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Donald Griesdale

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Donald Griesdale

Researcher

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.
22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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Research

Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation Normothermic Regional Perfusion Organ Donation Health Systems Improvement Knowledge Translation Traumatic Brain Injury

Latest papers

Temporal trends in gabapentinoid use for the acute management of spinal cord injury: a retrospective cohort study.
Spinal cord · 2026
Association Between Individualized Intracranial Pressure Thresholds and Long-Term Outcomes in Moderate-to-Severe TBI: A CAHR-TBI Multicenter Study.
Journal of neurotrauma · 2026
Optimal cerebrovascular reactivity thresholds for the determination of individualized intracranial pressure thresholds in traumatic brain injury: a CAHR-TBI cohort study.
Critical care (London, England) · 2025

All 51 publications

Latest funding

Multimodal Neuromonitoring during Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Organ Donors Determined Dead by Circulatory Criteria following withdrawal of life sustaining measures.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$749,700
Continuous Neuroprotection Based Personalized Depth of Sedation Targeting in Biomechanical Neural Injury
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$300,000
BRAINapt: TBI International Adaptive Platform Trial
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$4,846,275

All 24 grants and awards

51 publications.

Temporal trends in gabapentinoid use for the acute management of spinal cord injury: a retrospective cohort study.

Tong B, Farmer JR, Rosner J, Noonan VK, Cragg JJ, Griesdale D, Shuster C, Kramer JL

Spinal cord2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41393-026-01172-7 PMID: 41644828

Association Between Individualized Intracranial Pressure Thresholds and Long-Term Outcomes in Moderate-to-Severe TBI: A CAHR-TBI Multicenter Study.

Stein KY, Griesdale D, Sekhon M, Bernard F, Gallagher C, Thelin EP, Raj R, Aries M, Froese L, Mathieu F, Kramer A, Zeiler FA

Journal of neurotrauma2026

DOI: 10.1177/08977151261481325 PMID: 42681854

Optimal cerebrovascular reactivity thresholds for the determination of individualized intracranial pressure thresholds in traumatic brain injury: a CAHR-TBI cohort study.

Stein KY, Griesdale D, Sekhon M, Bernard F, Gallagher C, Thelin EP, Raj R, Aries M, Froese L, Kramer AH, Zeiler FA

Critical care (London, England)2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-025-05619-w PMID: 41053839

Relationship Between RAP and Multi-Modal Cerebral Physiological Dynamics in Moderate/Severe Acute Traumatic Neural Injury: A CAHR-TBI Multivariate Analysis.

Islam A, Stein KY, Griesdale D, Sekhon M, Raj R, Bernard F, Gallagher C, Thelin EP, Mathieu F, Kramer A, Aries M, Froese L, Zeiler FA

Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering12091006 PMID: 41007251

Understanding the Measurement of Pressure Within the Spinal Cord to Optimize Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Using a Porcine Model of Spinal Cord Injury.

Streijger F, Allard Brown A, Grassner L, Kim KT, Rizzuto M, So K, Manouchehri N, Webster M, Fisk S, Sekhon M, Griesdale D, Kwon B

Journal of neurotrauma2025

DOI: 10.1089/neu.2024.0308 PMID: 39761133

Prognostic Factors Associated With Intracranial Hemorrhage and Ischemic Stroke During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review.

Thiara S, Willms AJ, Tran A, Mitra AR, Sekhon M, Hoiland R, Griesdale D

Critical care medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006520 PMID: 39660976

What to Measure in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Research-An International Delphi Survey.

Andersen CR, Presseau J, Shea B, Marti ML, McCoy M, Fernie G, McIntyre L, Delaney A, Chassé M, Saigle V, Marshall S, Fergusson DA, Graham I, Brehaut J, Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Tugwell P, Zha X, Talbot P, Muscedere J, Marshall JC, Thavorn K, Griesdale D, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, English SW

Translational stroke research2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12975-024-01271-8 PMID: 38997598

Impact of drainage cannula type on patients' fluid balance in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A historical cohort study.

Thiara S, Willms A, Isac G, Finlayson G, Kanji H, Romano K, Summers C, Hoiland R, Sekhon M, Griesdale D

Perfusion2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/02676591251331163 PMID: 40221843

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Pirouzmand F, Mathieu F, Mansouri A, Kavikondala K, Alkins R, Boyd JG, Christie S, Couillard P, Cusimano MD, Engels PT

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114158

Characterizing the Relationship Between Arterial Carbon Dioxide Trajectory and Serial Brain Biomarkers with Central Nervous System Injury During Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Thiara S, Stukas S, Hoiland R, Wellington C, Tymko M, Isac G, Finlayson G, Kanji H, Romano K, Hirsch-Reinshagen V, Sekhon M, Griesdale D

Neurocritical care2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12028-023-01923-x PMID: 38302643

Multimodal Neuromonitoring during Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Organ Donors Determined Dead by Circulatory Criteria following withdrawal of life sustaining measures.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sekhon, Mypinder S; Cembrowski, Mark S; Griesdale, Donald; Isac, George

Keywords: Donation After Circulatory Death; Heart Transplantation; Normothermic Regional Perfusion; Organ Donation

