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Michelle Kho

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ProfessorRehabilitation ScienceMcMaster University

Michelle Kho

Professor

Rehabilitation Science

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2013

Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Rehabilitation and Knowledge Translation

Supervision signals

Professors usually supervise graduate students in their department's programs.
Teaches 1 graduate course, most recently in 2025.
103 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 23 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 18 research grants (18 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Academic metrics

292

Publications

30,518

Citations

59

h-index

183

Collaborators

39

Grants

Publications by year

17

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26

Counts cover the publications linked to this profile. Citations and the h-index appear when the source records them.

Research institutes

McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA)

Profiles and links

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Signals and details

Research

Read how they describe their research on their McMaster University profile.

Research areas, by share of publications

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine
Frailty in Older AdultsMedicine
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19Medicine
Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine
COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine

Covid-19 Clinical Trials Network Acute Organ Dysfunction Critical Illness Global Health Hemodynamic Management Platform Trial

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

Latest papers

Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU
Critical Care Medicine · 2026
Standard of care for rehabilitation in critical illness
Intensive Care Medicine · 2026
Humanizing care in the ICU: Implementation insights from the Footprints Project
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing · 2026

All 292 publications

Latest funding

Interdisciplinary Team Excellence to complete the International, Multi-centre CYCLE RCT of early rehabilitation with cycle ergometry in mechanically ventilated patients
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$25,000
ACE-ICU Rehabilitation Pilot: A pilot randomized controlled trial of Arm Cycle Ergometry versus routine rehabilitation in mechanically ventilated patients
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$670,140
IMPACT-CC: Increasing Meaningful Participation and Access to Critical Care Trials in Community Intensive Care Units
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 39 grants and awards

Researchers with similar interests

David Zorko

Pediatrics

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms

Jill Rudkowski

Medicine

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms

Karin Neufeld

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

Kimberley Lewis

Medicine

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms

Kimia Honarmand

Medicine

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms

Karen Li-mei Choong

Pediatrics

Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms

From the 150 most recent of 292 publications.

01

Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU

Ferrante LE, Chaudhuri D, Laiya Carayannopoulos K, Jain S, Tate JA, Álvarez-Espinoza E, Austin CA, Burry L, Devinney MJ, Ehlenbach WJ

Critical Care Medicine20266 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007085

02

Standard of care for rehabilitation in critical illness

Hodgson CL, Ayre E, Broadley T, Burry L, Casey K, Dale C, Eggmann S, Freeman-Sanderson A, Kho ME, Paton M

Intensive Care Medicine20264 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-026-08427-0

03

Humanizing care in the ICU: Implementation insights from the Footprints Project

Younger J, Clarke F, Swinton M, Rudkowski J, Hanmiah P, Overington J, Toledo F, Feyerer E, Perri D, Carayannopoulos KL

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2026.104493

04

Mobilizing smarter, not harder: optimizing mobilization in critical illness

Slessarev M, Kho ME

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamaf133

05

Rehabilitation in critically ill patients with COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Reid JC, Semrau JS, O'Grady HK, Hoogenes J, Gill J, Hasan H, von Teichman S, Bogdanova Y, McKenney S, Sokol O

Australian Critical Care20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101500

06

Identifying Research Priorities in Canadian Adult and Pediatric Critical Care: Results From a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership

Fiest KM, Krewulak KD, Rader T, Bain H, Burns KEA, Bergeron M-M, Kho ME, Lamontagne F, Lee LA, McKenney S

Critical Care Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007029

07

Survey of Intensivist Coverage and Interprofessional Team Staffing in Canadian ICUs

Wunsch H, Manoharan V, Hill A, Garland A, Costa DK, Kho ME, Lamontagne F, Murthy S, Stelfox HT, Hancock J

Critical Care Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007188

08

The Future of Survivorship in Critical Illness.

Moncion K, Smith-Turchyn J, Kho ME

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.5761

09

An interactive capacity-building workshop for process evaluations of complex interventions in critical care

O'Grady HK, Chopra M, Krewulak K, Fiest K, Curran JA, Isaranuwatchai W, Straus S, Choong K, Boyd JG, Lamontagne F

Australian Critical Care2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2026.101605

10

Executive Summary: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU

Ferrante LE, Chaudhuri D, Laiya Carayannopoulos K, Jain S, Tate JA, Álvarez-Espinoza E, Austin CA, Burry L, Devinney MJ, Ehlenbach WJ

Critical Care Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007084

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