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Research
Latest papers
Obstructive sleep apnea in bariatric surgery patients: a population-based study
Sleep and Breathing · 2025
Melatonin supplementation and oxidative DNA damage repair capacity among night shift workers: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Occupational and environmental medicine · 2025
The relationship between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea in four community-based cohorts: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 12,860 adults.
EClinicalMedicine · 2025
Latest funding
- $451,352
The impact of 12-hour overnight shifts on nurses' driving safety: A high-fidelity driver simulator study.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $1,445,850
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Long-term Health Consequences
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
- $200,000
Moving from Moral Distress to Moral Action in Intensive Care Units
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
73 publications.
Obstructive sleep apnea in bariatric surgery patients: a population-based study
Martelli V, Doumouras AG, Mbuagbaw L, Ayas N, Tarride J-E
Melatonin supplementation and oxidative DNA damage repair capacity among night shift workers: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
Zanif U, Lai AS, Parks J, Roenningen A, McLeod CB, Ayas N, Wang X, Lin Y, Zhang JJ, Bhatti P
The relationship between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea in four community-based cohorts: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 12,860 adults.
Esmaeili N, Gell L, Imler T, Hajipour M, Taranto-Montemurro L, Messineo L, Stone KL, Sands SA, Ayas N, Yee J, Cronin J, Heinzer R, Wellman A, Redline S, Azarbarzin A
Nocturnal Hypoxemia in Respiratory Medicine: Pathophysiology, Measurement, and Association with Outcomes.
Hajipour M, Labarca G, Ayas N, Azarbarzin A
Association of nocturnal hypoxemia and white blood cell count in a multicenter cohort.
Shah A, Hajipour M, Allen AJH, Ayas N, Kendzerska T, Hanly P, Kimoff J, Series F, Lajoie A, Robillard R, Jen R, Beaudin AE, Raneri J, Skomro R
Association of Insomnia with Functional Outcomes Relevant to Daily Behaviors and Sleep-Related Quality of Life among First Nations People in Two Communities in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Karunanayake CP, Dosman JA, Ayas N, Fenton M, Seeseequasis J, Lindain R, Seesequasis W, McMullin K, Kachroo MJ, Ramsden VR, King M, Abonyi S, Kirychuk S, Koehncke N, Skomro R, Pahwa P
Sleep Deficiency: Epidemiology and Effects.
Gohari A, Baumann B, Jen R, Ayas N
Association between a recalled positive airway pressure device and incident cancer: a population-based study.
Kendzerska T, Pendharkar SR, Talarico R, Blades K, Mackenzie C, Gershon AS, Ayas N, Kaminska M, Fenton M, McBrien KA, Hawken S, Ratycz D, Lishchenko V, Owens RL, Povitz M
Obstructive sleep apnea severity, circulating biomarkers, and cancer risk.
Hirsch Allen AJ, Kendzerska T, Bhatti P, Jen R, Myers R, Hajipour M, van Eeden SF, Ayas N
Pharmacologic Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Are We Seeing Some Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Ayas N, Pépin JL
The impact of 12-hour overnight shifts on nurses' driving safety: A high-fidelity driver simulator study.
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Automobile Driving; Cognition; Driving Simulator; Nurses; Quasi-Experimental Design; Road Safety; Shift Work; Sleep Deprivation
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Long-term Health Consequences
Principal investigators: Ayas, Najib
Keywords: Sleep Apnea
Moving from Moral Distress to Moral Action in Intensive Care Units
Principal investigators: Dodek, Peter M; Stewart, Miriam
Keywords: Critical Care; Healthy Workplace; Moral Distress; Participatory Action Research
Adherence and preference of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure versus Mandibular Advancement Splints in Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients: a randomized trial.
