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Vladimir Vuksan

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Vladimir Vuksan

Researcher

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.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Research

Blood Pressure Clinical Diet Dietary Nitrate Nitric Oxide Vascular

Latest papers

Effect of Different Types of Whole Dietary Pulses on Established Therapeutic Lipid Targets for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: An Updated Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026
No Difference between the Efficacy of High-Nitrate and Low-Nitrate Vegetable Supplementation on Blood Pressure after 16 Weeks in Individuals with Early-Stage Hypertension: An Exploratory, Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Nutrients · 2024 · senior author
Effects of Extracted Pulse Proteins on Lipid Targets for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Nutrients · 2024

All 58 publications

Latest funding

The Role of Dietary Nitrate on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Randomized, Controlled Trial in Individuals With Elevated Blood pPressure.
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
$325,124
The effect of an enhanced dietary portfolio plus exercise on cardiovascular risk in high risk individuals.
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$575,476
Canada-Wide Human Nutrition Trialists' Network.
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$1,658,228

All 8 grants and awards

58 publications.

Effect of Different Types of Whole Dietary Pulses on Established Therapeutic Lipid Targets for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: An Updated Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Back S, Yang S, Rossi A, Ayoub-Charette S, Grant SM, Chen V, Lin EJ, Haintz L, Chen Y-T, Ahmad E

Journal of the American Heart Association2026

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.125.046659

No Difference between the Efficacy of High-Nitrate and Low-Nitrate Vegetable Supplementation on Blood Pressure after 16 Weeks in Individuals with Early-Stage Hypertension: An Exploratory, Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Li D, Jovanovski E, Zurbau A, Sievenpiper J, Milicic D, El-Sohemy A, Vuksan V

Nutrients2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/nu16173018 PMID: 39275333

Effects of Extracted Pulse Proteins on Lipid Targets for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Yang S, Back S, Grant SM, Ayoub-Charette S, Chen V, Lin EJ, Haintz L, Chen Y-T, Ahmad E, Gahagan J

Nutrients20243 citations

DOI: 10.3390/nu16213765

Are all fibres created equal with respect to lipid lowering? Comparing the effect of viscous dietary fibre to non-viscous fibre from cereal sources: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Jovanovski E, Nguyen M, Kurahashi Y, Komishon A, Li D, Hoang Vi Thanh H, Khayyat R, Jenkins AL, Khan TA, Zurbau A, Sievenpiper J, Vuksan V

The British journal of nutrition2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0007114522002355 PMID: 35929339

Effect of viscous fiber supplementation on obesity indicators in individuals consuming calorie-restricted diets: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Jovanovski E, Mazhar N, Komishon A, Khayyat R, Li D, Blanco Mejia S, Khan T, Jenkins AL, Smircic-Duvnjak L, Sievenpiper JL, Vuksan V

European journal of nutrition2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00394-020-02224-1 PMID: 32198674

Effect of coadministration of enriched Korean Red Ginseng (Panax ginseng) and American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L) on cardiometabolic outcomes in type-2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.

Jovanovski E, Smircic-Duvnjak L, Komishon A, Au-Yeung FR, Sievenpiper JL, Zurbau A, Jenkins AL, Sung MK, Josse R, Li D, Vuksan V

Journal of ginseng research2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jgr.2019.11.005 PMID: 34803424

Co-administration of viscous fiber, Salba-chia and ginseng on glycemic management in type 2 diabetes: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Zurbau A, Smircic Duvnjak L, Magas S, Jovanovski E, Miocic J, Jenkins AL, Jenkins DJA, Josse RG, Leiter LA, Sievenpiper JL, Vuksan V

European journal of nutrition2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00394-020-02434-7 PMID: 33486572

Repeated administration of inorganic nitrate on blood pressure and arterial stiffness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Li D, Nishi SK, Jovanovski E, Zurbau A, Komishon A, Mejia SB, Khan TA, Sievenpiper JL, Milicic D, Jenkins A, Vuksan V

Journal of hypertension2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000002524 PMID: 32723980

Relation of Different Fruit and Vegetable Sources With Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.

Zurbau A, Au-Yeung F, Blanco Mejia S, Khan TA, Vuksan V, Jovanovski E, Leiter LA, Kendall CWC, Jenkins DJA, Sievenpiper JL

Journal of the American Heart Association2020

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.017728 PMID: 33000670

Effect of soluble-viscous dietary fibre on coronary heart disease risk score across 3 population health categories: data from randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.

Vuksan V, Sievenpiper JL, Jovanovski E, Jenkins AL, Komishon A, Au-Yeung F, Zurbau A, Ho HVT, Li D, Smircic-Duvnjak L

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2020First author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2019-0728 PMID: 32213141

The Role of Dietary Nitrate on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Randomized, Controlled Trial in Individuals With Elevated Blood pPressure.

