Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.
Latest papers
Comparing Catheters with Fistulas in Older Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026
FLOW Trial - The effect of fluoxetine combined with exercise on motor recovery after stroke: an RCT.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2026
Predictors of quality-of-life following liver resection for malignancy.
HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association · 2026
Latest funding
- $1,143,676
Enabling Bayesian Clinical Trials: Improving the use of Bayesian methods in randomised clinical trials of efficacy and effectiveness
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $3,411,901
POPCORN-RSV: A Canadian Pregnant Individual-Infant Trial for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $140,000
Reproductive health indicators as predictive biomarkers for dementia risk following traumatic brain injury
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
52 publications.
Comparing Catheters with Fistulas in Older Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
Quinn RR, Oliver MJ, Wald R, Hiremath S, Pauly RP, Miller L, Barrett B, Nesrallah G, Gallagher M, Kotwal S, Gray NA, Hassan HC, Talaulikar GS, Thorpe K, Graham J, Clarke A, Bian J, MacRae J, Santana M, Bohm C, Mamdani M, Nagpal S, Yilmaz S, Moist L, Ravani P
FLOW Trial - The effect of fluoxetine combined with exercise on motor recovery after stroke: an RCT.
Bayley MT, Chundamala J, Foster E, Yaroslavtseva O, Black S, Dukelow S, Lafreniere-Roula M, Leibovitch F, MacDonald S, MacIntosh B, Mackay-Lyons M, McCarthy J, Mountain A, Ploughman M, Pollock C, Pooyania S, Saric A, Teasell R, Thorpe K, Xu K, Yao J, Eng JJ
Predictors of quality-of-life following liver resection for malignancy.
Greenberg B, Acher AW, Habib R, Castelo M, Wang SM, Roke R, Xu G, Thorpe K, Guttman MP, Hallet J, Karanicolas PJ
Predicting Return Home After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
Malhotra AK, Nathens AB, Shakil H, Karthikeyan V, Lozano CS, Badhiwala JH, Mathieu F, Davidson B, He Y, Kulkarni AV, Witiw CD, Thorpe K, Wilson JR
“Where do I go from here?” Navigating a lifelong road without a map: the care experiences of hereditary cancer patients
Butkowsky C, Carroll JC, Aronson M, Sam J, Reble E, Clausen M, Gopalakrishnan R, Sparkes B, Rajeziesfahani S, Aguda V
Careful ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome: the protocol of the CAVIARDS international multicentre randomised basket trial
Coudroy R, Telias I, Jonkman A, Thille AW, Diehl J, Péron N, Ko M, Bourion A-A, Tiribelli N, Fredes S
Risk factors associated with venous thromboembolism after hepatectomy in oncology patients.
Greenberg B, Acher AW, Branes A, Roke R, Xu G, Lafreniere-Roula M, Thorpe K, Xu K, Karanicolas PJ, HPB CONCEPT Team
Effectiveness of an Education Toolkit Delivered by Soap Operas Among Communities Living in Extreme Poverty in Improving Vaccination Confidence in the Philippines: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
Wu S, Dong Q, Zhang Z, Pang S, Thorpe K, Kelly M, Haldane V, Lau L, Wei X
Trajectories of fluid management after the initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients: a secondary analysis of the STARRT-AKI trial.
Beaubien-Souligny W, Gamarian E, Côté JM, Neyra JA, Baroz F, Adhikari NKJ, Thorpe K, Bagshaw SM, Wald R
Feasibility and usability of remote transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for self-regulation in children with autism: protocol for a randomized controlled pilot study.
