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Meranda Nakhla

ResearcherNutritionMcGill University

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Meranda Nakhla

Researcher

Nutrition

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
34 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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1,478

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Research

Type 1 Diabetes Across The Lifespan Data Diabetes Registry Adolescence Education Hba1c

Latest papers

Barriers and Enablers to Diabetes Technologies Use Among Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes: A Scoping Review.
Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026
Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
Kidney international reports · 2026
Designing a Carbohydrate Counting App for Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Usability Testing Interview Study.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2026

All 59 publications

Latest funding

BETTER CAPACITY for Diabetes Care Across the Lifespan
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$14,659
Activating at-risk Pregnant persons through step tracking and weekly targets to reduce adverse Outcomes and Cardiometabolic Consequences (APOCC)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$3,640,329
EASE the Burden: Empowering People With Type 1 Diabetes, Their Loved Ones, and Healthcare Providers to Address Disordered Eating
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 21 grants and awards

59 publications.

Barriers and Enablers to Diabetes Technologies Use Among Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes: A Scoping Review.

Palermo L, Senga J, Fakembe P, Zhu X, Walsh C, Leslie B, Shulman R, Presseau J, Dogba MJ, Banerjee A, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Nakhla M, Brazeau AS, Lovblom LE, Witteman HO, Lipscombe LL, Weisman A

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism2026

DOI: 10.1111/dom.70819 PMID: 42086467

Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Kidney Transplant Outcomes.

Yoon SY, El Bouzaidi Tiali S, Wing S, Davalan W, Jatana S, Slapcoff L, Nitulescu R, Rahme E, Nakhla M, Morin SN, Sebastiani G, Sapir-Pichhadze R

Kidney international reports2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106477 PMID: 42027553

Designing a Carbohydrate Counting App for Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Usability Testing Interview Study.

Housni A, Shulkin A, Katz A, Giannini G, Roy-Fleming A, Nakhla M, South C, Brazeau AS

Journal of medical Internet research2026

DOI: 10.2196/86024 PMID: 41915692

CanDEG: Launching the Canadian Diabetes Epidemiology Group.

Shah BR, Hanson K, Booth GL, Butalia S, Fazli GS, Ke C, Lipscombe LL, Nakhla M, Wicklow B, Yeung RO, Dasgupta K, Canadian Diabetes Epidemiology Group

Canadian journal of diabetes2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2025.10.177 PMID: 41192670

Perspectives of parents/caregivers prior to a pilot intervention trial to improve transition to adult care for adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative study.

Tapp K, Mok E, Davis D, Guérin-Marion S, Frei J, Gibbon M, Henderson M, Miljanovski M, Da Costa D, Shulman R, Nakhla M, Kichler J

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108079 PMID: 41469044

Identifying Potential Sustainable and Scalable Interventions to Recognize Signs of Diabetes in Children Across Canada.

Ladak Z, Medeiros P, Rouleau G, Shuldiner J, Amed S, Cummings E, Doulla M, Ho J, Inman M, Lawrence SE, Li P, Moreau E, Nakhla M, Von Oettingen J, Sellers E, Wherrett DK, Shulman R, Laur C

Canadian journal of diabetes2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2025.09.002 PMID: 40976280

Support-t, an online training and peer support platform to accompany youth living with type 1 diabetes transitioning to adult healthcare: protocol of an effectiveness-implementation trial.

Roy-Fleming A, Nakhla M, Mok E, Vanasse A, Cianci L, Kichler J, Simoneau-Roy J, Couture Y, Gagné J, Dupont M, Brazeau AS

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105514 PMID: 41057177

Insights Into How Digital Health Interventions Shape Outcomes for Emerging Adults Living With Type 1 Diabetes: Qualitative Realist Process Evaluation.

Wang R, Panesar B, Sonnenberg M, Landry A, Brazeau AS, Greenberg M, Nakhla M, Zenlea I, Mok E, Kichler JC, Goldbloom EB, Booth GL, Henderson M, Shulman R, Desveaux L

Journal of medical Internet research2025

DOI: 10.2196/70401 PMID: 40910693

Gestational diabetes and parental type 2 diabetes as risk indicators for type 1 diabetes in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Albanese I, Rendon L, Nakhla M, Rahme E, Dasgupta K

EClinicalMedicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103321 PMID: 40686683

Adherence to Type 1 Diabetes Care Visits After Transfer From Pediatric to Adult Care: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Lafontaine S, Mok E, Frei J, Dasgupta K, Rahme E, Dorais M, Bell L, Nakhla M

Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2337/ds24-0090 PMID: 40823598

BETTER CAPACITY for Diabetes Care Across the Lifespan

Nominated PICIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Nakhla, Meranda; Moreau, Elizabeth; Amed, Shazhan; Brazeau, Anne-Sophie; Rabasa-Lhoret, Rémi; Taleb, Nadine M; Von Oettingen, Julia E; Yardley, Jane E; Zenlea, Ian S

Keywords: Across The Lifespan; Data; Diabetes; Registry

$14,659

Activating at-risk Pregnant persons through step tracking and weekly targets to reduce adverse Outcomes and Cardiometabolic Consequences (APOCC)

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dasgupta, Kaberi; Berger, Howard; Coolen, Jillian D; Nerenberg, Kara A; Peters, Tricia; Pylypjuk, Christy; Rahme, Elham

Keywords: Gestational Diabetes; Gestational Hypertension; Neonatal Outcomes; Physical Activity; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Prevention; Walking

$3,640,329

EASE the Burden: Empowering People With Type 1 Diabetes, Their Loved Ones, and Healthcare Providers to Address Disordered Eating

