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Bruce Perkins

ResearcherMedicine/NephrologyUniversity of Toronto

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Bruce Perkins

Researcher

Medicine/Nephrology

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

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Research

Diabetes Albuminuria Biological Sex Blood Pressure Cardiovascular Disease Gfr Slope Glycemic Control Kidney Health And Disease

Latest papers

Influence of severe hypoglycemia definition wording on reported prevalence in adults and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis from the BETTER patient-engagement registry analysis.
Acta diabetologica · 2023
Variation in the risk of death due to COVID-19: An international multicenter cohort study of hospitalized adults.
Journal of hospital medicine · 2022
Population-Level Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technologies for Adults With Type 1 Diabetes in Canada: A Modeling Study.
Diabetes care · 2022 · senior author

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Adding AcetazolamIde on top of SGLT2 inhibition in Type 2 Diabetes and Albuminuria ('DIPPER') Study
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$761,176
SPOR Network in Diabetes and its Related Complications
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$2,000,000
SodiUm Glucose co-trAnspoRt-2 inhibitioN diabeteS And and kidney function Loss in Type 1 diabetes: The "SUGARNSALT" Team Grant Program
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$992,774

All 14 grants and awards

10 publications.

Influence of severe hypoglycemia definition wording on reported prevalence in adults and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis from the BETTER patient-engagement registry analysis.

Madar H, Wu Z, Bandini A, Perkins B, Messier V, Pomey MP, Brazeau AS, Rabasa-Lhoret R

Acta diabetologica2023

DOI: 10.1007/s00592-022-01987-9 PMID: 36245008

Variation in the risk of death due to COVID-19: An international multicenter cohort study of hospitalized adults.

Quinn KL, Abdel-Qadir H, Barrett K, Bartsch E, Beaman A, Biering-Sørensen T, Colacci M, Cressman A, Detsky A, Gosset A, Lassen MH, Kandel C, Khaykin Y, Lapointe-Shaw L, Lovblom E, MacFadden DR, Perkins B, Rothman KJ, Skaarup KG, Stall N, Tang T, Yarnell C, Zipursky J, Warkentin MT, Fralick M, COVID-ACE Group

Journal of hospital medicine2022

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.12946 PMID: 36040111

Population-Level Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technologies for Adults With Type 1 Diabetes in Canada: A Modeling Study.

Rotondi MA, Wong O, Riddell M, Perkins B

Diabetes care2022Senior author

DOI: 10.2337/dc21-2341 PMID: 35834175

Assessment of Risks and Benefits of Beta Cell Replacement Versus Automated Insulin Delivery Systems for Type 1 Diabetes.

Senior P, Lam A, Farnsworth K, Perkins B, Rabasa-Lhoret R

Current diabetes reports2020

DOI: 10.1007/s11892-020-01339-3 PMID: 32865637

Early Glomerular Hyperfiltration and Long-Term Kidney Outcomes in Type 1 Diabetes: The DCCT/EDIC Experience.

Molitch ME, Gao X, Bebu I, de Boer IH, Lachin J, Paterson A, Perkins B, Saenger AK, Steffes M, Zinman B, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) Research Group

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN2019

DOI: 10.2215/cjn.14831218 PMID: 31123181

Influence of sex on hyperfiltration in patients with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes.

Škrtić M, Lytvyn Y, Bjornstad P, Reich HN, Scholey JW, Yip P, Sochett EB, Perkins B, Cherney DZ

American journal of physiology. Renal physiology2017

DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00357.2016 PMID: 28031170

Fasting blood glucose--a missing variable for GFR-estimation in type 1 diabetes?

Bjornstad P, McQueen RB, Snell-Bergeon JK, Cherney D, Pyle L, Perkins B, Rewers M, Maahs DM

PloS one2014

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096264 PMID: 24781861

Electrophysiologic testing in diabetic neuropathy.

