Leah Cahill, University of Manitoba

Research

Chronic Kidney Disease Clinical Trial Metabolic Acidosis Nutrition Type 2 Diabetes

Latest papers

Late dietary intervention limits benefits of soy protein or flax oil in experimental polycystic kidney disease.
Nephron. Experimental nephrology · 2007

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Reducing Dietary Acid with fruit and vegetables versus oral alkali in people with Chronic Kidney Disease (ReDACKD) feasibility trial
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Reducing Dietary Acid with fruit and vegetables versus oral alkali in people with Chronic Kidney Disease (ReDACKD) feasibility trial
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$320,534
Reducing Dietary Acid with Fruit and Vegetables in individuals with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease (RaVe-DKD) trial
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$10,000

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Late dietary intervention limits benefits of soy protein or flax oil in experimental polycystic kidney disease.

Sankaran D, Bankovic-Calic N, Cahill L, Yu-Chen Peng C, Ogborn MR, Aukema HM

Nephron. Experimental nephrology2007

DOI: 10.1159/000104836 PMID: 17622740

Reducing Dietary Acid with fruit and vegetables versus oral alkali in people with Chronic Kidney Disease (ReDACKD) feasibility trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: MacKay, Dylan S; Tangri, Navdeep

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Feasibility Trial; Metabolic Acidosis; Nutrition

$100,000

Reducing Dietary Acid with fruit and vegetables versus oral alkali in people with Chronic Kidney Disease (ReDACKD) feasibility trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: MacKay, Dylan S; Tangri, Navdeep

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Feasibility Trial; Metabolic Acidosis; Nutrition

$320,534

Reducing Dietary Acid with Fruit and Vegetables in individuals with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease (RaVe-DKD) trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: DM/TS - CIHR-KFOC - Diabetic Kidney Disease - LOI

Principal investigators: Tangri, Navdeep; Cahill, Leah; Luhovyy, Bohdan L; MacKay, Dylan S; Tennankore, Karthik K

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Clinical Trial; Metabolic Acidosis; Nutrition; Type 2 Diabetes

$10,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Chronic Kidney Disease Dear Professor Cahill, 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 "Late dietary intervention limits benefits of soy protein or flax oil in experimental polycystic kidney disease." (2007), 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 "Reducing Dietary Acid with Fruit and Vegetables in individuals with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease (RaVe-DKD) trial" (2020), 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]