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  • The differential effects of sex hormone therapy on kidney function: insights into biological sex differences

    Collister D, Levin A.

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  • Hematologic malignancies masquerading as rheumatologic diseases: A case series and review

    April 25, 2025

    Clark J, Kowlessur M, VanderVeer E, Shojania K, Au S, Kim H, Wong S, Huang K.

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  • The Problems We Can-SOLVE: How Can-SOLVE CKD Network Implementation and Knowledge Mobilization Projects Are Reshaping Kidney Care in Canada

    April 9, 2025

    Nephrology

    Woods C, Donald M, Allu S, Hampson M, MacDonald C, Harris H, King M, Scholey J, Levin A, James MT.

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  • Life on the Line: Prioritizing Equity in Kidney Transplantation for Populations Marginalized by Race and Ethnicity

    April 10, 2025

    Nephrology
    Organ Transplant

    Gill J, Kaur R.

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  • CAEP 2024 Academic Symposium: adaptive platform trials in emergency medicine in Canada

    May 27, 2025

    Emergency Medicine

    Germain N, Audet M, Graves L, Murthy S, McLeod SL, Khangura J, Golchi S, McRae AD, Hohl CM, Cheng I, Chevrier GO, Marshall JC, Archambault PM, O’Grady H, Kong A, Yang E, Covell E, Yan J, McLeod SL, McRae AD, Hohl CM, Archambault PM.

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  • From Talking to Action: Changing Healthcare in Provinces and Territories

    Sutherland JM, Clement F.

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  • Longitudinal trajectories of healthcare costs among high-need high-cost patients: a population-based retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada

    Trenaman L, Guh D, McGrail K, Karim ME, Sawatzky R, Bryan S, Li LC, Parker M, Wheeler K, Harrison M.

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  • Co-designing and pilot-testing an infographic to support the consent process in an adaptive platform trial for adults in ICU with community-acquired pneumonia or COVID-19: a mixed methods study within a trial (SWAT)

    April 25, 2025

    COVID-19

    O’Grady HK, Smith K, Dalziel S, Dolanjski B, Sandhu G, Santos M, Bosch J, Turkstra LS, Murthy S, Marshall JC, Kho ME, Group for the CCCT.

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  • Navigating Workforce Challenges in Long-Term Care: A Co-Design Approach to Solutions

    Boamah SA, Akter F, Karimi B, Havaei F.

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  • Mental disorders and sexual orientation in college students across 13 countries of differing levels of LGBTQ+ acceptance

    Rentería R, Andersson C, Bendtsen M, Mortier P, Auerbach RP, Bantjes J, Baumeister H, Berman AH, Bootsma E, Bruffaerts R, Cohut IF, Crockett MA, Cuijpers P, David OA, Ebert DD, Gutierrez-García RA, Hasking PA, Hunt X, Hurks P, Husky MM, Jimenez AL, Kählke F, Küchler A-M, Mac-Ginty S, Mak ADP, Martínez V, McLafferty M, Monroy-Velasco IR, Murray EK, O’Neill S, Papasteri CC, Paz P, Popescu CA, Robinson K, Salemink E, Siu O, Stein DJ, Struijs SY, Tomoiaga C, Luenen S van, Vigo DV, Wang AY, Wiers RW, Wong SYS, Benjet C, collaborators the W-I, Albor Y, Baez P, Borges G, Breet E, Díaz AC, Cruz-Hernández S, Gaete J, Gericke F, Uribe PCH, Hudec KL, Jacobs K, Jansen L, Jeannin R, Langer ÁI, Léniz MI, Medina-Mora ME, Munro L, Munthali RJ, Núñez D, Paz-Peréz MA, Pei J, Prescivalli AP, Quevedo G, Valdés-García KP, Vandepoel I, Vargas-Contreras E, Voorspoels W.

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  • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Control Measures on Screening and Diagnoses of Type 2 Diabetes in British Columbia

    March 28, 2025

    COVID-19
    Screening & Testing

    Mahmood B, Li G, Li J, Wilton J, Tang TS, García HAV, Wong S, Jain AB, Naveed Z, Garg A, Nandra A, Janjua NZ, McKee G.

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  • Supporting learning health systems through patient-oriented practice-based research: A provincial collaboration

    April 27, 2025

    Patient-Centred Care

    Louie DR, Araiza P, Amundsen MMM, Miller KJ, Coldwell K, Mróz LW, Torrejón M-J, Ward J, Black AT, Chisholm AE.

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