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Dhenuka Radhakrishnan

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Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Ottawa

Dhenuka Radhakrishnan

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2017.

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Asthma Children Clinical Prediction Rule Emergency Department Hospital Admission Risk Factors

Latest papers

AI for predicting exacerbations in KIDs with asthma (AIRE-KIDS).
NPJ digital medicine · 2026 · senior author
Validation of a health administrative definition of obstructive sleep apnea in children in Ontario, Canada.
PloS one · 2026 · first author
Clinical validation of an electronic medical record-based asthma registry at a tertiary care center.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2026 · senior author

All 37 publications

Latest funding

a MIxed methods Study with key Stakeholders to generate patient-centered definitIONs of REMISSION for children and adolescents with moderate-to-severe asthma (MISSION REMISSION)
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,373,176
Identifying predictors of biologic therapy response in children with severe asthma: the Medication response and Asthma Therapy in CHildren with severe Asthma (MATCHA) Study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,384,650
Predicting biologic therapy response in children with severe asthma: the Medication response and Asthma Therapy in CHildren with severe Asthma (MATCHA) Study
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 8 grants and awards

37 publications.

AI for predicting exacerbations in KIDs with asthma (AIRE-KIDS).

Ooi HL, Mitsakakis N, Dastarac MH, Zemek R, Plint AC, Gilchrist J, El Emam K, Radhakrishnan D

NPJ digital medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41746-026-02824-x PMID: 42225895

Validation of a health administrative definition of obstructive sleep apnea in children in Ontario, Canada.

Radhakrishnan D, Kendzerska T, Katz S, Blinder H, Bin Hasan S, Naik T, Benchimol E, Narang I, Al-Saleh S

PloS one2026First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0347148 PMID: 42044126

Clinical validation of an electronic medical record-based asthma registry at a tertiary care center.

Aw M, Lodhi S, Dibartolo M, Giangioppo S, Barrowman N, Tsampalieros A, Thipse M, Radhakrishnan D

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2026.2647917 PMID: 41846532

Estimation of short-course systemic corticosteroid risks on adverse outcomes in childhood asthma.

Earl BR, Sucha E, Webster R, Ahmet A, Radhakrishnan D

Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13223-026-01018-0 PMID: 41731556

Impact of vitamin D status and supplementation on exploratory inflammatory biomarkers in preschoolers with asthma.

El Abd A, Trottier H, Tse SM, Mâsse B, Mailhot G, Alos N, Chen BA, Jensen ME, Radhakrishnan D, Yang CL, Ducharme FM

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2026.03.022 PMID: 41966354

Lipoid Pneumonia Following Chronic Aspiration of Cannabis Oil Used for the Treatment of Seizures.

Hanzal N, Mhapankar GS, Sell E, de Nanassy J, Radhakrishnan D

Chest2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.10.041 PMID: 40348517

Predicting Future Acute Care Visit Risk in Kids With Asthma (PARKA): A Nested Cohort Study.

Radhakrishnan D, Li P, Tuna M, Thipse M, Barrowman N, Bijelic V, Poonai N, Chalut D, Zemek R, Benchimol EI, Ducharme FM

Pediatric emergency care2025First author

DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000003336 PMID: 40106367

Validation of an Asthma Knowledge Tool to Assess the Efficacy of Comprehensive Asthma Education.

Kotrri E, Thipse M, Higginson A, Tessier M, Han M, Mitsakakis N, Strain J, Radhakrishnan D

Pediatric pulmonology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ppul.71271 PMID: 41090242

Using mHealth to Predict Asthma Exacerbations in Children and Adolescents (Mobile Health for Kids With Asthma): Protocol for an Observational Study.

Nyirimanzi N, Bransi M, Counil FP, Drouin O, Gravel J, Hicks A, Longo C, Moraes TJ, Osmanlliu E, Radhakrishnan D, Yang C, To T, Wright B, Tse SM

JMIR research protocols2025

DOI: 10.2196/70517 PMID: 40934499

The association between the stringency of COVID-19 public health mitigation strategies and pediatric asthma-related hospitalizations in Canada: an ecological study over 2 years.

Tse SM, Babatounde AK, Drouin O, Radhakrishnan D, To T

Respiratory medicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108125 PMID: 40294807

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Dhenuka Radhakrishnan

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

AI for predicting exacerbations in KIDs with asthma (AIRE-KIDS).

Validation of a health administrative definition of obstructive sleep apnea in children in Ontario, Canada.

Clinical validation of an electronic medical record-based asthma registry at a tertiary care center.

Estimation of short-course systemic corticosteroid risks on adverse outcomes in childhood asthma.

Impact of vitamin D status and supplementation on exploratory inflammatory biomarkers in preschoolers with asthma.

Lipoid Pneumonia Following Chronic Aspiration of Cannabis Oil Used for the Treatment of Seizures.

Predicting Future Acute Care Visit Risk in Kids With Asthma (PARKA): A Nested Cohort Study.

Validation of an Asthma Knowledge Tool to Assess the Efficacy of Comprehensive Asthma Education.

Using mHealth to Predict Asthma Exacerbations in Children and Adolescents (Mobile Health for Kids With Asthma): Protocol for an Observational Study.

The association between the stringency of COVID-19 public health mitigation strategies and pediatric asthma-related hospitalizations in Canada: an ecological study over 2 years.

Frequent collaborators

Teresa To

Khaled El Emam

Franco Momoli

Tetyana Kendzerska

Marie-France Savard

Indra Narang

Roger Zemek

Erin Keely

Lillian Lai

Clare Liddy

Gregory Pond

Mark Clemons

Rébecca Robillard

Olivier Drouin

Nisha Thampi

Patricia Li

Olivier Drouin

Arun Radhakrishnan

Cristina Longo

Esli Osmanlliu

Jocelyn Gravel

Naveen Poonai

Kathleen Pajer

Addo Boafo

Charles Hui

Christina Honeywell

Christine Lamontagne

Donna Johnston

Sherri Katz

Kenneth Croitoru

Steven Hawken

Astrid Guttmann

Eric Benchimol

Jason Brophy

Mohsen Sadatsafavi

Patricia Li

Helen Trottier

Sophie Soklaridis