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Anshula Ambasta

ResearcherUniversity of Calgary

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Anshula Ambasta

Researcher

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.
13 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Healthcare Waste Internal Medicine Laboratory Testing Low Value Testing Routine Laboratory Testing Social Comparison Utilization

Latest papers

Patient and caregiver priorities for quality improvement on general medical wards: a multicentre group concept mapping study
BMJ Quality and Safety · 2026
Novel approach to the codesign of a tailored intervention bundle: applying theory with pragmatism.
BMJ open quality · 2026 · senior author
Barriers and facilitators to reducing overuse of thyroid function testing: a mixed-methods study.
BMJ quality & safety · 2025 · senior author

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 6 grants and awards

21 publications.

Patient and caregiver priorities for quality improvement on general medical wards: a multicentre group concept mapping study

Lapointe-Shaw L, Salahub C, Lee M, Verma AA, Razak F, Ambasta A, Refaei M, Carpenter T, Moses B, Shetty N

BMJ Quality and Safety2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2026-020280

Novel approach to the codesign of a tailored intervention bundle: applying theory with pragmatism.

Pokharel S, Omodon O, Woodhouse D, Ferrie L, Duncan D, Mehta A, Ambasta A

BMJ open quality2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003861 PMID: 42315178

Barriers and facilitators to reducing overuse of thyroid function testing: a mixed-methods study.

Chapman AJ, Khan A, Thompson J, Curran V, Otte J, Ghaznavi S, Carney G, Campbell K, Lam V, Saunders C, Bassett K, Dormuth C, Kuo IF, Ambasta A

BMJ quality & safety2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2025-019042 PMID: 41047230

Using Human-Centred Design to Codesign Patient Engagement Tools With a Patient Advisory Council: Successes and Challenges.

Knaub M, Leon S, Pokharel S, Kiryanova V, Giroux K, Khanna P, Rychtera A, Duquette D, Mathura P, Verdin N, Ambasta A

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/hex.70230 PMID: 40088008

Patient perceptions of in-hospital laboratory blood testing: A patient-oriented and patient co-designed qualitative study.

Pokharel S, Khawaja Z, Williams J, Mithwani AA, Strain K, Khanna P, Rychtera A, Kiryanova V, Tang K, Mathura P, Hylton C, Ambasta A

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/hex.13880 PMID: 37751312

Extending the Calgary Audit and Feedback Framework into the virtual environment: a process evaluation and empiric evidence.

Woodhouse D, Duncan D, Ferrie L, Omodon O, Mehta A, Pokharel S, Ambasta A

Implementation science communications2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-024-00679-5 PMID: 39696726

Re-Purposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalized Medical Patients (RePORT): protocol for a multicenter stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact of a multicomponent intervention bundle to reduce laboratory test over-utilization.

Ambasta A, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Pokharel S, Mathura P, Shih AW, Stelfox HT, Ma I, Harrison M, Manns B, Faris P, Williamson T, Shukalek C, Santana M, Omodon O, McCaughey D, Kassam N, Naugler C

Implementation science : IS2024First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13012-024-01376-6 PMID: 38956637

Operationalizing the principles of patient engagement through a Patient Advisory Council: Lessons and recommendations.

Nielssen I, Santana M, Pokharel S, Strain K, Kiryanova V, Zelinsky S, Khawaja Z, Khanna P, Rychtera A, Ambasta A

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/hex.13909 PMID: 37942678

Sequential measurement of the neurosensory retina in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a model of microvascular injury in hypertensive emergency.

Herman RJ, Ambasta A, Williams RG, Zarnke KB, Costello FE, Peng M, Hawkins TL

Journal of human hypertension2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41371-021-00617-1 PMID: 34625659

Repurposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalised Medical Patients (RePORT): results of a cluster randomised stepped-wedge quality improvement study.

