Faculty profile

Chandima Karunanayake

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Research

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Multivariate Poisson Hidden Markov Models/Multivariate Data analysis Applied Linear Models Hidden Markov Models Statistical Modeling of Longitudinal Data Missing Observations in Longitudinal Studies

Latest papers

Diabetes Risk Is Increased in First Nations and Non-First Nations Offspring of Mothers With Diabetes and Worsened Among Those Large for Gestational Age: Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.
Canadian journal of diabetes · 2026
Rural-urban differences in use of health services before and after dementia diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study.
BMC health services research · 2024
The Contribution of Gestational Diabetes to Diabetes Risk Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan: Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.
Canadian journal of diabetes · 2023

All 42 publications

Latest funding

Building the Future
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Assess, Redress, Re-Assess: Addressing Disparities in House, Home and Mental Health Among First Nations People
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,399,950
mamawohkamatowin: working together to understand the house and COVID-19 in a Saskatchewan First Nation Community
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$272,415

All 7 grants and awards

42 publications.

Diabetes Risk Is Increased in First Nations and Non-First Nations Offspring of Mothers With Diabetes and Worsened Among Those Large for Gestational Age: Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.

Dyck RF, Karunanayake C, Pahwa P, Osgood ND

Canadian journal of diabetes2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2025.12.012 PMID: 41482049

Rural-urban differences in use of health services before and after dementia diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study.

Kosteniuk J, Osman BA, Osman M, Quail J, Islam N, O'Connell ME, Kirk A, Stewart N, Karunanayake C, Morgan D

BMC health services research20247 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-10817-3 PMID: 38553765

The Contribution of Gestational Diabetes to Diabetes Risk Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan: Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.

Dyck RF, Pahwa P, Karunanayake C, Osgood ND

Canadian journal of diabetes20231 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.04.017 PMID: 37150508

Housing inadequacy in rural Saskatchewan First Nation communities.

Kirychuk S, Russell E, Rennie D, Karunanayake C, Roberts C, Seeseequasis J, Thompson B, McMullin K, Ramsden VR, Fenton M, Abonyi S, Pahwa P, Dosman JA

PLOS global public health20226 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000470 PMID: 36962499

Association between liver enzymes and metabolic syndrome in Canadian adults: results from the Canadian health measures survey - cycles 3 &4.

Chu LM, Karunanayake C, Aich P, Hecker M, Pahwa P

Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders20225 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s40200-022-01124-x PMID: 36404860

Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT): An Emerging Relationship With Pregestational Diabetes Mellitus Among First Nations and Non-First Nations People in Saskatchewan-Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.

Dyck RF, Karunanayake C, Pahwa P, Stang M, Erickson RL, Osgood ND

Canadian journal of diabetes202114 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2020.10.004 PMID: 33308984

Predictive biomarkers of cardiovascular disease in adult Canadian population.

Pahwa P, Chu L, Karunanayake C, Aich P, Hecker M, Saxena A, Griebel P, Niyogi S

Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders20218 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s40200-021-00842-y PMID: 34900772

Prevalence of Hormone-Related Cancers (HRCs) at Two-Time Points in Rural Saskatchewan: The Saskatchewan Rural Health Study (SRHS).

Khan A, Ahmed S, Zaidi A, Karunanayake C, Dosman JA, Pahwa P

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2021

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002161 PMID: 33769404

Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan, 1980‒2013. Part 2: Predictors and Early Complications; Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.

Dyck RF, Karunanayake C, Pahwa P, Stang M, Osgood ND

Canadian journal of diabetes202018 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.11.001 PMID: 32033918

Characteristics of Young-Onset and Late-Onset Dementia Patients at a Remote Memory Clinic.