Perkins B, Bril V

Handbook of clinical neurology2014First author

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-53480-4.00018-7 PMID: 25410226

Evidence-based guideline: treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy--report of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Bril V, England JD, Franklin GM, Backonja M, Cohen JA, Del Toro DR, Feldman EL, Iverson DJ, Perkins B, Russell JW, Zochodne DW, American Academy of Neurology, American Asociation of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Muscle & nerve2011

DOI: 10.1002/mus.22092 PMID: 21484835

Association of Hematological Parameters with Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Dysfunction in Nondiabetic Subjects

Hanley AJG, Retnakaran R, Qi Y, Gerstein HC, Perkins B, Raboud J, Harris SB, Zinman B

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)200984 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0719 PMID: W2169112122

Adding AcetazolamIde on top of SGLT2 inhibition in Type 2 Diabetes and Albuminuria ('DIPPER') Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cherney, David Z; Connelly, Kim A; Levin, Adeera; Odutayo, Ayodele; Perkins, Bruce A; Srinivasan Sridhar, Vikas

Keywords: Acetazolamide; Albuminuria; Chronic Kidney Disease; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Sglt2 Inhibitor; Type 2 Diabetes

$761,176

SPOR Network in Diabetes and its Related Complications

Principal investigatorCIHR2025SPOR Networks - Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science - Extension

Principal investigators: Lewis, Gary F; Chouinor, Kathleen A; Farnsworth, Kate; Murphy, Christine A; Ramdass, Seeta; St Pierre, Martha M; Banerjee, Ananya T; Campbell, David J; Carpentier, André C; de Mestral, Charles; Dogba, Maman A; Forbes, Thomas; Ganann, Rebecca L; Kaplan, Alexander J; Kastner, Monika; King, Malcolm; Lipscombe, Lorraine; Maberley, David; McGavock, Jonathan M; Northwood, Melissa; Perkins, Bruce A; Rac, Valeria E; Rochon, Paula A; Selby, Peter L; Senior, Peter A; Sherifali, Diana T; Singer, Alexander G; Tchernof, André; Weisman, Alanna; Witteman, Holly M; Yeung Laiwah, Roseanne O

Keywords: Diabetes

$2,000,000

SodiUm Glucose co-trAnspoRt-2 inhibitioN diabeteS And and kidney function Loss in Type 1 diabetes: The "SUGARNSALT" Team Grant Program

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: DM/TS - CIHR-KFOC - Diabetic Kidney Disease

Principal investigators: Cherney, David Z; Campbell, David J; Layton, Anita; Perkins, Bruce A

Keywords: Albuminuria; Biological Sex; Blood Pressure; Cardiovascular Disease; Diabetes; Gfr Slope; Glycemic Control; Kidney Health And Disease; Patient Oriented Research; Sglt2 Inhibition

$992,774

Mobilizing Knowledge and Implementing Equitable and Cost-Effective Health and Social Care Services for Persons Living with Diabetes in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2021SPOR Networks - Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science

Principal investigators: Lewis, Gary F; MacPhail, Carolyn L; Murphy, Christine A; pelletier, Marc C; Ramdass, Seeta; Roche, Brooks; Banerjee, Ananya T; Bélanger, Mathieu; Cafazzo, Joseph A; Campbell, David J; Carpentier, André C; Castle, David; de Mestral, Charles; Després, Jean-Pierre; Dogba, Maman A; Forbes, Thomas; Ganann, Rebecca L; Greiver, Michelle; Kastner, Monika; King, Malcolm; Lipscombe, Lorraine; Maberley, David; Markle-Reid, Maureen Frances; McGavock, Jonathan M; Perkins, Bruce A; Rac, Valeria E; Rochon, Paula A; Selby, Peter L; Senior, Peter A; Sherifali, Diana T; Tchernof, André; Weisman, Alanna; Witteman, Holly M; Yeung Laiwah, Roseanne O

