Laura Drudi, Université de Montréal

Research

Diabetes Indigenous Health Chronic Kidney Disease Diabetic Foot Ulcer Dialysis Interdisciplinarity Kidney Failure Access To Care

Latest papers

Operationalizing patient and stakeholder engagement in high-acuity trials: Lessons from IMPROVE-AD.
Seminars in vascular surgery · 2026
Upstream comprehensive management of individuals with diabetes with multimorbidity and frailty to act against amputation.
Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2023
A National Survey on Teaching and Assessing Technical Proficiency in Vascular Surgery in Canada.
Annals of vascular surgery · 2016 · first author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Disclosure and concealment of diagnosis & stigma related to chronic kidney disease and dialysis: synthesizing the literature
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Exploring Structural Determinants of Health to Lower Extremity Amputations in Quebec, Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$125,000
Workshop on the barriers, facilitators & considerations for the implementation of an interdisciplinary approach to the management of diabetic foot ulcers in dialysis units in Quebec
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$15,000

All 5 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Operationalizing patient and stakeholder engagement in high-acuity trials: Lessons from IMPROVE-AD.

Sipelii M, Howitt J, McConnell K, Vemulapalli S, Magee GA, Drudi L, Cirillo-Penn NC, Chou EL, Mussa FF, Johnson C, Shalhub S

Seminars in vascular surgery2026

DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2026.05.001 PMID: 42285645

02

Upstream comprehensive management of individuals with diabetes with multimorbidity and frailty to act against amputation.

Blanchette V, Armstrong DG, Drudi L, Rizzo M

Journal of diabetes and its complications2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2023.108407 PMID: 36738597

03

A National Survey on Teaching and Assessing Technical Proficiency in Vascular Surgery in Canada.

Drudi L, Hossain S, Mackenzie KS, Corriveau MM, Abraham CZ, Obrand DI, Vassiliou M, Gill H, Steinmetz OK

Annals of vascular surgery2016First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.11.028 PMID: 26965813

04

Virtual reality robotic surgery simulation curriculum to teach robotic suturing: a randomized controlled trial.

Kiely DJ, Gotlieb WH, Lau S, Zeng X, Samouelian V, Ramanakumar AV, Zakrzewski H, Brin S, Fraser SA, Korsieporn P, Drudi L, Press JZ

Journal of robotic surgery2015

DOI: 10.1007/s11701-015-0513-4 PMID: 26531197

05

Outcome Reporting in Cardiac Surgery Trials: Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal.

Goldfarb M, Drudi L, Almohammadi M, Langlois Y, Noiseux N, Perrault L, Piazza N, Afilalo J

Journal of the American Heart Association2015

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002204 PMID: 26282561

06

Anti-diabetic doses of metformin decrease proliferation markers in tumors of patients with endometrial cancer.

Laskov I, Drudi L, Beauchamp MC, Yasmeen A, Ferenczy A, Pollak M, Gotlieb WH

Gynecologic oncology2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.06.014 PMID: 24972190

07

Virtual reality surgical simulators- a prerequisite for robotic surgery.

Rajanbabu A, Drudi L, Lau S, Press JZ, Gotlieb WH

Indian journal of surgical oncology2014

DOI: 10.1007/s13193-014-0314-7 PMID: 25114465

08

Silver stools revisited.

Wyse J, Drudi L

Gastroenterology2013Senior author

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.01.062 PMID: 23523841

Disclosure and concealment of diagnosis & stigma related to chronic kidney disease and dialysis: synthesizing the literature

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Ethier, Isabelle

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Diagnosis Concealment; Diagnosis Disclosure; Dialysis; Health-Related Stigma; Kidney Failure

$15,000

Exploring Structural Determinants of Health to Lower Extremity Amputations in Quebec, Canada

Nominated PICIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health-POR Approach

Principal investigators: Drudi, Laura M; Martin, Carrie

Keywords: Community Engagement Research; Diabetes; Indigenous Health; Lower Extremity Amputation; Qualitative Study; Quebec; Remote And Rural Health Care; Social Vulnerability; Structural Determinants Of Health; Vascular Disease

$125,000

Workshop on the barriers, facilitators & considerations for the implementation of an interdisciplinary approach to the management of diabetic foot ulcers in dialysis units in Quebec

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ethier, Isabelle; Drudi, Laura M

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Diabetes; Diabetic Foot Ulcer; Dialysis; Interdisciplinarity; Kidney Failure

$15,000

Intravascular Ultrasound for Peripheral Artery Disease Revascularization: The CLARITY Randomized Controlled Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jolly, Sanjit S; d'Entremont, Marc-André; Harlock, John; Secemsky, Eric A

Keywords: Intravascular Imaging; Major Adverse Limb Events; Peripheral Artery Disease; Randomized Controlled Trial

$244,800

Exploring barriers and facilitators to diabetic foot care in the First Nations and Inuit population in Montreal

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Drudi, Laura M; Martin, Carrie; Blanchette, Virginie

Keywords: Access To Care; Community Engagement; Community-Based Participatory Research; Diabetes; Diabetic Foot Ulcers; Health Care Disparities; Indigenous Health; Photovoice; Qualitative Analysis

$25,000

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

Vascular Surgery
Medicine
Cardiology & Clinical Epidemiology
Oncology
Surgery
Other

Co-authors at Université de Montréal, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Jonathan Afilalo

Cardiology & Clinical Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Louis Perrault

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Nicolas Noiseux

Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Michael Pollak

Oncology

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Jonathan Afilalo

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Heather Gill

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Michael Goldfarb

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Diabetes Dear Professor Drudi, 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 "Operationalizing patient and stakeholder engagement in high-acuity trials: Lessons from IMPROVE-AD." (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 "Exploring Structural Determinants of Health to Lower Extremity Amputations in Quebec, Canada" (2024), 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]