Publications
The work of our scientists, research associates, and staff are often found in the pages of top journals. Each year, our researchers publish over 400 peer-reviewed papers.

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Lynd LD: Cost-effectiveness of ES for children with genetic disorders
January 4, 2018
Read MoreDragojlovic N, Elliott AM, Adam S, van Karnebeek C, Lehman A, Mwenifumbo JC, Nelson TN, Souich du C, Friedman JM, Lynd LD. The cost and diagnostic yield of exome sequencing for children with suspected genetic disorders: a benchmarking study. Genet Med. 2018 Jan 4 epub ahead of print.
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Levin A: women and kidney disease
February 1, 2018
Read MorePiccoli GB, Alrukhaimi M, Liu Z-H, Zakharova E, Levin A. Women and kidney disease: reflections on World Kidney Day 2018: Kidney Health and Women’s Health: a case for optimizing outcomes for present and future generations. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 2018 Feb 1;33(2):189-193.
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Gill JS, Rose C, Gill J: impact of pretransplantation dialysis exposure on allograft outcomes
February 1, 2018
Read MoreGill JS, Rose C, Joffres Y, Landsberg D, Gill J. Variation in Dialysis Exposure Prior to Nonpreemptive Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in the United States and Its Association With Allograft Outcomes. Am J Kidney Dis. 2018 Feb 1 epub ahead of print.
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Lynd LD: Inappropriate use of beta agonists
September 25, 2017
Read MoreFitzGerald JM, Tavakoli H, Lynd LD, Efraij Al K, Sadatsafavi M. The impact of inappropriate use of short acting beta agonists in asthma. Respir Med. 2017 Oct;131:135-40.
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Gill JS: scoping review of living kidney donation
September 25, 2017
Read MoreBarnieh L, Collister D, Manns B, Lam NN, Shojai S, Lorenzetti D, Gill JS, Klarenbach S. A scoping review for strategies to increase living kidney donation. Clinical J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Sep 7; 12(9):1518-27. Epub 2017 Aug 7.
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Torchalla I, Strehlau V: work-related PTSD
September 25, 2017
Read MoreTorchalla I, Strehlau V. The evidence base for interventions targeting individuals with work-related PTSD: A systematic review and recommendations. Behav Modif. 2017 Aug 1 epub ahead of print.
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Gill JS: Trace elements in hemodialysis patients
September 25, 2017
Read MoreTonelli M, Wiebe N, Bello A, Field CJ, Gill JS, Hemmelgarn BR, Holmes DT, Jindal K, Klarenbach SW, Manns BJ, Thadhani R, Kinniburgh D; Alberta Kidney Disease Network. Concentrations of trace elements in hemodialysis patients: A prospective cohort study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 Aug 22 epub ahead of print.
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Sawatzky R: Invariant items in test construction
September 25, 2017
Read MoreSawatzky R, Russell LB, Sajobi TT, Lix LM, Kopec J, Zumbo BD. The use of latent variable mixture models to identify invariant items in test construction. Qual Life Res. 2017 Aug 23 epub ahead of print.
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Dodek P: Association between strained capacity and mortality
September 25, 2017
Read MoreBagshaw SM, Wang X, Zygun DA, Zuege D, Dodek P, Garland A, Scales DC, Berthiaume L, Faris P, Chen G, Opgenorth D, Stelfox HT. Association between strained capacity and mortality among patients admitted to intensive care: A path-analysis modeling strategy. J Crit Care. 2017 Aug 24 epub ahead of print.
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Sawatzky R: latent variable mixture models
September 25, 2017
Read MoreWu X, Sawatzky R, Hopman W, Mayo N, Sajobi TT, Liu J, Prior J, Papaioannou A, Josse RG, Towheed T, Davison KS, Lix LM. Latent variable mixture models to test for differential item functioning: a population-based analysis. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 May 15;15(1):102.
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Sawatzky R: Palliative approach in nursing care delivery
September 25, 2017
Read MoreSawatzky R, Porterfield P, Roberts D, Lee J, Liang L, Reimer-Kirkham S, Pesut B, Schalkwyk T, Stajduhar K, Tayler C, Baumbusch J, Thorne S. Embedding a palliative approach in nursing care delivery: An integrated knowledge synthesis. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2017 Jul;40(3):261-77.
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Khan NA: CVD risk reduction therapy in South Asian and Chinese diabetics
September 25, 2017
Read MoreKe CH, Morgan S, Smolina K, Gasevic D, Qian H, Khan NA. Is cardiovascular risk reduction therapy effective in South Asian, Chinese and other patients with diabetes? A population-based cohort study from Canada. BMJ Open. 2017 Aug 31;7(8):e013808.