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Stephanie Dixon

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Adjunct Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineWestern University

Stephanie Dixon

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Publications

169

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Research

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Administrative Healthcare Data Implementation Science Methods Pragmatic Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial Training Administrative Health Care Data Chronic Kidney Disease

Latest papers

Obesity management for kidney TRANSPLANTation: protocol for the vanguard phase of an innovative randomised controlled trial, embedded in routine care (OK-TRANSPLANT 2).
BMJ open · 2026
PRevEnting FracturEs in REnal Disease-1 (PREFERRED-1): protocol for a pilot study of a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial of denosumab for the prevention of fragility fractures in haemodialysis
BMJ Open · 2025
Approximating the Proportion of Individuals With Kidney Failure Who Die Without Kidney Replacement Therapy in Ontario, Canada.
Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025

All 24 publications

Latest funding

STRIDES Kidney: Semaglutide Therapy, Renal health, Individualized diet, Daily exercise, Engagement through coaching and Support Kidney
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Dial-Bicarb Trial: Lower vs. Higher Dialysate Bicarbonate Concentration in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,682,998
A Training Platform in Pragmatic Registry-Based Trials: Connecting Canada's Health, Data, and Biomanufacturing Sectors
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$3,479,320

All 15 grants and awards

24 publications.

Obesity management for kidney TRANSPLANTation: protocol for the vanguard phase of an innovative randomised controlled trial, embedded in routine care (OK-TRANSPLANT 2).

Clemens KK, Irwin J, Chiu M, Dixon S, Bendo NJ, Varughese P, Vinson AJ, Lapier H, Attalla D, Ernst J, Khan T, Young A, Yau K, Craig L, Reichert S, Sener A, Moist LM

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-120427 PMID: 42580835

PRevEnting FracturEs in REnal Disease-1 (PREFERRED-1): protocol for a pilot study of a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial of denosumab for the prevention of fragility fractures in haemodialysis

Clemens KK, Cowan A, Dixon S, Naylor K, Weir MA, Thain J, Khan T, Silver S, Molnar AO, Sultan N

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097195

Approximating the Proportion of Individuals With Kidney Failure Who Die Without Kidney Replacement Therapy in Ontario, Canada.

Cowan AC, Jeyakumar N, Garg AX, Dixon S, Luo B, Blake PG

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2025

DOI: 10.1177/20543581251323961 PMID: 40091887

Patient Partner Perspectives Regarding Ethically and Clinically Important Aspects of Trial Design in Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trials for Hemodialysis

Nicholls SG, Carroll K, Goldstein CE, Brehaut JC, Weijer C, Zwarenstein M, Dixon S, Grimshaw JM, Garg AX, Taljaard M

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease20217 citations

DOI: 10.1177/20543581211032818

Effects of a Knowledge-Translation Intervention on Early Dialysis Initiation: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Tangri N, Garg AX, Ferguson TW, Dixon S, Rigatto C, Allu S, Chau E, Komenda P, Naimark D, Nesrallah GE

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology20217 citations

DOI: 10.1681/asn.2020091254

Do 5-alpha reductase inhibitors decrease the risk of recurrent gross hematuria in patients who have had a transurethral prostatectomy?

Welk B, Reid J, Ordon M, Campbell J, Dixon S

Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada2021Senior author

DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.7135 PMID: 33596169

Incidence, Treatment, and Implications of Kidney Stones During Pregnancy: A Matched Population-Based Cohort Study.

Ordon M, Dirk J, Slater J, Kroft J, Dixon S, Welk B

Journal of endourology2020

DOI: 10.1089/end.2019.0557 PMID: 31739687

Elevated Risk of Cancer After Solid Organ Transplant in Childhood

Kitchlu A, Dixon S, Dirk JS, Chanchlani R, Vasilevska-Ristovska J, Borges K, Dipchand AI, Ng VL, Hebert D, Solomon M

Transplantation201937 citations

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000002378

Association Between the Publication of the Initiating Dialysis Early and Late Trial and the Timing of Dialysis Initiation in Canada

Ferguson TW, Garg AX, Sood MM, Rigatto C, Chau E, Komenda P, Naimark D, Nesrallah GE, Soroka SD, Beaulieu M

JAMA Internal Medicine201916 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0489

Cultivating Innovative Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Registry Trials Embedded in Hemodialysis Care: Workshop Proceedings From 2018

