Katya Loban, McGill University

Research

Access To Surgical Care Barriers To Healthcare Caregiver And Provider Perspectives Global Healthcare Low- And Middle-Income Countries (Lmics)Mixed-Methods Study Neonatal Surgery Participatory Intervention Design

Latest papers

Family Physicians' Perspectives on Providing Living Kidney Donor Care.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2026
Developing an Analytic Tool Using a Participatory Research Approach to Examine Gender Differences in the Living Kidney Donation Process.
Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025
Regional and Gender Disparities in Abstracts Presented at the International Transplant Congresses.
Transplantation · 2025

All 23 publications

Latest funding

Reducing mortality from surgically correctable neonatal conditions in Nigeria: Identifying gaps and developing interventions
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$596,701
Exploring and addressing gender disparities in access to surgical care for children in India and Pakistan
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
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

All 5 grants and awards

23 publications.

01

Family Physicians' Perspectives on Providing Living Kidney Donor Care.

Wong-Mersereau C, El Wazze S, Gaudio K, Loban K, Sandal S

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation2026

DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.09.018 PMID: 41354317

02

Developing an Analytic Tool Using a Participatory Research Approach to Examine Gender Differences in the Living Kidney Donation Process.

Gouin-Bonenfant M, Loban K, Morgan R, Badenoch H, Bugeja A, Dipchand C, Mainra R, Fortin MC, Lam NN, Alam A, Sandal S

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2025

DOI: 10.1177/20543581251385066 PMID: 41200078

03

Regional and Gender Disparities in Abstracts Presented at the International Transplant Congresses.

Ethier I, Gaudio K, Nijjar D, Ramdane S, Kim ST, Ma MK, Loban K, Wong-Mersereau C, Cantarovich M, Sandal S

Transplantation2025

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005436 PMID: 40407351

04

"They Know You Better Than the Transplant Team": An Interpretive Description Study Exploring the Perspectives of Living Kidney Donors About Care Received From Family Physicians.

Loban K, Rodriguez C, Przybylak-Brouillard A, Fadel E, Badenoch H, Nugus P, Bugeja A, Gill J, Fortin MC, Trinh E, McKay S, Sandal S

Canadian journal of kidney health and disease2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/20543581251324548 PMID: 40091889

05

Flying Kidneys or Flying Donors: What Do Prior Canadian Living Kidney Donors Think?

Loban K, Gaudio K, Sandal S

Clinical transplantation2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.70115 PMID: 39964035

06

Identifying the Views and Needs of Family Physicians on Providing Care to Living Kidney Donors: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Loban K, Trinh E, Gaudio K, Nijjar D, Robert JT, Lam N, McKay S, Badenoch H, Fortin MC, Bugeja A, Mainra R, Dipchand C, Sandal S

Clinical transplantation2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.70085 PMID: 39869425

07

Systemic Factors Contributing to Gender Differences in Living Kidney Donation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis Using the Social-Ecological Model Lens.

Loban K, Wong-Mersereau C, Cates Ferrer J, Hales L, Przybylak-Brouillard A, Cantarovich M, Kute VB, Bhalla AK, Morgan R, Sandal S

American journal of nephrology2025First author

DOI: 10.1159/000541890 PMID: 39383846

08

Understanding the Healthcare Needs of Living Kidney Donors Using the Picker Principles of Patient-centered Care: A Scoping Review.

Loban K, Milland T, Hales L, Lam NN, Dipchand C, Sandal S

Transplantation2025First author

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005080 PMID: 38773835

09

Organizational culture and turnover intention among primary care providers: a multilevel study in four large cities in China.

Li M, Wang W, Zhang J, Zhao R, Loban K, Yang H, Mitchell R

Global health action2024

DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2024.2346203 PMID: 38826145

10

Electronic health record and primary care physician self-reported quality of care: a multilevel study in China.

Wang W, Li M, Loban K, Zhang J, Wei X, Mitchel R

Global health action2024

DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2301195 PMID: 38205626

Reducing mortality from surgically correctable neonatal conditions in Nigeria: Identifying gaps and developing interventions

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Poenaru, Dan; Loban, Katya

Keywords: Access To Surgical Care; Barriers To Healthcare; Caregiver And Provider Perspectives; Global Healthcare; Low- And Middle-Income Countries (Lmics); Mixed-Methods Study; Neonatal Surgery; Participatory Intervention Design

$596,701

Exploring and addressing gender disparities in access to surgical care for children in India and Pakistan

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research - IPPH

Principal investigators: Poenaru, Dan; Ghosh, Dhruva N; Loban, Katya; Samad, Lubna

Keywords: Access To Surgical Care For Children; Community Participatory Research; Experience-Based Co-Design; Gender Disparities; Gender Equity In Surgical Care; Global Pediatric Surgery; Mixed-Methods Research

$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

Planning a Gender and Intersectional Analysis in Living Kidney Donation

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Sandal, Shaifali

Keywords: Disparities; Gender; Gender Analysis; Intersectionality; Kidney Transplantation; Living Kidney Donor; Patient Partnership; Sex

$20,000

System-level approaches to increasing living donor kidney transplantation

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

Principal investigators: Sandal, Shaifali

Keywords: Deliberative Forum; Focus Group; Health Systems; Living Donor Kidney Transplantation; Living Donors; Organizational Learning; Policy Integration; Primary Care Providers; Qualitative Research; Resource Based View

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine/Nephrology
Internal Medicine
Pediatric Surgery
Institute of Health Policy
Family Medicine
School of Nursing
Sciences de l'activité physique
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Access To Surgical Care Dear Professor Loban, 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 "Family Physicians' Perspectives on Providing Living Kidney Donor Care." (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 "Reducing mortality from surgically correctable neonatal conditions in Nigeria: Identifying gaps and developing interventions" (2026), 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]