Kara Schick-Makaroff

Research

Kidney Cardiovascular Disease Chronic Kidney Disease Community Driven Diabetes Health Services Research Implementation Indigenous Health Research

Latest papers

Patterns of social determinants of health and their associations with health indicators: a latent class analysis.
Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2026
Using Patient- and Family-Reported Outcome and Experience Measures Across Transitions of Care for Frail Older Adults Living at Home: A Meta-Narrative Synthesis.
The Gerontologist · 2021 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Listening, Learning, Leading: Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease (Can-SOLVE CKD)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$2,000,000
Looking, Listening, Learning, Leading: Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome; Chronic Kidney Disease (Can-SOLVE CKD)
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$3,750,000
A BC wide program for Indigenous patients to Gain Equitable access to kidney transplantation: The BRIDGE to Transplantation Initiative.
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$2,400,000

All 4 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Patterns of social determinants of health and their associations with health indicators: a latent class analysis.

Kwon JY, Mehdipour A, Verdam M, Moynihan M, O'Rourke JJ, Kosowan L, Schick-Makaroff K, Sawatzky R

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112392 PMID: 42342052

02

Using Patient- and Family-Reported Outcome and Experience Measures Across Transitions of Care for Frail Older Adults Living at Home: A Meta-Narrative Synthesis.

Schick-Makaroff K, Karimi-Dehkordi M, Cuthbertson L, Dixon D, Cohen SR, Hilliard N, Sawatzky R

The Gerontologist2021First author

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnz162 PMID: 31942997

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

Principal investigatorCIHR2025SPOR Networks - Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science - Extension

Principal investigators: Levin, Adeera; Desjarlais, Arlene D; Loth, Maureena D; Loverock, Kelly; March, Violet; McCormick, Michael; McKenzie, Susan Q; Nahanee, Delhia; Nahanee, Latash; Rigatto, Claudio; Soroka, Steven; Sparkes, Dwight; Stalker, Leanne; Turino Miranda, Keila; Woods, Cathy; Battistella, Marisa; Bello, Aminu; Bohm, Clara; Collister, David; Dart, Allison B; Donald, Maoliosa (Mo); Elliott, Meghan; James, Matthew T; King, Malcolm; Matsuda-Abedini, Mina; Naylor, Kyla; Schick-Makaroff, Kara L; Scholey, James W; Tangri, Navdeep; Tennankore, Karthik K; Wicklow, Brandy A

Keywords: Kidney

$2,000,000

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

Principal investigatorCIHR2021SPOR Networks - Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science

Principal investigators: Levin, Adeera; Beaucage, Mary B; Desjarlais, Arlene D; Hillier, David R; McCormick, Michael; Morrin, Louise; Stalker, Leanne; Verdin, Nancy E; Voyageur, Evelyn; Wilson, Mary; Woods, Cathy; Ahmed, Sofia B; Barrett, Brendan J; Battistella, Marisa; Bello, Aminu; Bohm, Clara; Collister, David; Dart, Allison B; Donald, Maoliosa (Mo); Elliott, Meghan; Garg, Amit; Hartwig, Sunny; James, Matthew T; King, Malcolm; Louie, Kelsey; Manns, Braden J; Matsuda-Abedini, Mina; McIntyre, Christopher W; Reich, Heather; Rigatto, Claudio; Sapir-Pichhadze, Ruth; Schick-Makaroff, Kara L; Scholey, James W; Silver, Samuel; Tangri, Navdeep; Tennankore, Karthik K; Thompson, Stephanie; Wicklow, Brandy A; Zappitelli, Michael

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic Kidney Disease; Community Driven; Diabetes; Health Services Research; Implementation; Indigenous Health Research; Knowledge Mobilization; Patient-Oriented Research; Storytelling

$3,750,000

A BC wide program for Indigenous patients to Gain Equitable access to kidney transplantation: The BRIDGE to Transplantation Initiative.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant - SPOR iCT Rewarding Success - Phase 3

Principal investigators: Gill, Jagbir S; Assu, Alissa; Appleton, Leanne A; Hart, Colleen A

Keywords: Access; Cultural Safety; End Stage Kidney Disease; Indigenous Health; Living Donation; Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

$2,400,000

Strategies to achieve self-sufficiency in kidney transplantation in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Gill, John S

Keywords: Deceased Organ Donation; Kidney Transplantation; Living Organ Donation; Organ Allocation Policy

$916,387

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

School of Nursing
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Richard Sawatzky

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Richard Sawatzky

School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Kara Schick-Makaroff

Pediatrics

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Jae-Yung Kwon

Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Kara Schick-Makaroff

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Richard Sawatzky

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Kidney Dear Professor Schick-Makaroff, 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 "Patterns of social determinants of health and their associations with health indicators: a latent class analysis." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Listening, Learning, Leading: Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease (Can-SOLVE CKD)" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]