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Samina Abidi

ResearcherCollege of PharmacyDalhousie University

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Samina Abidi

Researcher

College of Pharmacy

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (3 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Antimicrobial Resistance Antimicrobial Stewardship Antimicrobial Use Clinical Decision Support Health Technology Artificial Intelligence Behaviour Modification Chronic Diseases

Latest papers

Unlexi: Developing a Prototype of a Digital Emotion-Focused Therapy Tool for Alexithymia.
Studies in health technology and informatics · 2026 · senior author
A Knowledge Graph to Represent and Predict Cancer Mechanistic Associations.
Studies in health technology and informatics · 2026
Finding Associative and Causal Effects of Temporal Changes in Health Features for Prevalent and Incident Cancer in Males: A Machine Learning Approach.
Studies in health technology and informatics · 2026 · senior author

All 30 publications

Latest funding

Developing and assessing the utility of a digital dashboard for surveillance of antimicrobial use in Nova Scotia
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$299,576
Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence based Platform for Early Chronic Disease Risk Assessment and Prediction to Improve Population Health
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$99,970
Predicting clinical outcomes for patients admitted to intensive care unit: developing and validating a Canadian data based ICU prognostic and planning system
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$299,380

All 9 grants and awards

30 publications.

Unlexi: Developing a Prototype of a Digital Emotion-Focused Therapy Tool for Alexithymia.

Tsubaki K, Abidi S

Studies in health technology and informatics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3233/shti260292 PMID: 42174966

A Knowledge Graph to Represent and Predict Cancer Mechanistic Associations.

Calagari M, Abidi S, Abidi SSR

Studies in health technology and informatics2026

DOI: 10.3233/shti260169 PMID: 42174845

Finding Associative and Causal Effects of Temporal Changes in Health Features for Prevalent and Incident Cancer in Males: A Machine Learning Approach.

Choubineh A, Abidi SSR, Sweeney E, Abidi S

Studies in health technology and informatics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3233/shti260111 PMID: 42174788

Donor-Recipient Matching for Kidney Transplantation Using Uncertainty Estimation in Generalized Propensity Score.

Naqvi SAA, Tennankore K, Abidi S, Vinson A, Worthen G, Abidi SSR

Studies in health technology and informatics2025

DOI: 10.3233/shti250395 PMID: 40380505

A Heterogeneous Bipartite Graph Framework for Donor-Recipient Matching in Kidney Transplantation.

Majouni S, Tennankore K, Abidi S, Vinson A, Worthen G, Abidi SSR

Studies in health technology and informatics2025

DOI: 10.3233/shti250394 PMID: 40380504

Using Unsupervised Clustering to Characterize Phenotypes Among Older Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Cohort Study.

Singh S, Abidi SSR, Naqvi SAA, Vinson AJ, Skinner TAA, Worthen G, Abidi S, West KA, Tennankore KK

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2025

DOI: 10.1177/20543581251322576 PMID: 40091888

Optimizing Prescribing for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Through the Development and Validation of Algorithms for Community Pharmacists.

Morris J, Battistella M, Tennankore K, Soroka S, Kendell C, Poyah P, More K, Grandy M, Ransom T, Kennie-Kaulbach N, Rainkie D, Tran J, Abidi SSR, Abidi S, Fulford N, Neville H, Naylor H, Woodill L, Bishop A, Rodrigues G, Harpell D, Stewart M, Wilson JA

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2025

DOI: 10.1177/20543581241309974 PMID: 39834694

Characterizing Cluster-Based Frailty Phenotypes in a Multicenter Prospective Cohort of Kidney Transplant Candidates.

Abidi SHR, Zincir-Heywood N, Abidi SSR, Jalakam K, Abidi S, Gunaratnam L, Suri R, Cardinale H, Vinson A, Prasad B

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics20242 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3233/shti231094 PMID: W4391229437

Needs and expectations for artificial intelligence in emergency medicine according to Canadian physicians.

Eastwood KW, May R, Andreou P, Abidi S, Abidi SSR, Loubani OM

BMC health services research2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09740-w PMID: 37491228

Multiview Clustering to Identify Novel Kidney Donor Phenotypes for Assessing Graft Survival in Older Transplant Recipients.

Raza Abidi SS, Naqvi A, Worthen G, Vinson A, Abidi S, Kiberd B, Skinner T, West K, Tennankore KK

Kidney3602023

DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000000000000190 PMID: 37291713

Developing and assessing the utility of a digital dashboard for surveillance of antimicrobial use in Nova Scotia

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: Evaluation of population-level interventions to reduce AMR

Principal investigators: Black, Emily; Mcisaac, Kathryn E; Abidi, Syed S; Abidi, Samina R; Stewart, Samuel A

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Antimicrobial Use; Clinical Decision Support; Health Technology

$299,576

Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence based Platform for Early Chronic Disease Risk Assessment and Prediction to Improve Population Health

Nominated PICIHR2022Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Abidi, Samina R; Abidi, Syed S; Sweeney, Ellen