Keywords: Diabetes; Population Health

$3,744,045

SodiUm Glucose co-trAnspoRt-2 inhibitioN diabeteS And and kidney function Loss in Type 1 diabetes: The "SUGARNSALT" Team Grant Program

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: DM/TS - CIHR-KFOC - Diabetic Kidney Disease - LOI

Principal investigators: Cherney, David Z; Campbell, David J; Layton, Anita; Perkins, Bruce A

Keywords: Albuminuria; Biological Sex; Blood Pressure; Cardiovascular Disease; Diabetes; Gfr Slope; Glycemic Control; Kidney Health And Disease; Patient Oriented Research; Sglt2 Inhibition

$10,000

Creation and Evaluation of a Natural History-Informed Complications Screening Program in Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Care

SupervisorCIHR2018Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Lovblom, Leif Erik

Keywords: Biostatistics; Diabetes; Diagnostics

$105,000

Modifying diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy with omega-3 nutrition therapy: a randomized clinical trial

SupervisorCIHR2017CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Lewis, Evan J

Keywords: Clinical Nutrition; Clinical Trial; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Neuropathy; Nutrition Therapy; Omega-3 Fatty Acids

$165,000

Evaluating Innovative Health Care Solutions to Improve Outcomes for Persons with Type 1 Diabetes using a Novel Electronic Data Repository

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Operating Grant: SPOR & JDRF - ICT Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Booth, Gillian L; De Freitas, Victoria M; Wasyliw, Cindy; Ivers, Noah M; Lipscombe, Lorraine; Perkins, Bruce A; Shulman, Rayzel

Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness; Implementation Science

$1,500,000

Empagliflozin and the Preservation of Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function in Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kramer, Caroline K

Keywords: Beta-Cell Function; Clinical Trial; Empagliflozin; Gestational Diabetes; Postpartum; Pre-Diabetes; Prevention; Sglt-2; Type 2 Diabetes

$100,000

Empagliflozin and the Preservation of Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function in Women with Recent Gestational Diabetes

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kramer, Caroline K

Keywords: Beta-Cell Function; Clinical Trial; Gestational Diabetes; Post-Partum; Pre-Diabetes; Prevention; Sglt-2; Type 2 Diabetes

$416,924

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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Bruce Perkins

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Influence of severe hypoglycemia definition wording on reported prevalence in adults and adolescents with type&#xa0;1 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis from the BETTER patient-engagement registry analysis.

Variation in the risk of death due to COVID-19: An international multicenter cohort study of hospitalized adults.

Population-Level Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technologies for Adults With Type 1 Diabetes in Canada: A Modeling Study.

Assessment of Risks and Benefits of Beta Cell Replacement Versus Automated Insulin Delivery Systems for Type 1 Diabetes.

Early Glomerular Hyperfiltration and Long-Term Kidney Outcomes in Type 1 Diabetes: The DCCT/EDIC Experience.

Influence of sex on hyperfiltration in patients with uncomplicated type 1 diabetes.

Fasting blood glucose--a missing variable for GFR-estimation in type 1 diabetes?

Electrophysiologic testing in diabetic neuropathy.

Evidence-based guideline: treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy--report of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Association of Hematological Parameters with Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Dysfunction in Nondiabetic Subjects

Frequent collaborators

Bernard Zinman

Anne-Sophie Brazeau

Anne-Sophie Brazeau

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Terence Tang

Nathan Stall

Marie-Pascale Pomey

Peter Senior

Jonathan Zipursky

Peter Senior

Anna Lam

Kate Farnsworth

Michael Colacci

Allan Detsky

Paul Yip

Ravi Retnakaran

Janet Raboud

Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret

David Cherney

Marie-Pascale Pomey

Hertzel Gerstein

Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret

Influence of severe hypoglycemia definition wording on reported prevalence in adults and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis from the BETTER patient-engagement registry analysis.