Samir Gupta, University of British Columbia

Research

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease First Nations Communities Integrated Care Interdisciplinary Rural And Remote Populations Spirometry

Latest papers

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD and Asthma — A Randomized, Controlled Trial
New England Journal of Medicine · 2024

All 1 publications

Latest funding

SPIRO: SPirometry for Improved Indigenous and Rural Respiratory Outcomes
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,999,964
A pragmatic randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a tele-asthma self-management intervention (Canadian Asthma Text Messaging Study - CANATEXTS) on reducing asthma exacerbations
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
IMplementing Predictive Analytics towards efficient COPD Treatments (IMPACT)
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,986,406

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD and Asthma — A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Gupta S, Vandemheen KL, Whitmore GA, Boulet L-P, Azher T, Mulpuru S, Bergeron C, Côté A, McIvor RA, Penz E

New England Journal of Medicine2024135 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2401389

SPIRO: SPirometry for Improved Indigenous and Rural Respiratory Outcomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant:THINC Implementation Science Team Grants - Indigenous Integrated Care

Principal investigators: Camp, Pat; Pemberton, Julia C; Vienneau, Lisette; Carlsten, Christopher; Gupta, Samir; Hedden, Lindsay K; Holyk, Travis J; Johnson, Kate M; Olsen, Sharla-Rae; Pawlovich, John

Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; First Nations Communities; Integrated Care; Interdisciplinary; Rural And Remote Populations; Spirometry

$1,999,964

A pragmatic randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a tele-asthma self-management intervention (Canadian Asthma Text Messaging Study - CANATEXTS) on reducing asthma exacerbations

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fitzgerald, J M

Keywords: Action Plan; Asthma; Asthma Control; Cost-Effectiveness; Exacerbation; Medication Adherence; Quality Of Life; Randomized Controlled Trial; Self-Management; Telehealth Technology

$100,000

IMplementing Predictive Analytics towards efficient COPD Treatments (IMPACT)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: Personalized Health

Principal investigators: Sadatsafavi, Mohsen; Sutherland, Janet; Simmers, Brian; Sin, Donald; Smith, Allan D

Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Clinical Prediction Models; Electronic Health Records; Health Services Research; Personalized Health

$1,986,406

Development and validation of Canadian health literacy measurement tool for chronic disease management

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Fitzgerald, J M; Kopec, Jacek A

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Conceptual Framework; Health Literacy; Knowledge Translation; Measurement Tool Development; Participatory Approaches; Population Health; Theoretical Model; Validation

$803,004

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

Medicine
Respirology
John P. Robarts Research Institute
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Department of Medicine
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.

Céline Bergeron

John P. Robarts Research Institute

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Andrew McIvor

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Samir Gupta

Respirology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Erika Penz

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Sunita Mulpuru

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Erika Penz

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Nicole Ezer

Respirology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Dear Professor Gupta, 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 "Early Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD and Asthma — A Randomized, Controlled Trial" (2024), 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 "SPIRO: SPirometry for Improved Indigenous and Rural Respiratory Outcomes" (2022), 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]