Tricia Tang, University of British Columbia

Research

Digital Health Pediatrics Personalized Care Precision Medicine Type 1 Diabetes A1c Cultural Barriers Diabetes

Latest papers

COVID-19 vaccine uptake and attitudes in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes.
Vaccine · 2025
Quality of life in young adults with type 1 diabetes.
Health care transitions · 2025
Cardiac rehabilitation program: An exploration of patient experiences and perspectives on program dropout.
Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2022

All 12 publications

Latest funding

De-risking Clinical Adoption and Generalizability of AI-Enabled Diabetes Care
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$600,394
Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on diabetes care among South Asian population
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$54,250
Precise Treatment for Pediatric Diabetes: Providing the right care, for the right patient, at the right time, over time
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,750,000

All 4 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

COVID-19 vaccine uptake and attitudes in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes.

Macke CA, Carreon SA, Desai KR, Minard CG, Lyons SK, McKay S, Devaraj S, Streisand R, Tang T, Anderson BJ, Hilliard ME

Vaccine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127083 PMID: 40750525

02

Quality of life in young adults with type 1 diabetes.

Baudino MN, Carreon SA, Streisand R, Tang T, Lyons S, McKay S, Anderson BJ, Minard CG, Devaraj S, Butler AM, Hilliard ME

Health care transitions2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.hctj.2025.100101 PMID: 40236625

03

Cardiac rehabilitation program: An exploration of patient experiences and perspectives on program dropout.

Lee M, Wood T, Chan S, Marziali E, Tang T, Banner D, Lear SA

Worldviews on evidence-based nursing2022

DOI: 10.1111/wvn.12554 PMID: 35040245

04

Overcoming psychological insulin resistance: A practical guide for healthcare professionals.

Snoek FJ, Fisher L, Polonsky WH, Stuckey H, Hessler D, Tang T, Hermanns N, Mundet X, Silva M, Sturt J, Okazaki K, Hadjiyianni I, Desai U, Perez-Nieves M

Primary care diabetes2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2021.03.001 PMID: 33785288

05

Mental Health in Diabetes: Never a Better Time.

Vallis M, Tang T, Klein G

Canadian journal of diabetes2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2020.06.004 PMID: 32792100

06

Successful Health Care Provider Strategies to Overcome Psychological Insulin Resistance in United States and Canada.

Tang T, Hessler D, Polonsky WH, Fisher L, Reed B, Irani T, Desai U, Perez-Nieves M

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM2020First author

DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190157 PMID: 32179603

07

Identifying solutions to psychological insulin resistance: An international study.

Polonsky WH, Fisher L, Hessler D, Stuckey H, Snoek FJ, Tang T, Hermanns N, Mundet X, Silva M, Sturt J, Okazaki K, Hadjiyianni I, Cao D, Ivanova J, Desai U, Perez-Nieves M

Journal of diabetes and its complications2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2019.01.001 PMID: 30709604

08

Culturally Tailored Self-Management Interventions for South Asians With Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review

Navodia N, Wahoush O, Tang T, Yost J, Ibrahim S, Sherifali D

Canadian Journal of Diabetes201933 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.04.010

09

Outcomes at 18 Months From a Community Health Worker and Peer Leader Diabetes Self-Management Program for Latino Adults.

Spencer MS, Kieffer EC, Sinco B, Piatt G, Palmisano G, Hawkins J, Lebron A, Espitia N, Tang T, Funnell M, Heisler M

Diabetes care2018

DOI: 10.2337/dc17-0978 PMID: 29703724

10

Assessing quality of life in diabetes: I. A practical guide to selecting the best instruments and using them wisely.

Fisher L, Tang T, Polonsky W

Diabetes research and clinical practice2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2016.10.018 PMID: 28153545

De-risking Clinical Adoption and Generalizability of AI-Enabled Diabetes Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Amed, Shazhan

Keywords: Digital Health; Pediatrics; Precision Medicine; Type 1 Diabetes

$600,394

Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on diabetes care among South Asian population

SupervisorCIHR2022Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Western Canada 2-year

Principal investigators: Mahmood, Bushra

Keywords: Cascade Of Care; Covid-19; Diabetes; Disparities; Ethnic Minorities; South Asians

$54,250

Precise Treatment for Pediatric Diabetes: Providing the right care, for the right patient, at the right time, over time

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes and Precision Medicine

Principal investigators: Amed, Shazhan; Clements, Mark A; Tang, Tricia S; Wasserman, Wyeth W

Keywords: Digital Health; Pediatrics; Personalized Care; Precision Medicine; Type 1 Diabetes

$1,750,000

A Culturally Tailored Intervention to Improve Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South Asian Patients

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Khan, Nadia A; Garg, Arun K; Sohal, Parmjit S; Tang, Tricia S

Keywords: A1c; Cultural Barriers; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Peer Intervention; South Asian

$846,301

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

Nursing
Pediatrics
Medicine
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Other

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Sarah Ibrahim

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Elsa Marziali

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Digital Health Dear Professor Tang, 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 "COVID-19 vaccine uptake and attitudes in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes." (2025), 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 "Precise Treatment for Pediatric Diabetes: Providing the right care, for the right patient, at the right time, over time" (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]

Tricia Tang