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Smita Pakhale

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Smita Pakhale

Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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30 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Publications

3,492

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Research

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Indigenous Populations Mental Health Covid-19 Digital Literacy Health Literacy Public Health Messaging Disproportionate Impact Community-Based Participatory Action Research

Latest papers

Health care providers' perspectives on barriers and enablers to providing hepatitis C screening and treatment for immigrants in Canada: A theory-informed qualitative study.
Canadian liver journal · 2026
An undeniable public health urgency, but an incomplete response: centering racial and ethnic equity in Canada's "Strategic approaches to reducing the substance use-related burden of disease".
Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026 · senior author
Sexually dimorphic response to tobacco exposure in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 71 publications

Latest funding

The impact of tobacco smoking during pregnancy on the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in women.
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Community based participatory science: the promise of equitable engagement of marginalized populations in innovative health promoting substance use interventions.
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$135,000
Canada's COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in Indigenous Populations: A Mixed Method Study
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$199,900

All 14 grants and awards

71 publications.

Health care providers' perspectives on barriers and enablers to providing hepatitis C screening and treatment for immigrants in Canada: A theory-informed qualitative study.

Mortazhejri S, Greenaway C, Cooper C, Pakhale S, Presseau J, Grimshaw JM, Patey AM

Canadian liver journal2026

DOI: 10.3138/canlivj-2025-0045 PMID: 42404989

An undeniable public health urgency, but an incomplete response: centering racial and ethnic equity in Canada's "Strategic approaches to reducing the substance use-related burden of disease".

Cénat JM, Beogo I, Williams M, Pakhale S

Lancet regional health. Americas2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101370 PMID: 41560890

Sexually dimorphic response to tobacco exposure in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Chow R, Pham M, Cope M, Wang J, Ghasemi R, Yang S, Le Nguyen D, Abdul SA, Sadh S, Xiang A, Ambade P, Frances R, Shorr R, Pakhale S

BMC pulmonary medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12890-025-04079-w PMID: 41492127

Association of hyperglycaemia during pregnancy with future risk of type 2 diabetes among women: a nested case-control study using a US health administrative database.

Zeng N, Kadry Taher M, Corsi DJ, Krewski D, Mattison DR, McNair D, Li W, Pakhale S, Wen SW

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-119313 PMID: 42749367

Understanding how adverse childhood experiences influence the development of postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder: a qualitative study in China.

Zou L, Wang S, Liao Y, Pakhale S, Krewski D, Wen SW, Xie RH

European journal of psychotraumatology2026

DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2026.2662053 PMID: 42089413

The Four Ts of Mentoring Minorities.

Pakhale S

The American journal of medicine2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.10.001 PMID: 39374731

Perceptions about hepatitis C and barriers and enablers to screening and treatment among Egyptian immigrants to Canada: a theory-informed qualitative study.

Mortazhejri S, Thomas IM, Patey AM, Alghamyan A, Cooper C, Mansour S, Pakhale S, Presseau J, Grimshaw JM, Greenaway C

International journal for equity in health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02582-4 PMID: 40646616

The Effect of 12-Week e-Cigarette Use on Smoking Abstinence at 1 Year: The E3 Trial.

Filion KB, Zolotarova T, Hébert-Losier A, Windle SB, Reynier P, Greenspoon T, Brandys T, Fülöp T, Nguyen T, Elkouri S, Wilderman I, Bertrand OF, Bostwick JA, Lacasse Y, Pakhale S, Eisenberg MJ

JACC. Advances2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101833 PMID: 40579065

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and evaluation of psychometric properties of the cystic fibrosis stigma scale.

de Oliveira VHB, Oliveira TRA, da Silva IS, Alchieri JC, Pakhale S, Nogueira IDB, de Miranda Silva Nogueira PA

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-94171-2 PMID: 40328878

Pilot study evaluating frailty-focused care for hospitalised patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Mulpuru S, Chin M, Hasimja D, Sandoz J, Voduc N, Pakhale S, Inoue J, Cassidy J, Tessier C, d'Entremont B, Lawson J, Shaw J, Laframboise W, Benson T, Forster AJ

BMJ open quality2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003366 PMID: 40780845

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Smita Pakhale

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Health care providers' perspectives on barriers and enablers to providing hepatitis C screening and treatment for immigrants in Canada: A theory-informed qualitative study.

An undeniable public health urgency, but an incomplete response: centering racial and ethnic equity in Canada's "Strategic approaches to reducing the substance use-related burden of disease".

Sexually dimorphic response to tobacco exposure in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Association of hyperglycaemia during pregnancy with future risk of type 2 diabetes among women: a nested case-control study using a US health administrative database.

Understanding how adverse childhood experiences influence the development of postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder: a qualitative study in China.

The Four Ts of Mentoring Minorities.

Perceptions about hepatitis C and barriers and enablers to screening and treatment among Egyptian immigrants to Canada: a theory-informed qualitative study.

The Effect of 12-Week e-Cigarette Use on Smoking Abstinence at 1 Year: The E3 Trial.

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and evaluation of psychometric properties of the cystic fibrosis stigma scale.

Pilot study evaluating frailty-focused care for hospitalised patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Frequent collaborators

Sunita Mulpuru

Sadia Jama

Daniel Krewski

Shawn Aaron

Justin Presseau

Christopher Pease

Tetyana Kendzerska

Andrew Olagunju

Samir Gupta

Ted Bignell

Douglas Manuel

Andrew McIvor

Brian Hutton

Julian Little

Srinivas Murthy

Gonzalo Alvarez

Salmaan Kanji

Preshit Ambade

Ashish Gupta

Rojiemiahd Edjoc

Teresa To

Giorgio Tasca

Curtis Cooper

Christina Greenaway

Edward Joseph Mills

David Moher

Kednapa Thavorn

Eddy Lang

Ranjani Somayaji

Oghenowede Eyawo

Tetyana Kendzerska

Monnica Williams

Mathilde Gaudreau-Simard

Nha Voduc

Kednapa Thavorn

Peter Tanuseputro

Dina Brooks

Paul O'Byrne

Martin R Stampfli

Om Kurmi