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Brian Grunau

ResearcherEmergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Brian Grunau

Researcher

Emergency Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
90 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 32 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Data Registry Emergency Care Harm Reduction Health Services Opioid Poisoning Detection

Latest papers

Designing a Cardiac Arrest System That Includes Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Contemporary Review.
Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026
Estimated survival gains from pulselessness-detection technologies in unwitnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Western Australia: a simulation study.
Resuscitation · 2026
Corrigendum to "Measuring intra-arrest transport in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A methodological study of registry-compatible definitions" [Resuscitation 208 (2025) 110529].
Resuscitation · 2026

All 145 publications

Latest funding

Rapid prehospital Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, A Novel Intervention for the Management of out-of-hospital cardiac Arrest: pilot randomized-controlled Trial Evaluation (REANIMATE-1)
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,334,924
A Multi-Modal Sensor System for Prediction and Early Detection of Cardiac Arrest
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$440,000
Use of Artificial Intelligence Assistance to Accurately Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Rapidly Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers and Telecommunicators.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$569,926

All 17 grants and awards

145 publications.

Designing a Cardiac Arrest System That Includes Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Contemporary Review.

Gottula AL, Burns B, Bartos JA, Grunau B, Rosenberg A, Miranda DR, Lamhaut L, Bělohlávek J, Yannopoulos D, Dennis M

Journal of the American Heart Association2026

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.126.051809 PMID: 42622145

Estimated survival gains from pulselessness-detection technologies in unwitnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Western Australia: a simulation study.

Talikowska M, Majewski D, Ball S, Foo D, Belcher J, Hutton J, Grunau B, Finn J

Resuscitation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111147 PMID: 42184914

Corrigendum to "Measuring intra-arrest transport in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A methodological study of registry-compatible definitions" [Resuscitation 208 (2025) 110529].

Kreinbrook JA, Kimbrell JM, Rodriguez D, Stebel J, Rampersaud M, Kalosza B, Poke D, Shekhar AC, Miele A, Grunau B, Vega J

Resuscitation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111250 PMID: 42623715

The extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcomes database.

Skidmore CR, Evola CM, Ciullo AL, Alvey H, Grunau B, Gunnerson K, England P, Johnson NJ, Tonna JE

Resuscitation plus2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101392 PMID: 42436729

Pilot longitudinal integrated transcriptomic-metabolomic study reveals immune and metabolic signatures in non-hospitalized healthcare workers with long COVID.

Espín E, Yang C, Shannon CP, Checkervarty AK, Kim S, Lapp L, Assadian S, Grunau B, Goldfarb DM, Hutton J, Huan T, Tebbutt SJ

Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2026

DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1808564 PMID: 42328163

Reply to: Mechanical chest compressions during intra-arrest transport: ascertainment bias or sustained anatomical malposition?

Hutton J, Mok V, Brebner C, Hsu J, Grunau B

Resuscitation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111109 PMID: 42025720

Reply to: Rethinking intra-arrest thrombolysis: the role of patient selection and timing.

Ohshimo S, Couper K, Böttiger BW, Dehghani S, Scquizzato T, Grunau B

Resuscitation plus2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101363 PMID: 42253420

Naloxone for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Opioid Toxicity.

Grunau B, Rea T

JAMA network open2026First author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.15547 PMID: 42213441

Intra-arrest systemic thrombolytic therapy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Dehghani S, Ohshimo S, Giustini D, Böttiger BW, Nikolaou N, Couper K, Scquizzato T, Grunau B

Resuscitation plus2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101291 PMID: 41993772

The association of mechanical versus manual chest compressions with neurological outcomes at hospital discharge among out-of-hospital cardiac arrests treated with intra-arrest transport.

Mok V, Brebner C, Hsu J, Kreinbrook J, Singh L, Hutton J, Schlamp R, Scheuermeyer F, Heidet M, Christenson J, Grunau B

Resuscitation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111020 PMID: 41722888

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Brian Grunau

Research

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Latest funding

Designing a Cardiac Arrest System That Includes Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Contemporary Review.

Estimated survival gains from pulselessness-detection technologies in unwitnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Western Australia: a simulation study.

Corrigendum to "Measuring intra-arrest transport in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A methodological study of registry-compatible definitions" [Resuscitation 208 (2025) 110529].

The extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcomes database.

Pilot longitudinal integrated transcriptomic-metabolomic study reveals immune and metabolic signatures in non-hospitalized healthcare workers with long COVID.

Reply to: Mechanical chest compressions during intra-arrest transport: ascertainment bias or sustained anatomical malposition?

Reply to: Rethinking intra-arrest thrombolysis: the role of patient selection and timing.

Naloxone for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Opioid Toxicity.

Intra-arrest systemic thrombolytic therapy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

The association of mechanical versus manual chest compressions with neurological outcomes at hospital discharge among out-of-hospital cardiac arrests treated with intra-arrest transport.

Frequent collaborators

Frank Scheuermeyer

Sheldon Cheskes

Sean van Diepen

Eric Grafstein

Christian Vaillancourt

Calvin Kuo

Babak Shadgan

Grant Innes

Vilte Barakauskas

Karin Humphries

Steve Lin

Dave Nagpal

Andrew Kestler

Paul Dorian

Alexis Cournoyer

Murdoch Leeies

Mypinder Sekhon

Jonathon Leipsic

Ian Drennan

Hubert Wong

Paul Ratana

Tracy Kirkham

Grant Innes

Boris Sobolev

Brian Rowe

Patrick Archambault

John Gill

Peter Dodek

Steven Brooks

Jane Buxton

Jessica Moe

Joseph Puyat

Michelle Welsford

Jake Hayward

Murdoch Leeies

Lawrence Leroux

Marat Slessarev

Roopinder Sandhu

Timothy Chan

Damon Scales