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Tejal Patel

ResearcherSchool of PharmacyUniversity of Waterloo

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Tejal Patel

Researcher

School of Pharmacy

Health Sciences

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
40 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 18 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Publications

366

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Research

Care Partners Medication Management Older Adults Aging Cognitive Disorders Dementia Medication Reviews Pharmacists

Latest papers

Development and Validation of Digital Decision Aids to Support Medication Adherence in Older Adults: A Scoping Review.
Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
Prevalence of prescribed opioid claims among persons with non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.
Spinal cord · 2026
Performance-Based Usability of Medication Adherence Technologies Among Older Adults With Diverse Capabilities: Quantitative Study
JMIR Aging · 2026 · senior author

All 70 publications

Latest funding

Medication self-management among individuals with type 1 diabetes and vision impairment: challenges, strategies and technology-related needs
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$6,000
Development of a Medication Management Toolkit for Informal Care Partners of Older Adults
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$14,905
Match Making: Empowering older adults to age in place through matching automated medication adherence technology to ability
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$97,396

All 4 grants and awards

70 publications.

Development and Validation of Digital Decision Aids to Support Medication Adherence in Older Adults: A Scoping Review.

Elba G, Fakir S, Sharma R, Patel H, Carter C, Patel T

Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy14060129 PMID: 42784218

Prevalence of prescribed opioid claims among persons with non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

Guan Q, Hogan ME, Calzavara A, McCormack D, Lofters AK, Patel T, Hitzig SL, Packer T, Guilcher SJT

Spinal cord2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41393-025-01140-7 PMID: 41241697

Performance-Based Usability of Medication Adherence Technologies Among Older Adults With Diverse Capabilities: Quantitative Study

Baby B, Elba G, Park S, Hudani I, Sharma R, Patterson K, McKinnon A, Guilcher SJT, Chang F, Lee L

JMIR Aging2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/88398

Personalized Predictive Model to Predict Subtask Success of Medication Adherence Technologies for Older Adults With Diverse Capabilities: Development and Internal Validation Study

Baby B, Elba G, Kim M, Park S, Hudani I, Sharma R, Patel H, Bajaj S, Patterson PK, McKinnon A

JMIR Aging2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/84616

Barriers and facilitators to implementation research on pharmacist-led medication reviews in memory clinics: A qualitative study using the TDF-COM-B

Sharma R, Aslam Y, Faisal S, McAiney C, Chang F, Sadowski CA, Lee L, Roy M, Baby B, Mamdani M

PLoS ONE2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0341014

Older adults' preferences for features of medication adherence technologies: a preference elicitation study.

Elba G, Baby B, Griffin RH, Patel T

BMC digital health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s44247-025-00222-z PMID: 41292519

Medication Use by Older Adults with Frailty: A Scoping Review.

Sharma R, Sharma T, McCready-Branch B, Chauhan A, Carter C, Park S, Hudani I, Choudhuri P, Patel T

Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy13060170 PMID: 41283631

A qualitative study to refine and finalize the MedManageSCI prototype: A web-based toolkit to support medication self-management in adults with spinal cord injury/dysfunction.

Cadel L, El-Kotob R, Hitzig SL, McCarthy LM, Hahn-Goldberg S, Packer TL, Patel T, Ho CH, Cimino SR, Lofters AK, Guilcher SJT

PLOS digital health2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001054 PMID: 41124155

Designing a Real-Time Medication Intake and Adherence Dashboard: Features, Functionality, and Data Display to Meet the Needs of Patients, Care Partners and Healthcare Providers.

Faisal S, Baby B, Samoth D, Ghaffar F, Aslam Y, Stavropoulos A, McCready-Branch B, Elba G, Gill JK, Choudhuri P, Patel T

Journal of medical systems2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10916-025-02189-w PMID: 40327173

Co-design and prototype development of MedManageSCI: a medication self-management toolkit for adults with spinal cord injury/dysfunction.

Cadel L, El-Kotob R, Hitzig SL, McCarthy LM, Hahn-Goldberg S, Packer TL, Patel T, Cimino SR, Lofters AK, Ho CH, Asif M, Guilcher SJT

BMC health services research2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12705-w PMID: 40259306

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Tejal Patel

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Development and Validation of Digital Decision Aids to Support Medication Adherence in Older Adults: A Scoping Review.

Prevalence of prescribed opioid claims among persons with non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

Performance-Based Usability of Medication Adherence Technologies Among Older Adults With Diverse Capabilities: Quantitative Study

Personalized Predictive Model to Predict Subtask Success of Medication Adherence Technologies for Older Adults With Diverse Capabilities: Development and Internal Validation Study

Barriers and facilitators to implementation research on pharmacist-led medication reviews in memory clinics: A qualitative study using the TDF-COM-B

Older adults' preferences for features of medication adherence technologies: a preference elicitation study.

Medication Use by Older Adults with Frailty: A Scoping Review.

A qualitative study to refine and finalize the MedManageSCI prototype: A web-based toolkit to support medication self-management in adults with spinal cord injury/dysfunction.

Designing a Real-Time Medication Intake and Adherence Dashboard: Features, Functionality, and Data Display to Meet the Needs of Patients, Care Partners and Healthcare Providers.

Co-design and prototype development of MedManageSCI: a medication self-management toolkit for adults with spinal cord injury/dysfunction.

Medication self-management among individuals with type 1 diabetes and vision impairment: challenges, strategies and technology-related needs

Development of a Medication Management Toolkit for Informal Care Partners of Older Adults

Match Making: Empowering older adults to age in place through matching automated medication adherence technology to ability

Drug-related problems in persons with cognitive impairment and dementia in primary-care based memory clinics: Effectiveness of medication reviews

Frequent collaborators

Linda Lee

Linda Lee

Linda Lee

Tanya Packer

Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg

Andrew Costa

Catherine Burns

Kelly Grindrod

Colleen McMillan

James Milligan

Aaron Jones

Carrie McAiney

wajd Alkabbani

Frank Molnar

Martin Cooke

James Milligan

Joseph Lee

Howard Chertkow

Zahinoor Ismail

Muhammad Mamdani

John Lee

John Pefanis

Lora Giangregorio

Heather Keller

Veronique Boscart

Michael Borrie