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Behaviour Modification; Chronic Diseases; Dashboard; Data Visualization; Digital Health; Lifecourse Health; Multi-Morbidity Risk; Population Health; Risk Assessment

$99,970

Predicting clinical outcomes for patients admitted to intensive care unit: developing and validating a Canadian data based ICU prognostic and planning system

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Abidi, Syed Sibte Raza

$299,380

E-Health Platform for Remote Health Monitoring using Automated Activity Recognition to Assist Self-Care and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Abidi, Samina

$120,000

Responding to COVID-19 disruptions to blood transfusion services: A data analytics and visualization platform for blood product inventory management during COVID-19

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: ABIDI, SYED SIBTE RAZA

$49,975

E-Health Platform for Remote Health Monitoring using Automated Activity Recognition to Assist Self-Care and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Abidi, Samina

$210,000

Predictive Modeling to Predict Personalized Spinal Surgery Outcomes: A Data-Driven e-Health Platform for Informed and Shared Decision Making to Triage Spinal Surgeries

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Catalyst Grant: Personalized Health Catalyst Grants

Principal investigators: Abidi, Syed S; Christie, Sean D

Keywords: Data Integration; Decision Support; Lower Back Pain; Lumbar Disc Herniation; Lumbar Spinal Stenosis; Machine Learning; Precision Medicine; Predictive Modeling; Spinal Injury; Spinal Surgery Outcomes

$199,408

D-WISE - A Diabetes Web-Centric Information and Support Environment: An E-health Solution Operationalizing Behaviour Change Models and Clinical Guidelines for Patient-centered Diabetes Self-management

Nominated PICIHR2012Catalyst Grant: eHealth Innovations

Principal investigators: Abidi, Samina R; MacDonald, Lisa G; Vallis, Micheal T

Keywords: Behavior Modification; Certified Diabetes Educator; E-Health Diabetes Self-Management Platform; Evidence-Based Diabetes Guideline; Healthcare Knowledge Management; Motivational Enhancement; Ontology Based Healthcare Knowledge Modeling; Patient Empowerment; Personalized Cinical Decision Support System; Primary Care Provider

$99,905

An Integrated Knowledge Management Framework for Supporting Young Cancer Survivors

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Catalyst Grant: Biomedical & Clinical Approaches to Improving Quality of Life

Principal investigators: Abidi, Syed S

Keywords: Decision Support Systems; E-Health; Knowledge Management; Pediatric Oncology; Personal Health Records; Survivor Empowerment

$86,239

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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Samina Abidi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Unlexi: Developing a Prototype of a Digital Emotion-Focused Therapy Tool for Alexithymia.

A Knowledge Graph to Represent and Predict Cancer Mechanistic Associations.

Finding Associative and Causal Effects of Temporal Changes in Health Features for Prevalent and Incident Cancer in Males: A Machine Learning Approach.

Donor-Recipient Matching for Kidney Transplantation Using Uncertainty Estimation in Generalized Propensity Score.

A Heterogeneous Bipartite Graph Framework for Donor-Recipient Matching in Kidney Transplantation.

Using Unsupervised Clustering to Characterize Phenotypes Among Older Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Cohort Study.

Optimizing Prescribing for Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Through the Development and Validation of Algorithms for Community Pharmacists.

Characterizing Cluster-Based Frailty Phenotypes in a Multicenter Prospective Cohort of Kidney Transplant Candidates.

Needs and expectations for artificial intelligence in emergency medicine according to Canadian physicians.

Multiview Clustering to Identify Novel Kidney Donor Phenotypes for Assessing Graft Survival in Older Transplant Recipients.

Developing and assessing the utility of a digital dashboard for surveillance of antimicrobial use in Nova Scotia

Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence based Platform for Early Chronic Disease Risk Assessment and Prediction to Improve Population Health

Predicting clinical outcomes for patients admitted to intensive care unit: developing and validating a Canadian data based ICU prognostic and planning system

E-Health Platform for Remote Health Monitoring using Automated Activity Recognition to Assist Self-Care and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours

Responding to COVID-19 disruptions to blood transfusion services: A data analytics and visualization platform for blood product inventory management during COVID-19

E-Health Platform for Remote Health Monitoring using Automated Activity Recognition to Assist Self-Care and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours

Predictive Modeling to Predict Personalized Spinal Surgery Outcomes: A Data-Driven e-Health Platform for Informed and Shared Decision Making to Triage Spinal Surgeries

D-WISE - A Diabetes Web-Centric Information and Support Environment: An E-health Solution Operationalizing Behaviour Change Models and Clinical Guidelines for Patient-centered Diabetes Self-management

An Integrated Knowledge Management Framework for Supporting Young Cancer Survivors

Frequent collaborators

Amanda Vinson

Karthik Tennankore

Marc Carrier

Pantelis Andreou

Rita Suri

Ellen Sweeney

Andrea Bishop

Cynthia Kendell

Rita Suri

Marisa Battistella

Tracey Rickards

Lakshman Gunaratnam

Michael Walsh

Seychelle Yohanna

Louise Parker