Abbo N, Mitchell T, Tonekaboni SH, Anagnostou E, Andrade BF, Thorpe K, Beal DS
Enabling Bayesian Clinical Trials: Improving the use of Bayesian methods in randomised clinical trials of efficacy and effectiveness
Principal investigators: Heath, Anna
Keywords: Bayesian Methods; Randomised Clinical Trials; Statistical Analysis Plan; Statistical Translation
POPCORN-RSV: A Canadian Pregnant Individual-Infant Trial for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization
Principal investigators: Morris, Shaun K; Boucoiran, Isabelle; Lavoie, Pascal; Li, Patricia T; Sadarangani, Manish; Sander, Beate H; Shapiro, Gilla
Keywords: Immunization; Infancy; Pregnancy; Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Reproductive health indicators as predictive biomarkers for dementia risk following traumatic brain injury
Principal investigators: Hanafy, Sara
Keywords: Dementia Risk; Health Equity; Longitudinal Analysis; Population-Based Study; Reproductive Health; Sex And Gender Based Analysis; Traumatic Brain Injury; Women'S Health
Randomized Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens for Severe Self-Injurious Behaviours in Children
Principal investigators: Ibrahim, George
Keywords: Brain Circuits; Deep Brain Stimulation; Neuromodulation; Nucleus Accumbens; Pediatrics; Self Injurious Behaviour
Necrotizing enterocolitis Ischemic Conditioning Efficacy (NICE) Trial
Principal investigators: Pierro, Agostino; Gauda, Estelle; Kalish, Brian; Keijzer, Richard; Offringa, Martin; Shah, Prakeshkumar; Thorpe, Kevin E
Keywords: Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial; Necrotizing Enterocolitis; Remote Ischemic Conditioning
A Youth-Engaged Community of Practice to Improve Readiness to Transition to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Care
Principal investigators: Shulman, Rayzel; Ivers, Noah M; McCleary, Nicola; Zenlea, Ian S
Keywords: Adolescents; Co-Design; Community Of Practice; Diabetes; Quality Improvement; Transition To Adult Care; Young Adults; Youth
Investigating the efficacy of a novel therapy for suicide risk in adults: A randomized controlled trial of an intensive single session of "Brief Skills for Safer Living"
Principal investigators: Rizvi, Sakina
Keywords: Intervention; Psychotherapy; Suicide Risk
Personalized-Phage plus Ertapenem and Advanced Kinetics / Synergy (P-PEAKS) a multicentre randomized control trial to eradicate Escherichia coli in recurrent female Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs).
Principal investigators: German, Gregory J; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistance; Clinical Trail; Host Interactions; Personalized Medicine; Phage Therapy
Pragmatic randomized trial of High Or Standard PHosphAte Targets in End-stage kidney disease (PHOSPHATE)
Principal investigators: Wald, Ron; Walsh, Michael W
Keywords: Cardiovascular Events; Hemodialysis; Hyperphosphatemia
Promoting planetary health education, smoking-free home, and clean air community mobilization to prevent air pollution related non-communicable diseases in urban Pakistan
Principal investigators: Wei, Xiaolin; Abelsohn, Alan; Khan, Muhammad Amir
Keywords: Air Pollution; Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial; Community Based Interventions; Community Mobilization; Implementation Science; Non-Communicable Diseases; Pakistan; Planetary Health Education; Tobacco Cessation
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
- Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
- Family and Community Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Muhammad Mamdani
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
7 shared papers, latest 2026
Andreas Laupacis
Family and Community Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2020
Amy Wright
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Curtis Handford
Clinical Public Health Division
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Catherine Birken
Nutritional Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Rita Shahin
Clinical Public Health Division
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Pamela Leece
Clinical Public Health Division
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Karen Burns
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Tom Piraino
Anesthesia
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Ron Wald
Nephrology
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Shaun Hopkins
Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Carol Strike
Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Xiaolin Wei
Institute of Health Policy
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Laurent Brochard
Critical Care Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Robert Teasell
Electrical and Computer Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Sean Dukelow
Clinical Neurosciences
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Swapnil Hiremath
Nephrology
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Janet Parsons
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Yvonne Bombard
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Francois Mathieu
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Tony Mazzulli
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Evelyn Constantin
Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Paul Dorian
Cardiology
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Patricia Li
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Evelyn Constantin
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Mary Aglipay
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Nadine Shehata
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Laura Anderson
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Mark Loeb
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Peter Szatmari
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Magdalena Janus
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
2 shared papers, latest 2021
David Lillicrap
Pathology and Molecular Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Eyal Cohen
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Joel Ray
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Vicky Stergiopoulos
School of Nursing
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Francois Lamontagne
Médecine interne
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Patricia Li
Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Vicky Stergiopoulos
Li Ka Shing Knowledge
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Jonathan Mark Walton
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Andrea Eisen
Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.
Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.