Ambasta A, Omodon O, Herring A, Ferrie L, Pokharel S, Mehta A, Liu L, Hews-Girard J, Tam C, Taylor S, Lonergan K, Faris P, Duncan D, Woodhouse D

BMJ quality & safety2023First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015611 PMID: 37164639

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ivers, Noah M

Keywords: Audit And Feedback; Learning Health System; Quality Improvement

$15,000

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Ambasta, Anshula; Carpenter, Travis; Castellani, Lucas; Jensen, Lorraine F; Kiran, Tara; Moses, Brian; Razak, Fahad; Refaei, Mohammad; Shetty, Nabha; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Hospital Medicine; Patient-Oriented Research; Performance Measurement; Quality Improvement

$100,000

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

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

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Ambasta, Anshula; Castellani, Lucas; Jensen, Lorraine F; Kiran, Tara; Moses, Brian; Razak, Fahad; Shetty, Nabha; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Hospital Medicine; Patient-Oriented Research; Performance Measurement; Quality Improvement

$100,000

Re-purposing the Ordering of 'Routine' laboratory Tests among hospitalized medical patients (RePORT study)

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ambasta, Anshula; Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna M; Ma, Irene; Shih, Andrew W; Stelfox, Henry T

Keywords: Healthcare Waste; Internal Medicine; Laboratory Testing; Low Value Testing; Routine Laboratory Testing; Social Comparison; Utilization

$665,552

Implementation of the Alberta Rheumatology Provincial Learning Health System

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Barber, Claire E; Katz, Steven J

Keywords: Electronic Medical Record; Health Services; Learning Health System; Performance Measure; Quality Improvement; Quality Measurement; Rheumatoid Arthritis

$313,649

Re-Purposing the Ordering of 'Routine' laboratory Tests on clinical teaching units (RePORT study)

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Ambasta, Anshula; Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna M; Ma, Irene; Shih, Andrew W; Stelfox, Henry T

Keywords: Healthcare Waste; Internal Medicine; Laboratory Testing; Low Value Testing; Routine Laboratory Testing; Social Comparison; Utilization

$100,000

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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Anshula Ambasta

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Patient and caregiver priorities for quality improvement on general medical wards: a multicentre group concept mapping study

Novel approach to the codesign of a tailored intervention bundle: applying theory with pragmatism.

Barriers and facilitators to reducing overuse of thyroid function testing: a mixed-methods study.

Using Human-Centred Design to Codesign Patient Engagement Tools With a Patient Advisory Council: Successes and Challenges.

Patient perceptions of in-hospital laboratory blood testing: A patient-oriented and patient co-designed qualitative study.

Extending the Calgary Audit and Feedback Framework into the virtual environment: a process evaluation and empiric evidence.

Re-Purposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalized Medical Patients (RePORT): protocol for a multicenter stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact of a multicomponent intervention bundle to reduce laboratory test over-utilization.

Operationalizing the principles of patient engagement through a Patient Advisory Council: Lessons and recommendations.

Sequential measurement of the neurosensory retina in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a model of microvascular injury in hypertensive emergency.

Repurposing the Ordering of Routine Laboratory Tests in Hospitalised Medical Patients (RePORT): results of a cluster randomised stepped-wedge quality improvement study.

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Re-purposing the Ordering of 'Routine' laboratory Tests among hospitalized medical patients (RePORT study)

Implementation of the Alberta Rheumatology Provincial Learning Health System

Re-Purposing the Ordering of 'Routine' laboratory Tests on clinical teaching units (RePORT study)

Frequent collaborators

Maria Santana

Tyler Williamson

Deirdre McCaughey

Leslie Martin

Karen Tang

Jessica Otte

Travis Carpenter

Caley Shukalek

Irene Ma

Julia Hews-Girard

Mohammad Refaei

John Cobb

Mark Harrison

Todd Lee

Kerry Kuluski

Colin Dormuth

Vernon Curran

Mingkai Peng

Deirdre Church

Fahad Razak

Karen Okrainec

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Nancy Verdin

Laura Desveaux

Braden Manns