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The STrategic Optimization of Prescription Medication Use in Patients on HemoDialysis (STOPMed-HD) research program, headed by Dr. Marisa Battistella at Toronto’s University Health Network and the University of Toronto, has been working hard since 2016 to design a deprescribing intervention to aid...

2025 - 2028 $180,000 Patient Care, Health Economics, Genetics Genomics-First to transform healthcare in chronic kidney disease: The 40 in 1 Study Co-Applicant(s): Cadence Baker, Ilias Goranitis, Lauren Cipriano, Maria Mathews, Matthew Weir, Monica Arnaldi, Osvaldo Espin Garcia, Raymond Kim, Robert...

There are two key tests used to detect kidney damage and to assess how well your kidneys are functioning at removing toxins and waste products from your blood: a blood test and a urinalysis (urine test). Blood test A blood test is used to measure your serum creatinine level which helps to indicate...

Diabetes is a disease that is caused by the lack of insulin in the body or the body's inability to properly use normal amounts of insulin. If the body lacks insulin or does not use the insulin properly, then this imbalance results in high blood sugar. Insulin is a hormone that is a very important...

will help you to live a life as similar as possible to the one you had before your kidneys failed. Still, it’s important to understand that dialysis is a treatment, not a cure. It can’t repair your kidneys, nor can it fully replace a healthy kidney.  Usually once people begin dialysis treatments,...

We understand patients outside of urban areas must incur costs associated with travel to dialysis or other medical appointments. If you travel 40 km or more (one way) to receive medical treatment, you can apply for our through renal social workers working at community units, hospital renal...

2023 - 2025 $112,816 Quality of Life, Patient Care, Underserved Communities Impact of food insecurity on adherence to diet quality, adherence to prescribed nutritional therapies and co-morbid disease expression in adults with Chronic Kidney Disease Lay Abstract Challenges related to global...

2024 - 2025 $30,000 Transplantation Food Insecurity in Canadian households with children and youth who have undergone organ transplantation Co-Applicants: Susan Gilmour, Sven Anders Lay Abstract Food Insecurity (FI) or the lack of access to a safe, affordable and healthy food supply is critical to...