Atul Sharma, University of Manitoba

Research

Ccl2 Chemokines Cxcl10 Cxcl9 Graft Failure Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial Rejection Renal Transplant

Latest papers

Noninvasive testing for mycophenolate exposure in children with renal transplant using urinary metabolomics.
Pediatric transplantation · 2023
Urinary metabolomics to develop predictors for pediatric acute kidney injury.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2022
Comparison of Socioeconomic Disparities in Pump Uptake Among Children With Type 1 Diabetes in 2 Canadian Provinces With Different Payment Models.
JAMA network open · 2022

All 22 publications

Latest funding

A pilot clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of: A prospective, unblinded, randomized-controlled, multicenter biomarker intervention trial of a urinary CXCL10 clinical surveillance program in pediatric kidney transplant recipients for early ascertainment and treatment of subclinical allograft inflammation and preservation of kidney transplant function.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$401,625
Effect of comprehensive insulin pump coverage on socioeconomic disparities in acute-diabetes related complications amongst children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus: A population-based study in Quebec and Manitoba.
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$75,000
A randomized controlled effectiveness trial of urine CXCL10 chemokine monitoring post-renal transplant
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$2,664,284

All 6 grants and awards

22 publications.

01

Noninvasive testing for mycophenolate exposure in children with renal transplant using urinary metabolomics.

Taha K, Sharma A, Kroeker K, Ross C, Carleton B, Wishart D, Medeiros M, Blydt-Hansen TD

Pediatric transplantation2023

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14460 PMID: 36582125

02

Urinary metabolomics to develop predictors for pediatric acute kidney injury.

Franiek A, Sharma A, Cockovski V, Wishart DS, Zappitelli M, Blydt-Hansen TD

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2022

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-021-05380-6 PMID: 35006358

03

Comparison of Socioeconomic Disparities in Pump Uptake Among Children With Type 1 Diabetes in 2 Canadian Provinces With Different Payment Models.

Ladd JM, Sharma A, Rahme E, Kroeker K, Dubé M, Simard M, Plante C, Blais C, Brownell M, Rodd C, Nakhla M

JAMA network open2022

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.10464 PMID: 35507342

04

Isolated diastolic high blood pressure: a distinct clinical phenotype in US children.

Alsaeed H, Metzger DL, Blydt-Hansen TD, Rodd C, Sharma A

Pediatric research2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01369-x PMID: 33504971

05

Age and sex determine conversion from immediate-release to extended-release tacrolimus in a multi-center cohort of Canadian pediatric renal transplant recipients.

Lang S, Sharma A, Foster B, Gibson IW, Ho J, Nickerson P, Wishart D, Blydt-Hansen T

Pediatric transplantation2021

DOI: 10.1111/petr.13959 PMID: 33368914

06

Validity and utility of urinary CXCL10/Cr immune monitoring in pediatric kidney transplant recipients.

Blydt-Hansen TD, Sharma A, Gibson IW, Wiebe C, Sharma AP, Langlois V, Teoh CW, Rush D, Nickerson P, Wishart D, Ho J

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2021

DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16336 PMID: 33034126

07

Early surveillance biopsy utilization and management of pediatric renal allograft acute T cell-mediated rejection in Canadian centers: Observations from the PROBE multicenter cohort study.

Hoffmann AJ, Gibson IW, Ho J, Nickerson P, Rush D, Sharma A, Wishart D, Blydt-Hansen TD

Pediatric transplantation2021

DOI: 10.1111/petr.13870 PMID: 33026135

08

Physical activity and its correlates in a pediatric solid-organ transplant population.

Lui S, de Souza A, Sharma A, Fairbairn J, Schreiber R, Armstrong K, Blydt-Hansen T

Pediatric transplantation2020

DOI: 10.1111/petr.13745 PMID: 32525279

09

Valganciclovir prophylaxis delays onset of EBV viremia in high-risk pediatric solid organ transplant recipients.

Albatati S, Sharma A, Haubrich K, Wright A, Gantt S, Blydt-Hansen TD

Pediatric research2020

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-019-0523-4 PMID: 31377753

10

Non-invasive differentiation of non-rejection kidney injury from acute rejection in pediatric renal transplant recipients.

Archdekin B, Sharma A, Gibson IW, Rush D, Wishart DS, Blydt-Hansen TD

Pediatric transplantation2019

DOI: 10.1111/petr.13364 PMID: 30719822

A pilot clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of: A prospective, unblinded, randomized-controlled, multicenter biomarker intervention trial of a urinary CXCL10 clinical surveillance program in pediatric kidney transplant recipients for early ascertainment and treatment of subclinical allograft inflammation and preservation of kidney transplant function.

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Blydt-Hansen, Tom

Keywords: Acute Rejection; Biomarkers; Chemokines; Clinical Trial; Implementation; Kidney Function; Kidney Transplant; Pediatric

$401,625

Effect of comprehensive insulin pump coverage on socioeconomic disparities in acute-diabetes related complications amongst children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus: A population-based study in Quebec and Manitoba.

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: Analyses of Existing Cohorts & Databases - IHDCYH

Principal investigators: Rodd, Celia J; Nakhla, Meranda

Keywords: Acute Diabetes-Related Complications; Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion; Insulin Pump; Ses; Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

$75,000

A randomized controlled effectiveness trial of urine CXCL10 chemokine monitoring post-renal transplant

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ho, Julie; Gibson, Ian W; Hirt-Minkowski, Patricia; Nickerson, Peter W; Rush, David N; Sharma, Atul K; Wiebe, Chris J

Keywords: Ccl2; Chemokines; Cxcl10; Cxcl9; Graft Failure; Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial; Rejection; Renal Transplant; Urine Diagnostic Biomarker; Urine Prognostic Biomarker

$2,664,284

Non-nutritive sweetener consumption during pregnancy: impact on infant gut microbiome and metabolism in the CHILD cohort

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: Analyses of Existing Cohorts & Databases - IHDCYH

Principal investigators: Azad, Meghan; Arrieta Mendez, Marie-Claire

Keywords: Artificial Sweeteners; Childhood Obesity; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Infants; Metabolomics; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Non-Nutritive Sweeteners; Pregnancy; Prenatal Nutrition

$75,000

If you build it, will they come?...and live longer?

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: McGavock, Jonathan M; Hobin, Erin P

Keywords: Built Environment; Cardiovascular Disease; Natural Experiment; Physical Activity; Population Health Intervention

$100,000

An assessment of psychological factors, inflammatory biomarkers and kidney complications; the Improving renal Complications in Adolescents with type 2 diabetes through REsearch (iCARE) cohort study

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Dart, Allison B; Wicklow, Brandy A

Keywords: Albuminuria; Biomarkers; Cohort; Inflammation; Psychological Factors; Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Youth

$881,609

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

Pediatrics
Medicine
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics and Child Health
Medicine/Nephrology
Biological Sciences
Pediatric Nephrology
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Colin Ross

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Elham Rahme

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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