Leah Cahill, Dalhousie University

Research

Consumer Purchasing Dietary Adequacy Food Affordability Food Prices Population Nutrition Interventions Price Subsidy Prospective Cohort Randomized Controlled Trial

Latest papers

A Comparison of Hospitalization Outcomes Between Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis Patients by Sex and Race.
Kidney international reports · 2025
Physician Perspectives on Malnutrition Screening, Diagnosis, and Management: A Qualitative Analysis.
Nutrients · 2024
Dietary potassium liberalization with fruit and vegetables versus potassium restriction in people with chronic kidney disease (DK-Lib CKD): a clinical trial protocol.
BMC nephrology · 2023

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Secondary Prevention of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patient with Cardiomyopathies (END-VT)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,017,448
NSH-PRICES: Prospective longitudinal study of health workers' purchasing and diet in response to food prices
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$661,726
Determining if implementation of the haptoglobin phenotype biomarker should be tested in type 2 diabetes treatment planning to prevent cardiovascular disease: a biostatistical analysis, a cost-effectiveness analysis, and a patient priority analysis
CIHR · 2021 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 4 grants and awards

13 publications.

01

A Comparison of Hospitalization Outcomes Between Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis Patients by Sex and Race.

Worthen G, Day M, Cahill L, Desbiens LC, Nadeau-Fredette AC, Feng C, Warren R, Trinh E, Perl J, Chan C, Clark D, Tennankore K

Kidney international reports2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.02.012 PMID: 40485714

02

Physician Perspectives on Malnutrition Screening, Diagnosis, and Management: A Qualitative Analysis.

Veldhuijzen van Zanten D, Vantomme E, Ford K, Cahill L, Jin J, Keller H, Nasser R, Lagendyk L, Strickland T, MacDonald B, Boudreau S, Gramlich L

Nutrients2024

DOI: 10.3390/nu16142215 PMID: 39064658

03

Dietary potassium liberalization with fruit and vegetables versus potassium restriction in people with chronic kidney disease (DK-Lib CKD): a clinical trial protocol.

Iman Y, Balshaw R, Alexiuk M, Hingwala J, Cahill L, Mollard R, Tangri N, Mackay D

BMC nephrology2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12882-023-03354-4 PMID: 37833679

04

Interrupting bedtime to reverse frailty levels in acute care: a study protocol for the Breaking Bad Rest randomized controlled trial.

Theou O, O'Brien MW, Godin J, Blanchard C, Cahill L, Hajizadeh M, Hartley P, Jarrett P, Kehler DS, Romero-Ortuno R, Visvanathan R, Rockwood K

BMC geriatrics2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04172-x PMID: 37563553

05

Reducing Dietary Acid With Fruit and Vegetables Versus Oral Alkali in People With Chronic Kidney Disease (ReDACKD): A Clinical Research Protocol

Mollard R, Cachero K, Luhovyy B, Martin H, Moisiuk S, Mahboobi S, Balshaw R, Collister D, Cahill L, Tennankore KK

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease20234 citations

DOI: 10.1177/20543581231190180

06

Relationship of body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults.

Jayanama K, Theou O, Godin J, Mayo A, Cahill L, Rockwood K

BMC medicine2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02596-7 PMID: 36280863

07

Relationship between diet quality scores and the risk of frailty and mortality in adults across a wide age spectrum.

Jayanama K, Theou O, Godin J, Cahill L, Shivappa N, Hébert JR, Wirth MD, Park YM, Fung TT, Rockwood K

BMC medicine2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-021-01918-5 PMID: 33722232

08

Association of fatty acid consumption with frailty and mortality among middle-aged and older adults.

Jayanama K, Theou O, Godin J, Cahill L, Rockwood K

Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2019.110610 PMID: 31743811

09

Correction to: Frailty, nutrition-related parameters, and mortality across the adult age spectrum.

Jayanama K, Theou O, Blodgett JM, Cahill L, Rockwood K

BMC medicine2018

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-018-1227-z PMID: 30545351

10

Frailty, nutrition-related parameters, and mortality across the adult age spectrum.

Jayanama K, Theou O, Blodgett JM, Cahill L, Rockwood K

BMC medicine2018

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-018-1176-6 PMID: 30360759

Secondary Prevention of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patient with Cardiomyopathies (END-VT)

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sapp, John L; Samuel, Michelle

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Epidemiology; Precision Medicine; Prospective Cohort; Ventricular Tachycardia

$1,017,448

NSH-PRICES: Prospective longitudinal study of health workers' purchasing and diet in response to food prices

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mah, Catherine L; Cahill, Leah; Hajizadeh, Mohammad

Keywords: Consumer Purchasing; Dietary Adequacy; Food Affordability; Food Prices; Population Nutrition Interventions; Price Subsidy; Prospective Cohort; Randomized Controlled Trial; Workplace Food Environment

$661,726

Determining if implementation of the haptoglobin phenotype biomarker should be tested in type 2 diabetes treatment planning to prevent cardiovascular disease: a biostatistical analysis, a cost-effectiveness analysis, and a patient priority analysis

SupervisorCIHR2021Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Carew, Allie S

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Disease; Clinical Epidemiology; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Glycemic Control; Haptoglobin Phenotype; Patient-Oriented Research; Personalized Medicine; Secondary Analysis

$105,000

The common haptoglobin phenotype as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality: a re-analysis of four randomized controlled trials of glycemic control

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cahill, Leah

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Disease; Clinical Epidemiology; Glycemic Control; Haptoglobin Phenotype; Personalized Medicine; Secondary Analysis

$462,824

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Heather Keller

Kinesiology and Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Scott Patten

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Consumer Purchasing 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 "A Comparison of Hospitalization Outcomes Between Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis Patients by Sex and Race." (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 "NSH-PRICES: Prospective longitudinal study of health workers' purchasing and diet in response to food prices" (2023), 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]