Wong JFW, Kirk A, Perlett L, Karunanayake C, Morgan D, O'Connell ME

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques202016 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2020.8 PMID: 31918768

Building the Future

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kirychuk, Shelley; Bradford, Lori E; Martin, Wanda L; McPhedran, Kerry

Keywords: Built Environment And Health; Capacity Building; Environment; First Nations; Health Outcomes; Housing And Health; Knowledge Exchange; Policy Interventions; Program Interventions; Tool Kits

$25,000

Assess, Redress, Re-Assess: Addressing Disparities in House, Home and Mental Health Among First Nations People

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dosman, James A; Abonyi, Sylvia; Baetz, Marilyn; King, Malcolm; Kirychuk, Shelley; Mike, Delano T; Naytowhow, Carol D; Neubuhr, Marie J; Pahwa, Punam; Seeseequasis, Jeremy T; Seesequasis, Warren B

Keywords: Baseline And Prospective Evaluations; Determinants Of Health; First Nations People; Mental Health, Housing, Home; Personal, Social, Physical Determinants; Rural Environments

$1,399,950

mamawohkamatowin: working together to understand the house and COVID-19 in a Saskatchewan First Nation Community

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Emerging COVID Res. Gaps & Priorities - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: Kirychuk, Shelley; Rabbitskin, Norma J; Ramsden, Vivian R

Keywords: Covid-19; Crowding; First Nations; Gender; House; Isolation; Mold; Safety; Vaccine

$272,415

Disparities in Respiratory Health Among First Nations People: Assess, Redress, Re-assess. Sharing Knowledge & Experience, Revealing Priorities & Directions

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Abonyi, Sylvia

Keywords: First Nations; Housing; Knowledge Exchange; Policy Interventions; Progam Interventions; Respiratory Health

$19,122

Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Sleep Health among First Nations People

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dosman, James A; Abonyi, Sylvia; King, Malcolm; Pahwa, Punam

Keywords: Baseline And Prospective Evaluations; Determinants Of Health; First Nations People; Personal, Socal And Physical Determinants; Rural Environments; Sleep Disordered Breathing

$1,250,775

Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada II

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: MacLeod, Martha L; Kulig, Judith C; Stewart, Norma J

Keywords: Canadian; Health Human Resources; Primary Health Care; Qualitative Analysis; Quantitative Analysis; Remote Nursing; Rural Nursing; Survey

$611,966

Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Respiratory Health Among First Nations People. RN

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Dosman, James A; Abonyi, Sylvia; Episkenew, Jo-Ann M; Pahwa, Punam

Keywords: Environment; First Nations; Inequities; Respiratory Health; Rural

$1,592,521

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Chandima Karunanayake

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Diabetes Risk Is Increased in First Nations and Non-First Nations Offspring of Mothers With Diabetes and Worsened Among Those Large for Gestational Age: Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.

Rural-urban differences in use of health services before and after dementia diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study.

The Contribution of Gestational Diabetes to Diabetes Risk Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan: Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.

Housing inadequacy in rural Saskatchewan First Nation communities.

Association between liver enzymes and metabolic syndrome in Canadian adults: results from the Canadian health measures survey - cycles 3 &4.

Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT): An Emerging Relationship With Pregestational Diabetes Mellitus Among First Nations and Non-First Nations People in Saskatchewan-Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.

Predictive biomarkers of cardiovascular disease in adult Canadian population.

Prevalence of Hormone-Related Cancers (HRCs) at Two-Time Points in Rural Saskatchewan: The Saskatchewan Rural Health Study (SRHS).

Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan, 1980&#x2012;2013. Part 2: Predictors and Early Complications; Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.

Characteristics of Young-Onset and Late-Onset Dementia Patients at a Remote Memory Clinic.

Building the Future

Assess, Redress, Re-Assess: Addressing Disparities in House, Home and Mental Health Among First Nations People

mamawohkamatowin: working together to understand the house and COVID-19 in a Saskatchewan First Nation Community

Disparities in Respiratory Health Among First Nations People: Assess, Redress, Re-assess. Sharing Knowledge & Experience, Revealing Priorities & Directions

Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Sleep Health among First Nations People

Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada II

Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Respiratory Health Among First Nations People. RN

Frequent collaborators

Punam Pahwa

James Dosman

Debra Morgan

Andrew Kirk

Megan O'Connell

Joshua Lawson

Julie Kosteniuk

Nathaniel Osgood

William Pickett

Vivian Ramsden

Martha MacLeod

Sylvia Abonyi

Shelley Kirychuk

Roland Dyck

Judith Kulig

Jeremy Seeseequasis

Mark Fenton

Shahid Ahmed

Jo-Ann Episkenew

Niels Koehncke

Anurag Saxena

Soumya Niyogi

Margaret Crossley

Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy Among First Nations and Non-First Nations Women in Saskatchewan, 1980‒2013. Part 2: Predictors and Early Complications; Results From the DIP: ORRIIGENSS Project.