Brenda Hemmelgarn, University of British Columbia

Research

Biomarker Discovery Cardiovascular Disease Chronic Kidney Disease Clinical Trials Diabetes Health Services Research Novel Diagnostics Observational Studies

Latest papers

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)
Learning Health Systems · 2025
Imbalance of prevalence and specialty care for osteoarthritis for first nations people in Alberta, Canada.
The Journal of rheumatology · 2015
Outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in South Asian, Chinese, and white patients.
Circulation · 2010

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Listening, Learning, Leading: Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease (Can-SOLVE CKD)
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$12,450,000
CIHR Training Grant for Enhancing Existing Capacity in Applied Health Services and Policy Research in Western Canada
CIHR · 2008 · Co-investigator
$1,790,000

All 2 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)

Marshall DA, Sidhu S, Oddone Paolucci E, Lopatina E, Gallant N, Manhas KP, McGrail K, Wasylak T, Zelinsky S, Bryan S

Learning Health Systems20252 citations

DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.70025

02

Imbalance of prevalence and specialty care for osteoarthritis for first nations people in Alberta, Canada.

Barnabe C, Hemmelgarn B, Jones CA, Peschken CA, Voaklander D, Joseph L, Bernatsky S, Esdaile JM, Marshall DA

The Journal of rheumatology2015

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.140551 PMID: 25433531

03

Outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in South Asian, Chinese, and white patients.

Khan NA, Grubisic M, Hemmelgarn B, Humphries K, King KM, Quan H

Circulation2010

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.109.850297 PMID: 20921444

04

The 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 2--therapy.

Khan NA, Hemmelgarn B, Herman RJ, Bell CM, Mahon JL, Leiter LA, Rabkin SW, Hill MD, Padwal R, Touyz RM, Larochelle P, Feldman RD, Schiffrin EL, Campbell NR, Moe G, Prasad R, Arnold MO, Campbell TS, Milot A, Stone JA, Jones C, Ogilvie RI, Hamet P, Fodor G, Carruthers G, Burns KD, Ruzicka M, DeChamplain J, Pylypchuk G, Petrella R, Boulanger JM, Trudeau L, Hegele RA, Woo V, McFarlane P, Vallée M, Howlett J, Bacon SL, Lindsay P, Gilbert RE, Lewanczuk RZ, Tobe S, Canadian Hypertension Education Program

The Canadian journal of cardiology2009

DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(09)70492-1 PMID: 19417859

05

The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 2 - therapy.

Khan NA, Hemmelgarn B, Herman RJ, Rabkin SW, McAlister FA, Bell CM, Touyz RM, Padwal R, Leiter LA, Mahon JL, Hill MD, Larochelle P, Feldman RD, Schiffrin EL, Campbell NR, Arnold MO, Moe G, Campbell TS, Milot A, Stone JA, Jones C, Ogilvie RI, Hamet P, Fodor G, Carruthers G, Burns KD, Ruzicka M, dechamplain J, Pylypchuk G, Petrella R, Boulanger JM, Trudeau L, Hegele RA, Woo V, McFarlane P, Vallée M, Howlett J, Katzmarzyk P, Tobe S, Lewanczuk RZ, Canadian Hypertension Education Program

The Canadian journal of cardiology2008

DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(08)70620-2 PMID: 18548143

Listening, Learning, Leading: Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease (Can-SOLVE CKD)

Principal investigatorCIHR2015SPOR Networks in Chronic Disease

Principal investigators: Levin, Adeera; Adams, Evan L; Harvey, Rebecca; Pawlovich, John; Barrett, Brendan J; Burns, Kevin D; Garg, Amit; Hemmelgarn, Brenda R; Laupacis, Andreas; LeGay, Barbara; Manns, Braden J; McCormick, Michael; Rosenblum, Norman D; Tonelli, Marcello; Woods, Cathy

Keywords: Biomarker Discovery; Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic Kidney Disease; Clinical Trials; Diabetes; Health Services Research; Novel Diagnostics; Observational Studies; Patient Reported Outcomes; Stem Cells

$12,450,000

CIHR Training Grant for Enhancing Existing Capacity in Applied Health Services and Policy Research in Western Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Training Grant

Principal investigators: Sheps, Samuel (Sam) B; Backman, Allen M; Barer, Morris L; Casebeer, Ann; Doupe, Malcolm B; Kelly, Karen D; Lix, Lisa M; Marchildon, Gregory; Martens, Patricia J; Quan, Hude

Keywords: Applied Health Services; Experiential Learning; Graduate Training; Interdisciplinary; Knowledge Translation

$1,790,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Jennifer Zwicker and Jennifer Zwicker: 12 shared papers
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Cheryl Barnabe: 6 shared papers
Cheryl Barnabe and Lawrence Joseph: 4 shared papers
Cheryl Barnabe and Cheryl Barnabe: 4 shared papers
Sheldon Tobe and Charlotte Jones: 4 shared papers
Gail Mackean and Jia Hu: 3 shared papers
Iwona Bielska and Elena Lopatina: 2 shared papers
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 2 shared papers
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Kathryn Todd: 2 shared papers
Lawrence Joseph and Cheryl Barnabe: 2 shared papers
Sheldon Tobe and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 2 shared papers
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Charlotte Jones: 2 shared papers
Gail Mackean and Elena Lopatina: 2 shared papers
Iwona Bielska and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Christine Friedenreich: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Greta Cummings: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Kathryn Todd: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Gail Mackean: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Jennifer Zwicker: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Jonathan Lai: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Jia Hu: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Lindsay Hedden: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Deepa Singal: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Jennifer Zwicker: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Ivy Cheng: 1 shared paper
Iwona Bielska and Ellen Rafferty: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Christine Friedenreich: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Lawrence Joseph: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Greta Cummings: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Jennifer Zwicker: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Jonathan Lai: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Jia Hu: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Lindsay Hedden: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Elena Lopatina: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Cheryl Barnabe: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Deepa Singal: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Jennifer Zwicker: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Ivy Cheng: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Ellen Rafferty: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Greta Cummings: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Kathryn Todd: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Jonathan Lai: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Lindsay Hedden: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Deepa Singal: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Ivy Cheng: 1 shared paper
Christine Friedenreich and Ellen Rafferty: 1 shared paper
Malcolm Doupe and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 1 shared paper
Cheryl Barnabe and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 1 shared paper
Lawrence Joseph and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 1 shared paper
Greta Cummings and Brenda Hemmelgarn: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Kathryn Todd: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Gail Mackean: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Jennifer Zwicker: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Jonathan Lai: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Jia Hu: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Lindsay Hedden: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Elena Lopatina: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Cheryl Barnabe: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Malcolm Doupe: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Deepa Singal: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Jennifer Zwicker: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Ivy Cheng: 1 shared paper
Brenda Hemmelgarn and Ellen Rafferty: 1 shared paper

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Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Biomarker Discovery Dear Professor Hemmelgarn, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]