$749,700

Continuous Neuroprotection Based Personalized Depth of Sedation Targeting in Biomechanical Neural Injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Cat Gr: Develop./validation of new biomedical techniques/technolo.- General Pool

Principal investigators: Zeiler, Frederick A; Mendelson, Asher A

Keywords: Artifact Detection Algorithms; Big Data; Biomedical Engineering; Cerebral Physiology; Mathematical Models Of Biologic Processes; Neural Injury; Neuroprotection; Personalized Physiologic Targets; Tbi; Time-Series Models

$300,000

BRAINapt: TBI International Adaptive Platform Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Turgeon, Alexis F; English, Shane W; Lauzier, François; McDonald, Michelle; Moore, Lynne; Park, Jay; Zarychanski, Ryan

Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Critical Care Care Medicine; Intensive Care Medicine; Randomized Controlled Trial; Trauma; Traumatic Brain Injury

$4,846,275

BRAINapt: TBI International Adaptive Platform Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Turgeon, Alexis F; English, Shane W; Lauzier, François; McDonald, Michelle; Moore, Lynne; Park, Jay; Zarychanski, Ryan

Keywords: Critical Care Medicine; Intensive Care Medicine; Multicenter Trial; Neurocritical Care; Platform Trial; Traumatic Brain Injury

$100,000

Effects of dexmedetomidine on agitation in critically ill TBI patients - DEX-TBI

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Williamson, David; Bernard, Francis

Keywords: Agitation; Behaviours; Dexmedetomidine; Traumatic Brain Injury

$229,500

The Canadian Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, Prospective, Perpetual Observational Study: Informing Clinical Care and the Public Health Response

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fowler, Robert A; Murthy, Srinivas

Keywords: Bacteria; Infection; Outbreak; Pandemic; Respiratory; Virus

$761,174

Impact of blood transfusion on cerebral blood flow regulation in experimental and pathological brain hypoxia in humans.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sekhon, Mypinder S; Hoiland, Ryan

Keywords: Blood Transfusion; Brain Oxygenation; Cardiac Arrest; Cerebral Blood Flow; Cerebral Oxygen Delivery; Neuromonitoring; Oxygen Transport; Red Blood Cell Transfusion; Red Blood Cells

$321,300

COVID-19 And Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia Dynamic Evaluation Study (CASCADES - ARBS CORONA III)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Russell, James A

Keywords: Bacterial Community-Acquired Pneumonia; Chronic Kidney Disease; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Covid-19; Individuals Experiencing Homelessness; Ras Pathway; Sepsis

$500,000

Delineating between pathophysiologic phenotypes of hypoxic ischemic brain injury after cardiac arrest

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sekhon, Mypinder S

Keywords: Brain Biomarkers; Brain Oxygenation; Cardiac Arrest; Cerebral Blood Flow; Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury; Mri; Secondary Ischemia

$447,526

The NeurO2 study: optimal brain oxygenation in neurocritically ill patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Turgeon, Alexis F; Chasse, Michael; English, Shane W

Keywords: Acquired Brain Injury; Brain Oxygen Monitoring; Clinical Trial; Critical Care Medicine; Monitoring; Near Infrared Spectroscopy; Neurointensive Care; Outcomes

$432,224

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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Donald Griesdale

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Temporal trends in gabapentinoid use for the acute management of spinal cord injury: a retrospective cohort study.

Association Between Individualized Intracranial Pressure Thresholds and Long-Term Outcomes in Moderate-to-Severe TBI: A CAHR-TBI Multicenter Study.

Optimal cerebrovascular reactivity thresholds for the determination of individualized intracranial pressure thresholds in traumatic brain injury: a CAHR-TBI cohort study.

Relationship Between RAP and Multi-Modal Cerebral Physiological Dynamics in Moderate/Severe Acute Traumatic Neural Injury: A CAHR-TBI Multivariate Analysis.

Understanding the Measurement of Pressure Within the Spinal Cord to Optimize Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Using a Porcine Model of Spinal Cord Injury.

Prognostic Factors Associated With Intracranial Hemorrhage and Ischemic Stroke During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review.

What to Measure in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Research-An International Delphi Survey.

Impact of drainage cannula type on patients' fluid balance in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A historical cohort study.

Prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in traumatic brain injury: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Characterizing the Relationship Between Arterial Carbon Dioxide Trajectory and Serial Brain Biomarkers with Central Nervous System Injury During Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Frequent collaborators

Mypinder Sekhon

Francis Bernard

Ryan Zarychanski

Shane English

Lynne Moore

Lauralyn McIntyre

Dean Fergusson

Karen Burns

John Muscedere

Eric Bohm

Barret Rush

Ryan Hoiland

Francois Mathieu

Robert Fowler

François Lauzier

Boris Sobolev

Pierre Guy

Francois Lamontagne

Lauren Beaupre

Alan Tinmouth

Ian Pike

Susan Jaglal

Peter Dodek

Anand Kumar

Carl van Walraven

Sangeeta Mehta

Frank Scheuermeyer

George Isac

Ian Ball

Michael Dunbar

Alison Fox-Robichaud

Jessica Moe

Peter Tugwell

Jamie Brehaut

Claudia Dos Santos

Ron Wald

Xiaohui Zha

Andrew Baker

Arthur Slutsky

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