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Manoj Lalu

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Assistant ProfessorAnesthesiologyUniversity of Ottawa

Manoj Lalu

Assistant Professor

Anesthesiology

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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17 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 19 research grants (16 CIHR, 3 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2021.

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Publications

409

Citations

h-index

224

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Patient Engagement Preclinical Research Sepsis Patient Partners Laboratory Research Patient And Public Involvement (Ppi)Knowledge Translation Strategy For Patient-Oriented Research

Latest papers

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA surgery · 2026
Making room for patients in economic evaluation: a commentary on current capacity and future directions.
Research involvement and engagement · 2026
Fate and function of exogenously administered mesenchymal stromal cells: current insights and future directions.
Cytotherapy · 2026

All 37 publications

Latest funding

LabPartners-Nexus: Embedding patient engagement in preclinical research across Canada
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$401,626
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$765,001
The Canadian Prehabilitation Network Review: a living systematic review to support advanced knowledge synthesis informing prehabilitation design and evaluation
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 42 grants and awards

37 publications.

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

McIsaac DI, Lee S, Fergusson D, Gillis C, Khadaroo RG, Meliambro A, Muscedere J, Eskander A, Moloo H, Nelson G, Saha T, Chun R, Serrano PE, Wijeysundera DN, Taljaard M, PREPARE Trial Investigator Group, Barnes K, Boet S, Boland L, Branje K, Breau R, Bryson GL, Dhalla I, Dixon E, Dobson G, Farnand M, Forster A, Gagne S, Hladkowicz E, Holroyd-Leduc J, Huang A, Hutton J, Jacobsohn E, Joanisse J, Johnson A, Johnson S, Khalil N, Kidd G, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Le T, Levine M, Love C, McCartney C, McMullen M, Bergamascki LM, Moore R, Mozel M, Nagpal S, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Tamblyn-Watts L, Thavorn K, Trottier D, van Walraven C, Yang I

JAMA surgery2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.5288 PMID: 41335421

Making room for patients in economic evaluation: a commentary on current capacity and future directions.

Thompson ER, Wilson M, Nicholls SG, Fergusson DA, Lalu M, Smith M, Hawrysh T, Bede S, Halas M, Riches L, Walsh D, Presseau J, Thavorn K

Research involvement and engagement2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-026-00880-x PMID: 41975509

Fate and function of exogenously administered mesenchymal stromal cells: current insights and future directions.

Shokoohmand A, Patel NM, Braid L, Dominici M, Heng TSP, Ankrum JA, Barua J, Caicedo A, Creane M, Davies L, Dos Santos CC, Enes SR, English K, Farge D, Fernández-García M, Galipeau J, Kadri N, Khoury M, Kilfeather S, Krampera M, Krasnodembskaya A, Lalu M, Blanc KL, Moll G, Nolta J, O'Kane C, Rocco PRM, Shi Y, Weiss DJ, Viswanathan S

Cytotherapy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2025.102007 PMID: 41420629

Safety of intravascular administration of umbilical-cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hum C, Poliwoda J, Lalu M, Stewart DJ, Mei SHJ, Walley KR, Marshall J, Mendelson AA, Fergusson DA, English S, Winston BW, Granton J, Dos Santos CC, Champagne J, McIntyre L

Stem cells translational medicine2026

DOI: 10.1093/stcltm/szag029 PMID: 42246109

Adherence to prehabilitation in adult surgical patients: a systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression, and qualitative synthesis.

Berrio-Valencia MI, Al-Bayati M, Baxi A, Branje K, Chitiva-Martinez I, Hladkowicz E, Kidd G, Hutton B, Wolfe DM, Lalu M, Boet S, Gillis C, McIsaac DI, Canadian Prehabilitation Knowledge Network

British journal of anaesthesia2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.06.003 PMID: 40615328

A scoping review protocol on brain PaCO2 levels at altitude.

Tang H, Charlesworth L, Lalu M, Dewar B, Shorr R, Dowlatshahi D

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316608 PMID: 39808631

Impact of streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia on the host response to sepsis

Carlin S, Dwivedi DJ, Cani E, Sharma N, Venegas-Pino DE, Lalu M, Mendelson AA, McDonald B, Werstuck GH, Liaw PC

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis20252 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.07.004

Efficacy and Safety of Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Preclinical Models of Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Hum C, Tahir U, Mei SHJ, Champagne J, Fergusson DA, Lalu M, Stewart DJ, Walley K, Marshall J, Dos Santos CC, Winston BW, Mendelson AA, Dave C, McIntyre L

Stem cells translational medicine2024

DOI: 10.1093/stcltm/szae003 PMID: 38381583

Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

McIsaac DI, Neilipovitz N, Bryson GL, Gagne S, Huang A, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Moloo H, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, van Walraven C, McCartney CJL, Taljaard M, Hladkowicz E

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2024

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02835-w PMID: 39237725

Intraoperative pharmacologic opioid minimisation strategies and patient-centred outcomes after surgery: a scoping review.

Verret M, Lam NH, Lalu M, Nicholls SG, Turgeon AF, McIsaac DI, Hamtiaux M, Bao Phuc Le J, Gilron I, Yang L, Kaimkhani M, Assi A, El-Adem D, Timm M, Tai P, Amir J, Srichandramohan S, Al-Mazidi A, Fergusson NA, Hutton B, Zivkovic F, Graham M, Lê M, Geist A, Bérubé M, Poulin P, Shorr R, Daudt H, Martel G, McVicar J, Moloo H, Fergusson DA, Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials (PACT) group

British journal of anaesthesia2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.01.006 PMID: 38331658

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Manoj Lalu

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Making room for patients in economic evaluation: a commentary on current capacity and future directions.

Fate and function of exogenously administered mesenchymal stromal cells: current insights and future directions.

Safety of intravascular administration of umbilical-cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

Adherence to prehabilitation in adult surgical patients: a systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression, and qualitative synthesis.

A scoping review protocol on brain PaCO2 levels at altitude.

Impact of streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia on the host response to sepsis

Efficacy and Safety of Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Preclinical Models of Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Home-based exercise prehabilitation to improve disease-free survival and return to intended oncologic treatment after cancer surgery in older adults with frailty: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial.

Intraoperative pharmacologic opioid minimisation strategies and patient-centred outcomes after surgery: a scoping review.

Frequent collaborators

Husein Moloo

Carl van Walraven

Kednapa Thavorn

Dean Fergusson

Kednapa Thavorn

Allen Huang

Monica Taljaard

David Moher

Justin Presseau

John Marshall

Brian Hutton

Philip Devereaux

Sylvain Boet

Julie Nantel

Michael Verret

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Michael Verret

Lauralyn McIntyre

Angela Jerath

Sowmya Viswanathan

Antoine Eskander

Angela Jerath

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Natasha Kekre

Terry Hawrysh

Gregg Nelson

Chelsia Gillis

Alan Tinmouth

Alexis Turgeon

Flavia Kessler Borges

Guillaume Martel

John Granton

Krista Hardy

David Campbell

Amanda Fowler-Woods

Erin Kennedy

Michael Reedijk

James Paul

Marcin Wasowicz

Peter MacDougall