Alberta Kidney Disease Network
About Us
The Alberta Kidney Disease Network is a collaborative network of Nephrology Researchers located in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta
Our Team
The Alberta Kidney Disease Network is a dedicated team of doctors, researchers, educators, and staff. We are committed to changing health care
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The mission of the AKDN is to undertake clinical research and research training in kidney disease in five key areas:
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Health Services Research
- Clinical Trials
- Meta-Analyses
- Health Economics
The aims of the research conducted within the AKDN are to study and evaluate trends in the prevalence of kidney disease and adequacy of care for patients with kidney disease, and to implement and evaluate strategies to improve the health and well-being of individuals with kidney disease.
The AKDN can provide Health Care Providers with Resources such as:
- Information to assist with caring for people with kidney disease
- Information to better understand ways of assessing kidney function, including the role of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria
- Assisting physicians with the interpretation of eGFR and albuminuria that is currently appearing on laboratory reports throughout Alberta
- Assisting physicians with the workup, treatment and appropriate referral of patients who are identified as having chronic kidney disease based on their eGFR and albuminuria
For further information on CKD diagnosis, management and referral please refer to online CKD clinical pathway.
Our Team
AKDN is a group comprised of doctors, professors, and health specialists from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta. Their contributions, talents, and specific interests have shaped the mission, projects, and research of AKDN.
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Dr. Aminu Bello
Areas of expertise/research: epidemiologic methods, quality of care and innovative care pathways, outcomes research in CKD
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Dr. Branko Braam
Areas of expertise/research: hypertension and hypertension mechanisms, derangement of renal function for the systems environment, optimization of volume regulation in hemodialysis
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Dr. Mark Courtney
Areas of expertise/research: home dialysis therapies, healthcare quality improvement, patient safety
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Dr. Sara Davison
Areas of expertise/research: chronic kidney disease, palliative care, patient engagement, knowledge translation, health services research
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Dr. Ainslie Hildebrand
Areas of expertise/research: epidemiology, health outcomes research, glomerulonephritis, thrombotic microangiopathy, plasma exchange, renal disease of pregnancy
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Dr. Kailash Jindal
Areas of expertise/research: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis (adequacy), dialysis membrane function, vascular access
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Dr. Scott Klarenbach
Areas of expertise/research: health economics, health outcomes research
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Dr. Neesh Pannu
Areas of expertise/research: epidemiology, quality improvement, acute kidney injury, dialysis
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Dr. Robert Pauly
Areas of expertise/research: home hemodialysis (nocturnal hemodialysis, short-daily hemodialysis, modality comparisons), dialysis outcomes
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Dr. Kara Schick-Makaroff
kara.schickmakaroff@ualberta.ca
Areas of expertise/research: enhancement of quality of life for people with chronic kidney disease, person-centered care, electronic patient-reported outcomes
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Dr. Nikhil Shah
Areas of expertise/research: Peritoneal Dialysis, home hemodialysis, integration of Social Media in Nephrology Education
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Dr. Soroush Shojai
Areas of expertise/research: Living Kidney Donation and outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
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Dr. Stephanie Thompson
Areas of expertise/research: Exercise adoption by CKD patients, behavioural interventions using technology to promote self-care, evaluation of healthcare delivery
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Dr. Kevin Wen
Areas of expertise/research: Medication adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients
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Dr. Sofia Ahmed
Areas of expertise/research: sex differences in human cardiorenal physiology, translational research, complications of kidney disease
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Dr. Justin Chun
Areas of expertise/research: Precision medicine for igA Nerphropathy; cell biology and microscopy of kidney cells; pluripotent stem cells and kidney organoids to model kidney disease
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Dr. Meghan Elliott
Areas of expertise/research: Hypertension, Clinical Nephrology, Dialysis, Chronic Renal Failure, Kidney Disease
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Dr. Louis Girard
Areas of expertise/research: Clinical Nephrology, immunology, glomerulonephritis and plasmapheresis
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Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn
Areas of expertise/research: kidney disease, hemodialysis, health services, practice guidelines
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Dr. Matthew James
Areas of expertise/research: acute kidney injury, cardiovascular disease, health services research, risk prediction models, clinical decision support
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Dr. Bhavneet Kahlon
Areas of expertise/research: Transitions in Kidney Care from Pediatric to Adult
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Dr. Ngan Lam
Areas of expertise/research: clinical outcomes in kidney transplant recipients and living kidney donors, administrative databases, health outcomes
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Dr. Jennifer MacRae
Areas of expertise/research: vascular access, cardiovascular physiology, physiology of hemodialysis, clinical trials
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Dr. Braden Manns
Areas of expertise/research: applied health economics, costing studies, health policy, clinical trials, chronic disease, nephrology
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Dr. Kevin McLaughlin
Areas of expertise/research: medical education, cognition, simulation
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Dr. Dan Muruve
Areas of expertise/research: Personalize Medicine, Biobanking, Biology of Renal Inflammation and Renal Fibrosis
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Dr. Rob Quinn
Areas of expertise/research: vascular access for hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis access, dialysis therapies, quality improvement
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Dr. Pietro Ravani
Areas of expertise/research: research methodology; research Interests (hemodialysis access, idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, transition between disease states or health care programs
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Dr. Paul Ronksley
Areas of expertise/research: health services research, epidemiological methods, multi-morbidity, administrative databases
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Dr. Susan Samuel
Areas of expertise/research: Pediatric Nephrology, childhood nephrotic syndrome, childhood chronic disease, health services research, clinical trials, policy relevant research, knowledge translation
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Dr. Nairne Scott-Douglas
Areas of expertise/research: hypertension, clinical trials, quality assurance projects
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Dr. Chandra Thomas
Areas of expertise/research: Palliative/supportive care for kidney disease, quality improvement, medication safety in chronic kidney disease
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Dr. Marcello Tonelli
Areas of expertise/research: kidney disease, hemodialysis, health services, practice guidelines
Contact Us
We would love to hear from you! We have team members who are ready to answer your questions or provide you with resources