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Daniel Santa Mina

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Daniel Santa Mina

Professor

Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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41 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 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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Publications

116

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Grants

Publications by year

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Education

B.Sc. Kinesiology & Psychology (double major)
M.Sc. Kinesiology
Ph.D. Kinesiology

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Research

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

Cancer Exercise physiology Surgery Rehabilitation medicine

Latest papers

Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).
The British journal of surgery · 2026
Improving physical activity in men with prostate cancer through wearable devices and online education: Randomized controlled trial.
International journal of medical informatics · 2026
The impact of dyspnea on health-related quality of life and physical activity in hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome and generalized-hypermobility spectrum disorder.
Respiratory medicine · 2026

All 92 publications

Latest funding

Respiratory Health in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders: Advancing Care and Establishing Research Priorities
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$19,965
Bridging the Gaps in EDS Care in Canada: Establishing Research Priorities Through Patient-Clinician Collaboration
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$19,863
Supporting older adults with cancer and their support person through geriatric assessment and remote exercise and education: the SOAR study
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$424,576

All 10 grants and awards

92 publications.

Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).

Gillis C, McIsaac DI, Santa Mina D, Chevalier S, Baldini G, Carli F, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Edgar L, Smrk V, Avery L, Bessissow A, Coca Martinez M, Copeland R, Dalton SO, Danjoux G, Denehy L, Engel D, Grimmett C, Grocott MP, Gill HL, Jack S, Jensen BT, Levett D, Martinez-Palli G, Merchant Z, Moore J, Pecorelli N, Randall I, Riedel B, Schierbeck G, Slooter G, West M, Fiore JF, Collaborators

The British journal of surgery2026

DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znaf302 PMID: 41830558

Improving physical activity in men with prostate cancer through wearable devices and online education: Randomized controlled trial.

O'Neill M, Sabiston CM, Tomlinson G, Santa Mina D, Sibley D, Alibhai SMH

International journal of medical informatics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2026.106493 PMID: 42176601

The impact of dyspnea on health-related quality of life and physical activity in hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome and generalized-hypermobility spectrum disorder.

Al Kaabi N, Camacho E, Al-Timimi AS, Andrawes R, Masthan MI, Momen R, Reid WD, Slepian M, McGillis L, Rachinsky M, Ryan CM, Chow CW, Santa Mina D, Clarke H, Mittal N, Rozenberg D

Respiratory medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2026.109158 PMID: 42722088

Mindfulness and Tai Chi for Sleep, Fatigue, and Pain in Distressed People After Cancer Treatment: A Partially Randomized Patient-Preference Comparative Effectiveness Trial.

Ma Y, Carlson LE, Jones JM, Lawal OA, Oberoi D, Piedalue KA, Santa Mina D, Speca M, Wayne PM

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2026

DOI: 10.1200/jco-25-01967 PMID: 42748380

Three-Point Correction Factor Improves Accuracy of Framingham Risk Score in Breast Cancer Survivors.

Rickard JN, Christensen RAG, Williams JS, Abdel-Qadir H, Small SD, Santa Mina D, Kirkham AA

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.03.051 PMID: 41962842

World Prehabilitation Day: advancing surgical optimisation beyond proof of concept.

Baldini G, Carli F, Denehy L, Gillis C, Jack S, Levett D, McIsaac DI, Santa Mina D, Parkington T, Sebio R, Slooter G, Steffens D, West MA

The British journal of surgery2026

DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znag119 PMID: 42745597

Ten years of transitional pain service research and practice: where are we and where do we go from here?

Clarke H, Waisman A, Aternali A, Axenova K, Almohawis A, Curtis K, Fiorellino J, Flynn M, Ganty P, Huang A, Hong Z, Katznelson R, Kotteeswaran Y, Ladak S, Ladha KS, Lomanowska A, Lumsden-Ruegg H, Mahamid A, McCarthy M, Miles S, Nicholls J, Pagé MG, Peer M, Rosenbloom BN, Santa Mina D, Siegal R, Slepian PM, Sutherland A, Tamir D, Tao L, Tumber P, Wieskopf J, Williams C, Woodford E, Katz J

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine2025

DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105609 PMID: 39909550

Best Practices for Delivering Neoadjuvant Therapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Cloyd JM, Sarna A, Arango MJ, Bates SE, Bhutani MS, Bloomston M, Chung V, Dotan E, Ferrone CR, Gambino PF, Goenka AH, Goodman KA, Hall WA, He J, Hogg ME, Jayaraman S, Kambadakone A, Katz MHG, Khorana AA, Ko AH, Koay EJ, Kooby DA, Krishna SG, Larsson LK, Lee RT, Maitra A, Massarweh NN, Mikhail S, Muzaffar M, O'Reilly EM, Palta M, Petzel MQB, Philip PA, Reyngold M, Santa Mina D, Sohal DPS, Sundaresan TK, Tsai S, Turner KL, Vreeland TJ, Walston S, Washington MK, Williams TM, Wo JY, Snyder RA

JAMA surgery2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.5191 PMID: 39630427

Starting a surgical prehabilitation program: results from a pragmatic nonrandomized feasibility study.

Randall IM, Au D, Sibley D, Matthew AG, Chen M, Brahmbhatt P, Mach C, Sellers D, Alibhai SMH, Clarke H, Darling G, McCluskey SA, McKinney L, Ng K, Quereshy F, Karkouti K, Santa Mina D

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02861-8 PMID: 39505763

Improving Patient Sleep before Surgery: The Case for Sleep Prehabilitation.

Sibley D, Sicova M, Singh M, Randall I, Santa Mina D

Annals of nutrition & metabolism2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1159/000547974 PMID: 40875673

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Daniel Santa Mina

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab).

Improving physical activity in men with prostate cancer through wearable devices and online education: Randomized controlled trial.

The impact of dyspnea on health-related quality of life and physical activity in hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome and generalized-hypermobility spectrum disorder.

Mindfulness and Tai Chi for Sleep, Fatigue, and Pain in Distressed People After Cancer Treatment: A Partially Randomized Patient-Preference Comparative Effectiveness Trial.

Three-Point Correction Factor Improves Accuracy of Framingham Risk Score in Breast Cancer Survivors.

World Prehabilitation Day: advancing surgical optimisation beyond proof of concept.

Ten years of transitional pain service research and practice: where are we and where do we go from here?

Best Practices for Delivering Neoadjuvant Therapy in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Starting a surgical prehabilitation program: results from a pragmatic nonrandomized feasibility study.

Improving Patient Sleep before Surgery: The Case for Sleep Prehabilitation.

Frequent collaborators

Hance Clarke

Paul Ritvo

Paul Ritvo

Dmitry Rozenberg

Chelsia Gillis

Nimish Mittal

Antonio Finelli

George Tomlinson

Linda Trinh

Joel Katz

Ian Randall

Catherine Sabiston

Keyvan Karkouti

Paul Oh

Jenna Smith-Turchyn

Murray Krahn

Chung-Wai Chow

Cheryl Pritlove

Urban Emmenegger

Lisa Wickerson

Dean Elterman

Martine Puts

Duminda Wijeysundera

Colleen Cuthbert

Karim Ladha

Mamatha Bhat

Istvan Mucsi

Cynthia Tsien

Lawson Eng

Graham Roche Nagle

Kristin Campbell

David Langelier

Michelle Nadler

Jenna Gillen

Daniel Moore

Colleen Cuthbert

Mandeep Singh

Anand Ghanekar