Susan Samuel
FRCPC, MD, MSc
Investigator and Pediatric Nephrologist, BC Children's Hospital
Co-Applicant. Pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: defining the role of B cells and autoantibodies reactive to podocyte proteins. Funding Source: CIHR Project Grant
Principal Investigator. Empowering Next-generation Researchers In perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH). Funding Source: CIHR Training grant - Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) Pilot
Co-Principal Investigator. Defining the Immune Dysfunction in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome: Toward Therapeutic Reversal without Glucocorticoids. CIHR Project Grant
Principal Investigator. Evaluating impact of Primary Care Patient-Provider Relationships on Emergency Department Utilization by Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Conditions. Funding Source: CIHR Operating Grant Transitions in Care – Evaluation Grants
Principal Investigator. Evaluating innovations in transition to adult care: The Transition Navigator Trial. Funding Source: CIHR Project Scheme Grant
2022 - SILVER LEGO Award for Faculty Teaching Evaluations Performance Report (for period 2017 - 2022)
2021 - Canada Research Chair Tier 1, Precision Medicine and Data Science in Child Health
2018 - CARE Award: Researcher of the Year, Alberta Children's Hospital
2017 - Endowed Research Award in Healthy Living, BMO
2013 - Top 40 Under 40 Award, Avenue Magazine
2011-2015 - Career Development Award, CIHR Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program
2011-2014 - KRESCENT New Investigator Award, Kidney Foundation of Canada/CIHR/Canadian Society of Nephrology
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Nephrotic syndrome is the most common glomerular kidney disease in children, a condition that damages the kidney filters that clean the blood. The disease primarily affects children aged two to six, causing protein loss in urine and leading to serious complications. Clinicians diagnose nephrotic syndrome based on a combination of symptoms and signs that show…
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