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Ayub Akbari

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Ayub Akbari

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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48 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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119

Publications

471

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Grants

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Research

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Artificial Intelligence Chronic Kidney Disease Cost Effectiveness Decision Analysis Dialysis Kidney Failure Machine Learning

Latest papers

Incident Hypertension in Young Adults With a Mild Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reduction
Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Scoring Systems' Performance in Patients with Pre-Existing Kidney Disease.
Kidney international reports · 2026
Subclinical Primary Aldosteronism and eGFR Decline Over Time.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026

All 119 publications

Latest funding

Re(de)fining CKD to reduce cardiovascular disease in young adults
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$256,274
Establishing Research Priorities and a Platform for Knowledge Generation and Mobilization for the Integrated Care of People with Chronic Kidney Disease: The Canadian CKD Clinic Network
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Artificial Intelligence for the Prevention of Unplanned Dialysis
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$195,000

All 6 grants and awards

119 publications.

Incident Hypertension in Young Adults With a Mild Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reduction

Ahmed S, Hussain J, Grubic N, Akbari A, Ravani P, Tanuseputro P, Hundemer GL, Ramsay T, Tangri N, Bugeja A

Journal of the American Heart Association2026

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.046502

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Scoring Systems' Performance in Patients with Pre-Existing Kidney Disease.

El-Wadia H, Karim M, Buh A, Kabli AO, Biyani N, Shorr R, Lee I, Fremont D, Wald R, English SW, Silver SA, Akbari A, Knoll GA, Clark EG, Hundemer GL

Kidney international reports2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106560 PMID: 42239492

Subclinical Primary Aldosteronism and eGFR Decline Over Time.

Hundemer GL, Desbiens LC, Agharazii M, Madore F, Vaidya A, Leung AA, Kline GA, Sood MM, Akbari A, White C, Glassman I, Shaw JLV, Colantonio DA, Ramsay T, Goupil R

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2026

DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000001039 PMID: 41686513

Prognostic Performance of Ellipsoid Kidney Volume Measurement in a Computed Tomography-Heavy ADPKD Cohort: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.

Abdrabou M, Akbari A, Shabana W, Biyani M, Hundemer GL, Sood MM, Chapman AB, Fremont D, Brown PA

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2026

DOI: 10.1177/20543581261479801 PMID: 42605313

Clinicopathologic Classification of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis to Inform on Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Review of Biopsy-Proven Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Cases.

Horwitz J, Akbari A, Rahouma L, Canney M, Massicotte-Azarniouch D

Kidney medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2026.101364 PMID: 42179804

Development and Validation of a Canadian Prediction Equation for Incident CKD Using Population-Based, Administrative Data.

Sood MM, Dixon SN, Bota SE, Ferguson TW, Hundemer GL, Akbari A, Manuel DG, Knoll G, Tangri N

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2026

DOI: 10.1177/20543581261439677 PMID: 42136689

Eating disorder-related electrolyte abnormalities and adverse outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Fremont D, Buh A, Hoar-Stephens C, Biyani N, Kiska R, Fung SG, Mahbub S, Zameer M, Fabiano N, Solmi M, Gibb M, Kang R, Salman M, Lee K, Milone B, Syed S, Dhaliwal S, Akbari A, Brown PA, Sood MM, Hundemer GL

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349826 PMID: 42224161

Analytical Models to Optimize Tacrolimus Dosing in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Systematic Review.

Amooei E, Biyani N, Buh A, Klamrowski MM, Alyahya NM, McCudden CR, Green JR, Rashidi B, Almuzirai H, Hoar S, Akbari A, Hundemer GL, Klein R

Pharmaceutics2026

DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics18040430 PMID: 42076083

Hydralazine Use and Risk of Vasculitis.

Fremont D, Dhaliwal S, Canney M, Akbari A, Hundemer GL, Derebail VK, Sood MM, Massicotte-Azarniouch D

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.1943 PMID: 41838000

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Programs in Health Care Institutions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Fremont D, Buh A, Hoar-Stephens C, Biyani N, Mahbub S, Singla R, Zameer M, Nsen PM, Kang R, Kiska R, Fung SG, Solmi M, Gibb M, Scott M, Salman M, Lee K, Milone B, Wafy G, Syed S, Dhaliwal S, Akbari A, Brown PA, Hundemer GL, Sood MM

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.55896 PMID: 41637073

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Ayub Akbari

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Incident Hypertension in Young Adults With a Mild Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Reduction

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Scoring Systems' Performance in Patients with Pre-Existing Kidney Disease.

Subclinical Primary Aldosteronism and eGFR Decline Over Time.

Prognostic Performance of Ellipsoid Kidney Volume Measurement in a Computed Tomography-Heavy ADPKD Cohort: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.

Clinicopathologic Classification of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis to Inform on Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Review of Biopsy-Proven Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Cases.

Development and Validation of a Canadian Prediction Equation for Incident CKD Using Population-Based, Administrative Data.

Eating disorder-related electrolyte abnormalities and adverse outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Analytical Models to Optimize Tacrolimus Dosing in Solid Organ Transplantation: A Systematic Review.

Hydralazine Use and Risk of Vasculitis.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Programs in Health Care Institutions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Re(de)fining CKD to reduce cardiovascular disease in young adults

Establishing Research Priorities and a Platform for Knowledge Generation and Mobilization for the Integrated Care of People with Chronic Kidney Disease: The Canadian CKD Clinic Network

Artificial Intelligence for the Prevention of Unplanned Dialysis

Clinical Efficacy and Usability of an Automated Digital Counseling Intervention for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE BEHIND THE RECOMMENDATION OF WITHHOLDING CERTAIN MEDICATION BEFORE CONTRAST PROCEDURES? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE.

The Accurate Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Kidney Disease

Frequent collaborators

Swapnil Hiremath

Christopher McCudden

Navdeep Tangri

Amber Molnar

Wael Shabana

Mohan Biyani

Scott Brimble

Dean Fergusson

Pietro Ravani

Deborah Zimmerman

Marcel Ruzicka

Peter Tanuseputro

Ran Klein

Brendan McCormick

Ron Wald

Nathalie Lepage

Marco Solmi

Amit Garg

Grant Russell

Edward Clark

Christine White

Cedric Edwards

Ziv Harel

William Hogg

Manish Sood

Salmaan Kanji

Clare Liddy

Matthew James

Simone Dahrouge

Paul Komenda

Todd Fairhead

Somkanya Tungsanga

Arleigh McCurdy

Nataliya Milman

Corey Tsang

Marisa Battistella

Jolanta Karpinski

Maneesh Sud

Christiane Auray-Blais

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