Lee EJ, Patel A, Acedillo RR, Bachynski JC, Barrett I, Basile E, Battistella M, Benjamin D, Berry D, Blake PG

Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease201912 citations

DOI: 10.1177/2054358119894394

STRIDES Kidney: Semaglutide Therapy, Renal health, Individualized diet, Daily exercise, Engagement through coaching and Support Kidney

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

Principal investigators: Clemens, Kristin K; Irwin, Jennifer D; Moist, Louise M

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Coaching; Exercise; Nutrition; Obesity; Randomized Controlled Trial; Underserved Populations

$100,000

Dial-Bicarb Trial: Lower vs. Higher Dialysate Bicarbonate Concentration in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Molnar, Amber; Garg, Amit; Harris, Claire; Silver, Samuel; Tennankore, Karthik K

Keywords: Dialysis; Kidney Disease; Kidney Failure

$1,682,998

A Training Platform in Pragmatic Registry-Based Trials: Connecting Canada's Health, Data, and Biomanufacturing Sectors

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms

Principal investigators: Garg, Amit; Basile, Erika; Bhatia, Rajan S; Clemens, Kristin K; Dixon, Stephanie N; Ethier, Jean-Francois; Fowler, Robert A; Gagnier, Joel J; Garrison, Scott R; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Hohl, Corinne M; Ivers, Noah M; Jairath, Vipul; James, Matthew T; Jerath, Angela; Katz, Alan; Krzyzanowska, Monika K; LeBlanc, Annie; Lee, Douglas S; Mcalister, Finlay A; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McIntyre, Lauralyn A; Mittmann, Nicole; Naylor, Kyla; Presseau, Justin; Schull, Michael J; Sontrop, Jessica M; Spence, Jessica; Swartz, Richard; Taljaard, Monica; Tangri, Navdeep; Udell, Jacob A; Weijer, Charles E; Zwarenstein, Merrick F

Keywords: Administrative Healthcare Data; Implementation Science; Methods; Pragmatic Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial; Training

$3,479,320

Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) - Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Pan Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium

Principal investigators: Devereaux, Philip J; Blake, Peter G; Abrahamyan, Lusine; Akl, Elie; Anvari, Mehran; Berman, Jason N; Bhandari, Mohit; Bourbeau, Jean; Brouwers, Melissa C; Buckley, David N; Butcher, Nancy J; Campbell, David J; Clark, Wayne; Cote, Adrien; Cox, Jennifer; Dhanani, Sonny; Dixon, Stephanie N; Downar, James; Duceppe, Emmanuelle; Dukelow, Sean P; Edwards, Jodi D; Eng, Janice J; Ezekowitz, Justin A; Fergusson, Dean A; Gagnon, Bruno; Garg, Amit; Gerstein, Hertzel C; Gilron, Ian; Glanfield, Florence; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Halperin, Scott A; Hawkins, Nathaniel M; Healey, Jeff S; Hohl, Corinne M; Hutchison, James S; Jolly, Sanjit S; Kelly, Lauren; Lalu, Manoj M; Langley, Joanne M; Lauzier, François; Lee, Todd C; Li, Patricia T; Majnemer, Annette; Marlin, Susan; McDonald, Emily G; McGillion, Michael H; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNeil, Shelly A; Meade, Maureen O; Menon, Kusum; Moayyedi, Paul; Moore, Lynne; Murdoch, Alicia; Murphy, Tim; O'BYRNE, Paul M; Pamidi, Sushmita; Parkash, Ratika; Perera, Kanjana S; Petch, Jeremy; Phillips-Beck, Wanda; Pibarot, Philippe J; Pilote, Louise; Poirier, Paul; Potter, Elizabeth K; Presseau, Justin; Richer, Lawrence P; Rodes Cabau, Josep; Rouleau, Guy A; Rouleau, Jean-Lucien; Sadarangani, Manish; Saleh, Ramy R; Stewart, Breanne; Suri, Rita; Taljaard, Monica; Tang, Anthony S; Tennankore, Karthik K; Thiel, Alexander; Thompson, Wade; Turgeon, Alexis F; Verma, Atul; Wijeysundera, Harindra C; Wood, DAVID A; WRIGHT, JAMES; Yusuf, Salim; Zarychanski, Ryan

Keywords: Canadian Biotechnology Knowledge Companies; Cross-Cutting Enablers; Equity Diversity Inclusion; Indigenous Health; Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium; Patient Engagement; Randomized Controlled Trials; Sex And Gender; Trial Network; Trial Unit