Principal investigators: Almeida, Fernanda R; Huynh, Nelly
Keywords: Adherence; Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Effectiveness; Mandibular Advancement Splints; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Preference; Treatment
CIHR Planning Grant for Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Principal investigators: Griesdale, Donald
Keywords: Health Systems Improvement; Knowledge Translation; Traumatic Brain Injury
Improving adherence to treatments through behavioural economics: Testing an enhanced decision aid in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Principal investigators: Bansback, Nicholas
Keywords: Decision Aid; Decision Making
Respiratory Sleep Disorders Research Team
Principal investigators: Ayas, Najib
Keywords: Cardiovascular; Genetics; Health Economics; Health Services; Knowledge Translation; Public Health; Sleep Apnea
The Impact of a Resident Work Schedule Change on Patient Safety
Principal investigators: Ayas, Najib; Roberts, james M
Keywords: Human Resources; Patient Safety
A Systematic Review and Evidence Synthesis of Research on the Regulation Requirement for 24 hour Registered Nurse Availability in Long-term Care Facilities
Principal investigators: Bryan, Stirling
Keywords: Aging; Nursing
Respiratory Sleep Disorders Research Team
Principal investigators: Ayas, Najib
Keywords: Sleep Apnea
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
- Gillian Einstein and Gillian Einstein: 84 shared papers
- Nadia Gosselin and Julie Carrier: 40 shared papers
- Deborah Cook and Peter Dodek: 37 shared papers
- Tetyana Kendzerska and Tetyana Kendzerska: 20 shared papers
- Rébecca Robillard and Tetyana Kendzerska: 20 shared papers
- Ismail Laher and Najib Ayas: 14 shared papers
- Peter Dodek and Hubert Wong: 13 shared papers
- Hubert Wong and Najib Ayas: 7 shared papers
- Tetyana Kendzerska and Najib Ayas: 6 shared papers
- Ismail Laher and Fernanda Almeida: 5 shared papers
- Marta Kaminska and Tetyana Kendzerska: 5 shared papers
- Marta Kaminska and Najib Ayas: 5 shared papers
- Peter Dodek and Najib Ayas: 5 shared papers
- Nadia Gosselin and Gregory Moullec: 3 shared papers
- Nadia Gosselin and Najib Ayas: 3 shared papers
- Julie Carrier and Marta Kaminska: 3 shared papers
- Julie Carrier and Gregory Moullec: 3 shared papers
- Julie Carrier and Najib Ayas: 3 shared papers
- Angela Devlin and Ismail Laher: 3 shared papers
- Fernanda Almeida and Najib Ayas: 3 shared papers
- Tetyana Kendzerska and Rébecca Robillard: 3 shared papers
- Deborah Cook and Hubert Wong: 2 shared papers
- Deborah Cook and Najib Ayas: 2 shared papers
- Nadia Gosselin and Gillian Einstein: 2 shared papers
- Nadia Gosselin and Gillian Einstein: 2 shared papers
- Julie Carrier and Gillian Einstein: 2 shared papers
- Julie Carrier and Rébecca Robillard: 2 shared papers
- Julie Carrier and Gillian Einstein: 2 shared papers
- Andrew Lim and Gillian Einstein: 2 shared papers
- Andrew Lim and Marta Kaminska: 2 shared papers
- Andrew Lim and Gillian Einstein: 2 shared papers
- Gillian Einstein and Gregory Moullec: 2 shared papers
- Gillian Einstein and Najib Ayas: 2 shared papers
- Carlo Marra and Najib Ayas: 2 shared papers
- Mark Bayley and Najib Ayas: 2 shared papers
- Gregory Moullec and Najib Ayas: 2 shared papers
- Tetyana Kendzerska and Najib Ayas: 2 shared papers
- Rébecca Robillard and Najib Ayas: 2 shared papers
- Najib Ayas and Gillian Einstein: 2 shared papers
- Najib Ayas and Parveen Bhatti: 2 shared papers
- Deborah Cook and Mark Bayley: 1 shared paper
- Ari Doumouras and Najib Ayas: 1 shared paper
- Brian Drew and Mark Bayley: 1 shared paper
- Brian Drew and Bonita Sawatzky: 1 shared paper
- Brian Drew and Anita Kaiser: 1 shared paper
- Brian Drew and Najib Ayas: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Lim and Najib Ayas: 1 shared paper
- Angela Devlin and Najib Ayas: 1 shared paper
- Carlo Marra and Fernanda Almeida: 1 shared paper
- Carlo Marra and Benjamin Pliska: 1 shared paper
- Fernanda Almeida and Benjamin Pliska: 1 shared paper
- Mark Bayley and Bonita Sawatzky: 1 shared paper
- Mark Bayley and Anita Kaiser: 1 shared paper
- Bonita Sawatzky and Anita Kaiser: 1 shared paper
- Bonita Sawatzky and Najib Ayas: 1 shared paper
- Anita Kaiser and Najib Ayas: 1 shared paper
- Tetyana Kendzerska and Parveen Bhatti: 1 shared paper
- Najib Ayas and Benjamin Pliska: 1 shared paper
- Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Surgery
- Emergency Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Respiratory Division
- Oral Health Sciences
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Ismail Laher
Pediatrics
14 shared papers, latest 2022
Hubert Wong
Emergency Medicine
7 shared papers, latest 2019
Tetyana Kendzerska
Department of Medicine
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Marta Kaminska
Respiratory Division
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Peter Dodek
Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2019
Julie Carrier
Centre d'étude du sommeil
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Fernanda Almeida
Oral Health Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2020
Nadia Gosselin
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Parveen Bhatti
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Gillian Einstein
Psychology
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Gillian Einstein
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Mark Bayley
Physical Therapy
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Gregory Moullec
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Carlo Marra
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Rébecca Robillard
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Deborah Cook
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Tetyana Kendzerska
Medicine/Neurology
2 shared papers, latest 2016
Milos Popovic
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2017
José Zariffa
Biomedical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Sangeeta Mehta
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Sharon Gabison
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Nicole Mittmann
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Hardeep Singh
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Swati Mehta
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Eldon Loh
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1 shared papers, latest 2017
George Isac
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Darcy Marciniuk
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Eve Tsai
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Robert Dales
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Frances Chung
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Benjamin Pliska
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2013
Pamela Houghton
School of Physical Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Sarah Munro
Family Practice
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Mahesh Nagappa
Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Walter Wodchis
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Mélanie Levasseur
School of Rehabilitation
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Sunita Mathur
Medicine/Respirology
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Andrew Lim
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Robert Fowler
Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2016
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