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Pietro Ravani

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Calgary

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Pietro Ravani

Researcher

Community Health Sciences

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.
65 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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200

Publications

906

Citations

100

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Prediction Health Equity Kidney Disease Multiple Methods Re-Hospitalization Kidney Failure Hemodialysis

Latest papers

Incident Hypertension in Young Adults With a Mild Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reduction
Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026
Provider perspectives of clinical decision support for chronic kidney disease management: a cross-sectional study.
BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026
Long-Term Risk for Scrotal Hydrocelectomy After Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study.
Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2026

All 200 publications

Latest funding

Development and Validation of AI-Based Methods for Temporal Pattern Learning in Repeated Electronic Health Record Data
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$761,176
EQUIP Re-CKD: EQUity In Predicting Re-hospitalization among people with Chronic Kidney Disease
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Re(de)fining CKD to reduce cardiovascular disease in young adults
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$256,274

All 25 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 200 publications.

Incident Hypertension in Young Adults With a Mild Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reduction

Ahmed S, Hussain J, Grubic N, Akbari A, Ravani P, Tanuseputro P, Hundemer GL, Ramsay T, Tangri N, Bugeja A

Journal of the American Heart Association2026

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.046502

Provider perspectives of clinical decision support for chronic kidney disease management: a cross-sectional study.

Goldberg R, Li H, Goldstein CE, Yau K, Ruzycki SM, Donald M, Elliott MJ, Hemmelgarn BR, James MT, Ravani P, Pannu N, Chew D, Acharya D, Harrison TG

BMC medical informatics and decision making2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-026-03721-9 PMID: 42482200

Long-Term Risk for Scrotal Hydrocelectomy After Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study.

Garg AX, Lloyd A, Feldman LS, Lyons R, McArthur E, Monroy-Cuadros M, Naylor KL, Nguan C, Quinn RR, Ravani P, Sener A, Sontrop JM, Wang C, Weir MA, Lam NN

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2026

DOI: 10.1177/20543581261468718 PMID: 42491183

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 : JASN2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000001160 PMID: 42319856

Patient and Healthcare Provider Priorities for Risk Prediction of Hospital Readmission: A Nominal Group Technique Consensus Study.

Goldberg R, Hecker T, Corradetti B, Donald M, Elliott MJ, James MT, Ravani P, Chew D, Colizza K, Liu P, Ronksley PE, Ruzycki SM, Tam-Tham H, Harrison TG

Journal of general internal medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10521-4 PMID: 42225872

Identification of Maintenance Dialysis Recipients From an Electronic Clinical Information System and Effects on Estimates of Incidence and Prevalence.

Liu P, Rath M, Quinn RR, Lam NN, Harrison TG, Ronksley PE, MacRae JM, Suffak M, Courtney M, Shah N, Pannu N, Ravani P, Manns BJ, James MT

Kidney medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2026.101356 PMID: 42112138

Risk of Hospital Readmission among People with CKD: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Pattar BSB, Sevinc E, Scory TD, Yaqoob M, Elliott MJ, Pannu N, Ravani P, James MT, Ronksley PE, Ahmed SB, Harrison TG

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN2026

DOI: 10.2215/cjn.0000001032 PMID: 42028641

Development of a Mortality Risk Prediction Tool for People With Kidney Failure: A Nominal Group Technique Study of End-User Priorities.

Liu P, Caffrey N, Donald M, Smekal M, Harris M, Tam-Tham H, Duquette D, Garg AX, Hundemer G, Christiansen CF, Sawhney S, Ravani P, Elliott MJ

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation2026

DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.12.001 PMID: 41722887

Duration of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis in adult kidney transplant recipients and outcomes: A population-based study.

Wang R, Quinn RR, Ravani P, Doucette K, Wichart J, Clarke A, Lentine KL, Kamar F, Gourishankar S, Lam NN

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.11.010 PMID: 41274460

Risks of thrombosis and hemorrhage in concurrent use of anticoagulants and potential interacting prostate cancer agents.

Wang TF, Clarke A, Rath M, Yoo S, Fremont D, Wu C, Ravani P, Bossé D, Talarico R, Carrier M, Sood MM

Cancer2026

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.70266 PMID: 41797435

Development and Validation of AI-Based Methods for Temporal Pattern Learning in Repeated Electronic Health Record Data

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Na; Quan, Hude; Ravani, Pietro

Keywords: Chronic Diseases; Chronic Kidney Disease; Cross-Jurisdictional Validation; Deep Learning/Generative Ai; Electronic Health Records; Health Trajectories; Heart Failure; Risk Prediction; Routinely Recorded Health Data; Temporal Pattern Learning

$761,176

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

Principal 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

Re(de)fining CKD to reduce cardiovascular disease in young adults

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sood, Manish M

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic Kidney Disease; Population Health; Risk Prediction; Young Adult

$256,274

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

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team 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

Principal 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

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team 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

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

Co-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

Artificial Intelligence for the Prevention of Unplanned Dialysis

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hundemer, Gregory; Akbari, Ayub; Klein, Ran; McCudden, Christopher; Thavorn, Kednapa

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Chronic Kidney Disease; Cost Effectiveness; Decision Analysis; Dialysis; Kidney Failure; Machine Learning

$195,000

UPTAKE: Using Personalized risk and digital tools to guide Transitions following Acute Kidney Events - A pragmatic randomized controlled trial in Connect Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Transitions in Care

Principal investigators: Pannu, Neesh I; Wasylak, Tracy J; Birdsell, Dale C; Harrison, Tyrone; James, Matthew T

Keywords: Acute Kidney Injury; Clinical Information System; Co-Design; Digital Tools; Electronic Health Record; Older Adults; Pragmatic Clinical Trial; Risk Prediction; Risk-Guided Follow-Up; Transitional Planning

$959,769

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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Pietro Ravani

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Incident Hypertension in Young Adults With a Mild Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reduction

Provider perspectives of clinical decision support for chronic kidney disease management: a cross-sectional study.

Long-Term Risk for Scrotal Hydrocelectomy After Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study.

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

Patient and Healthcare Provider Priorities for Risk Prediction of Hospital Readmission: A Nominal Group Technique Consensus Study.

Identification of Maintenance Dialysis Recipients From an Electronic Clinical Information System and Effects on Estimates of Incidence and Prevalence.

Risk of Hospital Readmission among People with CKD: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Development of a Mortality Risk Prediction Tool for People With Kidney Failure: A Nominal Group Technique Study of End-User Priorities.

Duration of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis in adult kidney transplant recipients and outcomes: A population-based study.

Risks of thrombosis and hemorrhage in concurrent use of anticoagulants and potential interacting prostate cancer agents.

Frequent collaborators

Marcello Tonelli

Marcello Tonelli

Braden Manns

Neesh Pannu

Navdeep Tangri

Swapnil Hiremath

Brenda Hemmelgarn

Amit Garg

Jennifer Macrae

Robert Quinn

Hude Quan

Matthew James

Adeera Levin

Ayub Akbari

Matthew James

Maoliosa Donald

Nairne Scott-Douglas

Meghan Elliott

Nairne Scott-Douglas

Ngan Lam

Scott Klarenbach

Kailash Jindal

Neesh Pannu

Ziv Harel

Kathryn King-Shier

Peter Tanuseputro

Richard Lewanczuk

Louise Moist

Ron Wald

Stephanie Thompson

Somkanya Tungsanga

Fiona Clement

Robert Yang

Daniel Muruve

Susan Samuel

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Kevin Thorpe

Sunny Hartwig

Rachel Holden

Doreen Rabi