney Disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.: Emb. Diversity to Achieve Prec./Health Eq-Nutrition/Metabolic Health-LOI

Principal investigators: Elliott, Meghan; Pannu, Neesh I; Harrison, Tyrone; Ravani, Pietro

Keywords: Health Equity; Kidney Disease; Multiple Methods; Re-Hospitalization; Risk Prediction

$20,000

Prevention of Nephrotoxin-induced Acute Kidney Injury with Cilastatin (PONTIAC) Trial

Nominated PICIHR2024Team Gr.: Interv. Trial in Inflam. for Chronic Cond. - Res. Teams Gr. - General

Principal investigators: James, Matthew T; Levin, Adeera; Pannu, Neesh I

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Kidney Disease; Nephrotoxicity; Randomized Controlled Trial

$1,500,000

EQUIP Re-CKD: EQUity In Predicting Re-hospitalization among people with Chronic Kidney Disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.:Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Nutrition/Meta. Health

Principal investigators: Elliott, Meghan; Pannu, Neesh I; Donald, Maoliosa (Mo); Harrison, Tyrone; Ravani, Pietro

Keywords: Health Equity; Kidney Disease; Multiple Methods; Participatory Research; Re-Hospitalization; Risk Prediction

$1,497,590

Prevention of Nephrotoxin-induced Acute Kidney Injury with Cilastatin (PONTIAC) Trial

Nominated PICIHR2023Team Gr.:Intervention Trial in Inflam. for Chronic Condition - General Pool LOI

Principal investigators: James, Matthew T; Muruve, Daniel A; Pannu, Neesh I

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Clinical Trial; Kidney Disease; Nephrotoxicity

$20,000

An end-to-end machine learning development and deployment platform for digital health researchers and innovators

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Lee, Joon J

Keywords: artificial intelligence; digital health; machine learning; MLOps

$100,000

Establishing a foundation for shared decision-making in vascular access selection for adults with advanced chronic kidney disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Elliott, Meghan; Lewis, Krystina B; Macrae, Jennifer M

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Kidney Failure; Qualitative Research; Shared Decision-Making; Vascular Access

$100,000

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

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Campbell, David J; Donald, Maoliosa (Mo); James, Matthew T; Manns, Braden J; Pannu, Neesh I; Tsuyuki, Ross T

Keywords: Diabetes; Heart Disease; Heart Failure; Intercurrent Illness; Kidney Disease; Mhealth Intervention; Self-Management; Sick Day Management

$100,000

Characterizing patient preferences and personalizing risk information for optimal patient-centered management of coronary artery disease

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sajobi, Tolulope T; Graham, Michelle M; James, Matthew T; Wilton, Stephen B

Keywords: Coronary Artery Disease; Discrete Choice Experiments; Patient Preferences; Personalized Risk Prediction; Treatment Decisions

$508,724

Therapeutic Targeting a Shared Inflammation Pathway in the Lung and Kidney

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: Preparation to Trial: Inflammation for Chronic Conditions

Principal investigators: Muruve, Daniel A; Kubes, Paul; Senger, Donna L

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Chronic Lung Disease; Critical Illness; Inflammation; Therapeutics

$750,000

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and the APPROACH Registry to Transform Coronary Artery Disease Patient Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Joon; Clement, Fiona Mary; Har, Bryan; Sajobi, Tolulope T; Sauro, Khara M; White, James A

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Clinical Protocol; Coronary Artery Disease; Coronary Revascularization; Decision Support Tool; Health Data Science; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Machine Learning; Predictive Modeling

$604,350

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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Matthew James

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Authors' response to "Acute kidney injury alerts: beyond detection, to effective action".

A population-based, regression discontinuity analysis examined the effects of nationwide alerting for acute kidney injury on health care and patient outcomes.

Corrigendum to "Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings" [J Nucl Cardiol 3 May 2025; 102229].

Reply to Zhou and He.

Multicenter Prospective Evidence of Kidney Safety of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs for Prevention of Post–Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis

Acute kidney injury.

Patient, Caregiver, and Provider Perspectives on Improving Provider-Patient Interactions in Hemodialysis: A Qualitative Study.

Using Human-Centered Design and Development to Create a Digital Sick Day Medication Guidance Application for People With Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, or Chronic Kidney Disease: Mixed Methods Study.

Association of medical therapies with survival according to SPECT MPI findings.

Understanding preferences of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease towards revascularisation and optimal medical therapy: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment.

An end-to-end machine learning development and deployment platform for digital health researchers and innovators

Frequent collaborators

Matthew James

Neesh Pannu

Brenda Hemmelgarn

Braden Manns

Marcello Tonelli

Pietro Ravani

Marcello Tonelli

Scott Klarenbach

Stephen Wilton

Stephanie Thompson

Swapnil Hiremath

Bryan Har

Clara Bohm

Karthik Tennankore

Robert Quinn

Wael Shabana

Derek Chew

Ayub Akbari

Arlene Desjarlais

Maoliosa Donald

Jennifer Macrae

Amit Garg

Scott Brimble

Christian Balth Van Der Pol

An Tang

David Collister

Amit Garg

Dean Fergusson

Fiona Clement

Sunita Vohra

Betty Chui

Naveen Arya

Lehana Thabane

Michael Walsh