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Gita Wahi

ResearcherPediatricsMcGill University

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Gita Wahi

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

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.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Indigenous Hospital Care Pediatrics Culturally-Safe Health Care Pediatric Adverse And Safety Events Co-Design Health Equity

Latest papers

Managing obesity in children: a clinical practice guideline
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL · 2025
Guide de pratique clinique pour la prise en charge de l’obésité chez l’enfant
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL · 2025

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Empowering Voices, Shaping Futures: Co-designing and co-implementing a toolkit with Indigenous and Marginalized Youth for culturally safe engagement in research
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,500,000
Towards culturally-safe care of Indigenous children and families in Canadian pediatric hospitals through knowledge dissemination and a Community of Practice
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous identity and Language preference for Pediatric research in the hospital setting (REIaL-P)
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 6 grants and awards

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

Towards culturally-safe care of Indigenous children and families in Canadian pediatric hospitals through knowledge dissemination and a Community of Practice

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Shawanda, Amy; Li, Patricia T; Wahi, Gita

Keywords: Culturally-Safe Health Care; Hospital Care; Indigenous; Pediatric

$25,000

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

Principal 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

PROCESS - PRinciples to Operationalize Community Engagement, Equity, and Sustainability in South Asian Health Research in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Banerjee, Ananya T

Keywords: Community Engagement; Intersectionality; Knowledge Mobilization; Mixed-Methods; Ownership; Research Principles; Social Justice; South Asian Health Equity; Sustainability

$309,826

A planning grant to explore partnerships and opportunities for the participation of Indigenous children and families in the Pediatric Inpatient Research Network

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Li, Patricia T; Berry, Margaret A; Dumont-Maurice, Raven; Pennell, Courtney; Wahi, Gita

Keywords: Indigenous; Network; Partnership; Pediatrics

$25,000

Research Advancement through Cohort Cataloguing and Harmonization (ReACH)

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant: Canadian DOHaD Cohort Registry

Principal investigators: Fortier, Isabel; Atkinson, Stephanie A; Bocking, Alan D; Ferretti, Vincent; Fraser, William D

Keywords: Cohorts; Data Discovery; Data Harmonization/Integration; Developmental Origins Of Health And Diseases; Early Life Trajectories; Metadata Catalogue; Open Source Software Development; Pregnancy/Birth Cohorts

$1,300,000

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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Gita Wahi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Managing obesity in children: a clinical practice guideline

Guide de pratique clinique pour la prise en charge de l’obésité chez l’enfant

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

Towards culturally-safe care of Indigenous children and families in Canadian pediatric hospitals through knowledge dissemination and a Community of Practice

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

PROCESS - PRinciples to Operationalize Community Engagement, Equity, and Sustainability in South Asian Health Research in Canada

A planning grant to explore partnerships and opportunities for the participation of Indigenous children and families in the Pediatric Inpatient Research Network

Research Advancement through Cohort Cataloguing and Harmonization (ReACH)

Frequent collaborators

Ian Patton

Diana Sherifali

Ian Patton

Stasia Hadjiyannakis

Diana Sherifali

Gita Wahi

Brian Timmons

Katherine Morrison

Jill Hamilton

Jill Hamilton

Ian Patton

Diana Sherifali

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