Protocols Under Development

Rahul Chanchlani

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Biography: Rahul Chanchlani is a clinician-researcher appointed as an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton. He holds associate faculty status in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) and is a cross-appointed scientist at ICES and the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), McMaster University. His research program, which aims to address critical knowledge gaps in pediatric kidney diseases and hypertension using routinely collected healthcare data, is supported by grants from various organizations, including CIHR and Kidney Foundation of Canada. His recognitions include induction into the Society of Pediatric Research (SPR) and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association’s Renee Habib Young Investigator Award. He has demonstrated a strong track record of productivity, including 2 book chapters, >90 manuscripts and >70 oral presentations and posters. Recognitions include induction into the Society of Pediatric Research (SPR) and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association’s Renee Habib Young Investigator Award.

Megan Delisle

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Biography: I completed my Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the University of Ottawa, my general surgery residency at the University of Manitoba, and my medical degree at McGill University. During my general surgery residency, I studied at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where I acquired a master’s of Public Health with a focus on improving health systems. I also obtained a MSc in Surgery from the University of Manitoba through the Clinician Investigator Program, where I evaluated the quality and costs of colorectal cancer care in Manitoba. In addition to my clinical work as a Surgical Oncologist within CancerCare Manitoba and Shared Health, I dedicate an equal proportion of my time to advancing my research program.

Sabrina Hoa

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Biography: Sabrina Hoa, MD MSc FRCPC, is a rheumatologist, assistant professor and clinician researcher at the University of Montreal Health Center. She completed her MD and internal medicine training at McGill University, her rheumatology subspecialty training at University of Montreal, and a Masters in Epidemiology and postdoctoral fellowship in systemic sclerosis at McGill University. She is now an FRQ-S-funded clinical research scholar and chair of the University of Montreal Scleroderma Chair. Her current research focuses on the study of treatment effectiveness in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, using data from observational registries and clinical trials.

Abhijat Kitchlu

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Biography: Abhijat Kitchlu completed medical school at Western University, followed by postgraduate training in internal medicine and nephrology at the University of Toronto. He then completed a master’s in clinical epidemiology at the University of Toronto as part of the Clinician Scientist Training Program. He is currently a staff nephrologist and director of the Onco-nephrology Program at the University Health Network in Toronto. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research and clinical interest include onco-nephrology (co-existing cancer and kidney disease), with specific focus on toxicities of cancer therapies and cancer treatment options in the setting of chronic kidney disease. He also has interest and expertise in the use of population-level healthcare administrative data for clinical research.

Monali Malvankar

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Biography: As a research director in the Department of Ophthalmology, my focus is to include pragmatic trials to our departmental research portfolio by designing and conducting large-scale multi-centre pragmatic trials to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in real-life routine practice conditions with the goal of better patient care and cost savings at the hospital- and provincial-levels. With my quantitative methods background, I foresee myself as a leader in conducting large-scale pragmatic trial involving multiple Canadian hospitals in vision research.

Flory Muanda

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Biography: Flory Tsobo Muanda is an adjunct scientist in the Kidney, Dialysis, and Transplantation (KDT) Program. He is a pharmacoepidemiologist and assistant professor at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. Flory's research program aims to improve prescription-drug safety for older adults. His particular focus is on older adults with chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, and those taking multiple medications. He conducts population-based studies using Ontario’s administrative healthcare databases housed at ICES to inform safer prescribing practices for older adults, a segment of the population often excluded from clinical trial.

Mahesh Nagappa

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Biography: Mahesh Nagappa is an experienced anesthesiologist who built his expertise through rigorous training at the University of Toronto before assuming the role of assistant professor at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University. Renowned for pioneering research initiatives, he has spearheaded a dynamic team that revolutionizes post-surgical rehabilitation methodologies. Mahesh 's mentorship extends to graduate students, medical trainees, and residents, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. Notable contributions include groundbreaking investigations into preoperative patient screening to preempt adverse outcomes, refining perioperative pain management strategies, and evaluating safety and patient satisfaction protocols. His impactful research has garnered international recognition through presentations at esteemed conferences and publications in reputable journals, positioning him as a trailblazer in anesthesiology and surgical care optimization.

Kyla Naylor

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Biography: Kyla Naylor is an Adjunct Scientist in the Kidney, Dialysis and Transplantation Program at ICES, an Associate Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute and an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University in 2015 and completed her post-doctoral training at ICES in 2018. Kyla is passionate about using research to improve patient care and access to kidney transplant. Her research is primarily focused on using administrative healthcare databases to meet these goals, and also concentrates on the epidemiology of post-transplant outcomes, and more recently, the epidemiology of COVID-19 in the kidney disease population.

Pavel Roshanov

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Biography: I am a new assistant professor and clinician-scientist since July 2022 in the Department of Medicine (Division of Nephrology) and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University where I spend 75% of my time conducting research and 25% providing clinical care in Nephrology and transplantation. I am also an early career investigator at the Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON. I first became involved in large international studies as a medical student. I am now involved in clinical trials and the studies that motivate them and inform their design.

Marco De Tubino Scanavino

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Biography: After graduating in medical school and receiving training in Psychiatry, Scanavino underwent to a research training in University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, attending to the programs of Master’s, doctorate and post doc. He also got additional training in the Center for HIV Education, Study and Training, City University of New York and attended to the course Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, from Harvard Medical School, United States. He was a Lecturer part-time-Professor of University of Sao Paulo from 2018-2021. Scanavino was appointed as Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry since August, 2023; and Cross-appointed to Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics since January 2024 at Western University. His interest of research involves themes as compulsive sexual behavior, sexual disorders, HIV risk behavior, sexual violence, risk behavior for violence, severe mental illness, education on psychiatry and neuroscience.

Eric Winquist

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Biography: Eric Winquist is a medical oncologist, clinician researcher, and Professor of Oncology at Western University in London, Ontario. He has extensive experience with clinical trials, and has a Master’s degree in Health Research Methodology from McMaster University. Current research interests include pharmacogenomics, predictive biomarkers, and research synthesis. He has served as Medical Director of the Clinical Cancer Research Unit at London Health Sciences Centre (2007-13), Subcontractor for the PMH Phase 2 Consortium (2000-10), and Lead for the Lawson Translational Cancer Research Program of the OICR High Impact Clinical Trials Program for the London site (2005-2010). In 2013 he received the Dean’s Individual Award of Excellence from Western University,