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vuksan, Vladimir

Keywords: Blood Pressure; Clinical; Diet; Dietary Nitrate; Nitric Oxide; Vascular

$325,124

The effect of an enhanced dietary portfolio plus exercise on cardiovascular risk in high risk individuals.

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David J

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; Cvd Risk; Diabetes; Diet; Dietary Cholesterol; Feasibility; Functional Foods; Glycemic Index; Inflammatory Biomarkers; Lipid Analysis; Monounsaturated Fat; Nuts; Plant Sterols; Saturated Fat; Vegetable Protein; Viscous Fiber

$575,476

Canada-Wide Human Nutrition Trialists' Network.

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants in Food and Health - Full application

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David J

Keywords: Arterial Plaque; Canadian Network; Cardiovascular Disease; Diabetes; Dietary Trials; Genetics; Knowledge Synthesis And Translation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Imaging; Metabolic Syndrome; Obesity

$1,658,228

The effect of a dietary portfolio of cholesterol lowering foods to reduce arterial damage in a multi-center trial.

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - PA: Inst of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes -Bridge Funding

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David J

Keywords: Almonds; Diet; Dietary Cholesterol; Flow-Mediated Vasodilatation; Functional Foods; Glycemic Index; Inflammatory Biomarkers; Intima Media Thickness (Imt); Intraplaque Hemmorhage (Iph); Lipid Analysis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri); Oxidative Stress; Plant Sterols; Plaque Volume; Saturated Fat; Vascular Ultrasound; Vegetable Protein; Viscous Fiber

$100,000

Canada-Wide Human Nutrition Trialists Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants in Food and Health - LOI

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David J

Keywords: Canadian; Cardiovascular; Diabetes; Dietary Trials; Genetics; Imaging; Intima Media Thickness (Imt); Knowledge Translation; Mri; Network

Effect of dietary pulses on cardiometabolic risk in humans: A series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide evidence-based guidance for nutrition guidelines development.

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David J; Beyene, Joseph

Keywords: Beans; Blood Pressure; Body Weight; Cardiovascular Diease; Chickpeas; Controlled Feeding Trials; Diabetes; Lentils; Meta-Analysis; Metabolic Syndrome; Nutrition; Peas; Systematic Review

$100,000

Development of functional foods and nutraceuticals of plant origin

Co-investigatorNSERC1995Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David

$428,000

Physiological effects of processed fibre and cereals

Co-investigatorNSERC1992Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Jenkins, David

$1,135,161

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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Vladimir Vuksan

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Effect of Different Types of Whole Dietary Pulses on Established Therapeutic Lipid Targets for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: An Updated Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

No Difference between the Efficacy of High-Nitrate and Low-Nitrate Vegetable Supplementation on Blood Pressure after 16 Weeks in Individuals with Early-Stage Hypertension: An Exploratory, Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Effects of Extracted Pulse Proteins on Lipid Targets for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Are all fibres created equal with respect to lipid lowering? Comparing the effect of viscous dietary fibre to non-viscous fibre from cereal sources: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Effect of viscous fiber supplementation on obesity indicators in individuals consuming calorie-restricted diets: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Effect of coadministration of enriched Korean Red Ginseng (Panax ginseng) and American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L) on cardiometabolic outcomes in type-2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.

Co-administration of viscous fiber, Salba-chia and ginseng on glycemic management in type 2 diabetes: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Repeated administration of inorganic nitrate on blood pressure and arterial stiffness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Relation of Different Fruit and Vegetable Sources With Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.

Effect of soluble-viscous dietary fibre on coronary heart disease risk score across 3 population health categories: data from randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.

The Role of Dietary Nitrate on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Randomized, Controlled Trial in Individuals With Elevated Blood pPressure.

The effect of an enhanced dietary portfolio plus exercise on cardiovascular risk in high risk individuals.

Canada-Wide Human Nutrition Trialists' Network.

The effect of a dietary portfolio of cholesterol lowering foods to reduce arterial damage in a multi-center trial.

Canada-Wide Human Nutrition Trialists Network

Effect of dietary pulses on cardiometabolic risk in humans: A series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide evidence-based guidance for nutrition guidelines development.

Development of functional foods and nutraceuticals of plant origin

Physiological effects of processed fibre and cereals

Frequent collaborators

Russell de Souza

Laura Chiavaroli

Joseph Beyene

John Sievenpiper

Jacqueline Gahagan

Bernard Zinman

Jacqueline Gahagan

Minna Woo

Ravi Retnakaran

Ahmed El-Sohemy

Candice Holmes

Lawrence Leiter