$38,996,933

Effect of pregnancy on long-term kidney function in women with chronic kidney disease: an observational cohort study

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Garg, Amit; Bathini, Lavanya; Hladunewich, Michelle A

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Epidemiology; Low Kidney Function; Pregnancy

$74,997

A Training Platform in Pragmatic Registry-Based Trials: Connecting Canada's Health, Data, and Biomanufacturing Sectors

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms - Indirect Costs

Keywords: Administrative Healthcare Data; Implementation Science; Methods; Pragmatic Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial; Training

$869,831

Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) - Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium - Indirect Costs

$9,749,233

Filling Knowledge Gaps for the Success of Ontario Renal Plan 3

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Weir, Matthew A; Beaucage, Mary B; Blake, Peter G; Chanchlani, Rahul; Clark, Edward G; Clemens, Kristin K; Dixon, Stephanie N; Harel, Ziv; Jain, Arsh K; Molnar, Amber; Silver, Samuel; Sood, Manish M; Zappitelli, Michael

Keywords: Administrative Health Care Data; Chronic Kidney Disease; Community-Based Research; Drug Safety; First Nations Communities; Kidney Transplantation; Mental Health; Patient-Oriented Research; Population-Based Study

$1,143,676

CANada in the INCremental dialysis to improve Health outcomes in people starting Hemodialysis (CAN INCH-HD) study: a randomized controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lok, Charmaine E; Zimmerman, Deborah L

Keywords: Dialysis Initiation; Frequency Of Dialysis; Health Economics; Kidney Failure; Patient Engagement; Quality Of Life; Safety

$654,075

Methodological issues in the design and analysis of cluster randomized controlled trials in hemodialysis

SupervisorCIHR2020CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Al-Jaishi, Ahmed

Keywords: Administrative Data; Cluster Randomized Trials; End-Stage Kidney Disease; Epidemiology; Hemodialysis; Kidney

$135,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Administrative Healthcare Data Dear Professor Dixon, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Obesity management for kidney TRANSPLANTation: protocol for the vanguard phase of an innovative randomised controlled trial, embedded in routine care (OK-TRANSPLANT 2)." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "A Training Platform in Pragmatic Registry-Based Trials: Connecting Canada's Health, Data, and Biomanufacturing Sectors" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Stephanie Dixon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Obesity management for kidney TRANSPLANTation: protocol for the vanguard phase of an innovative randomised controlled trial, embedded in routine care (OK-TRANSPLANT 2).

PRevEnting FracturEs in REnal Disease-1 (PREFERRED-1): protocol for a pilot study of a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial of denosumab for the prevention of fragility fractures in haemodialysis

Approximating the Proportion of Individuals With Kidney Failure Who Die Without Kidney Replacement Therapy in Ontario, Canada.

Patient Partner Perspectives Regarding Ethically and Clinically Important Aspects of Trial Design in Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trials for Hemodialysis

Effects of a Knowledge-Translation Intervention on Early Dialysis Initiation: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Do 5-alpha reductase inhibitors decrease the risk of recurrent gross hematuria in patients who have had a transurethral prostatectomy?

Incidence, Treatment, and Implications of Kidney Stones During Pregnancy: A Matched Population-Based Cohort Study.

Elevated Risk of Cancer After Solid Organ Transplant in Childhood

Association Between the Publication of the Initiating Dialysis Early and Late Trial and the Timing of Dialysis Initiation in Canada

Cultivating Innovative Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Registry Trials Embedded in Hemodialysis Care: Workshop Proceedings From 2018

Frequent collaborators

Amit Garg

Blayne Welk

Monica Taljaard

Navdeep Tangri

Amber Molnar

Carl van Walraven

Dean Fergusson

Braden Manns

Douglas Manuel

Claudio Rigatto

Ron Wald

Charles Weijer

Paul Komenda

Soham Rej

Rahul Chanchlani

Erika Basile

Kyla Naylor

Alp Sener

Kevin Yau

Jennifer Irwin

Marisa Battistella

Alejandro Lazo-Langner

Bonnie Field

Jeffrey Campbell

Nathan Herrmann

Sonia Anand

Andrea Gruneir

Reem Adel Mustafa

Michael Walsh

Deborah Zimmerman

Sumit Gupta

Shane English