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Brazeau, Anne-Sophie; Iceta, Sylvain; Yardley, Jane E

Keywords: Caregivers; Co-Design; Disordered Eating Behaviors; Eating Disorders; Education; Healthcare Providers; Online Resources; Support; Transition In Care; Type 1 Diabetes

$100,000

Empowering Voices, Shaping Futures: Co-designing and co-implementing a toolkit with Indigenous and Marginalized Youth for culturally safe engagement in research

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Healthy Youth - 2S, Trans, Non-binary, Gender Diverse

Principal investigators: Shawanda, Amy; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Amany, Raissa; Buchanan, Francine; Chin-see, Robert A; Dong, Yimeng; Li, Patricia T; Mooney, Sarah; Munce, Sarah E; Nguyen, Linda; Sanderson, Landon; Simkin, Georgia

Keywords: Cultural; Health; Indigenous; Marginalized; Safety; Youth

$1,500,000

Canadian Diabetes Epidemiology Group (CanDEG)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Shah, Baiju R

Keywords: Diabetes; Epidemiology

$10,000

Canadian Population Screening for Risk of Type 1 Diabetes Research Consortium

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Screening Research Consortium

Principal investigators: Wherrett, Diane K; Delorme, Sasha; Chakraborty, Pranesh K; Hayeems, Robin Z; Kastner, Monika; L'Espérance, Audrey; Manousaki, Despoina; Marwaha, Ashish K; McGavock, Jonathan M; Pow, Conrad; Senior, Peter A; Tsui, Albert K; Verchere, Bruce C; Witteman, Holly M

Keywords: Autoantibodies; Consortium; Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Genetic Risk Score; Metabolic Monitoring; Population; Screening; Type 1 Diabetes

$5,999,552

A voice to the voiceless: Longitudinal patient-reported outcomes, experiences, social determinants of health and health services utilization after major neonatal surgery

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Poenaru, Dan; Marelli, Ariane

Keywords: Childhood And Adolescence; Congenital Surgery; Health Services Utilization; Health-Related Quality Of Life; Patient-Centered Care; Patient-Reported Experiences; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Social Determinants Of Health; Transitions In Care

$546,976

Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous identity and Language preference for Pediatric research in the hospital setting (REIaL-P)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Gr- PA: Res. in human dev., child and/or youth health in Indigenous pops

Principal investigators: Li, Patricia T; Ali, Samina; Banerjee, Ananya T; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Constantin, Evelyn; Cooke, Suzette R; Drouin, Olivier; Foulds, Jessica L; Freire, Gabrielle; Giroux, Ryan; Kam, April; Maratta, Christina I; Orr-Gaucher, Nathalie; Principi, Tania; Suleman, Shazeen; Ukah, Ugochinyere Viv; Wahi, Gita

Keywords: Adverse And Safety Events; Co-Design; Health Equity; Hospital Care; Indigenous Identity; Language Preference; Pediatrics; Race And Ethnicity; Shared Decision Making

$100,000

Achieving Equitable Uptake and Use of Diabetes Technologies Among Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Weisman, Alanna

Keywords: Administrative Data; Diabetes Technologies; Health Inequities; Implementation Research; Patient-Oriented Research; Registry Data; Type 1 Diabetes

$100,000

Co-design and evaluation of a patient navigator intervention for migrant Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs experiencing care transitions

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Transitions in Care

Principal investigators: Li, Patricia T; Banerjee, Ananya T; Cherisma, Aniel; Dhalla, Irfan; Elamin, Sara; Hanley, Jill; Hui, Charles; Suleman, Shazeen

Keywords: Children With Special Healthcare Needs; Co-Design; Migrant; Pediatrics; Qualitative Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

$960,000

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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Meranda Nakhla

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Barriers and Enablers to Diabetes Technologies Use Among Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes: A Scoping Review.

Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Kidney Transplant Outcomes.

Designing a Carbohydrate Counting App for Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Usability Testing Interview Study.

CanDEG: Launching the Canadian Diabetes Epidemiology Group.

Perspectives of parents/caregivers prior to a pilot intervention trial to improve transition to adult care for adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A qualitative study.

Identifying Potential Sustainable and Scalable Interventions to Recognize Signs of Diabetes in Children Across Canada.

Support-t, an online training and peer support platform to accompany youth living with type 1 diabetes transitioning to adult healthcare: protocol of an effectiveness-implementation trial.

Insights Into How Digital Health Interventions Shape Outcomes for Emerging Adults Living With Type 1 Diabetes: Qualitative Realist Process Evaluation.

Gestational diabetes and parental type 2 diabetes as risk indicators for type 1 diabetes in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Adherence to Type 1 Diabetes Care Visits After Transfer From Pediatric to Adult Care: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Frequent collaborators

Elham Rahme

Kaberi Dasgupta

Anne-Sophie Brazeau

Rayzel Shulman

Deborah Da Costa

Sonia Butalia

Constadina Panagiotopoulos

Marcel Ruzicka

Marley Greenberg

Swapnil Hiremath

Andrew Pipe

Geetha Mukerji

Daniele Pacaud

Laura Desveaux

Mukul Sharma

Laurent Legault

Richard Lewanczuk

Steven Grover

Charlotte Jones

Patricia Li

Astrid Guttmann

Ally Prebtani

Peter Selby

Marni Brownell

Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze

Michael Roerecke

Doug Coyle

Cedric Edwards

Ian Zenlea

Denis Daneman

Paul Oh

Kumanan Wilson

Gregory Kline

Karen Tran

Ananya Banerjee

Alanna Weisman

Melanie Henderson

Jai Shah

Josephine Ho

Mohammad Hajizadeh