David Collister, MD, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Nephrology Randomized Controlled Trials Epidemiology Precision Medicine

About

I am currently appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

I am an Associate Faculty Member at the Canadian Vigour Center in Edmonton, Alberta: https://thecvc.ca/about-us/bio/david-collister/

I am an Associate Investigator at the Population Health Research Institute in Hamilton, Ontario: https://www.phri.ca/research-categories/renal/ 

I am a Faculty Associate at the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research at McMaster University: https://cannabisresearch.mcmaster.ca/about-us/faculty/ 

My clinical activities include outpatient general nephrology and chronic kidney disease clinics, home dialysis and inpatient wards and consults.

Research

My patient-oriented research program is dedicated to investigator-initiated and industry clinical trials in the setting chronic kidney disease and dialysis, precision medicine approaches to uremia (symptoms, cognition, frailty), cannabinoids as a novel treatment for uremic symptoms, and the intersection of kidney health and gender diversity. I am a National Leader for the POSIBIL-6 (CSl Behring, NCT05485961) and BaxDuo Arctic/Pacific (AstraZeneca, NCT06268873) trials as well as the TRACK (https://www.tracktrial.org/) and BEAT-Calci (https://beat-calci.sydney.edu.au/) trials. I am the Director of Clinical Trials in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Alberta.

I am funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Kidney Foundation of Canada, the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research and a private donor to the Division of Nephrology at the University of Alberta (RESET-DIALYSIS, GAHT-KIDNEY, DISCO-POT, POT-GFR-PK, Cannabinoid Basket Trial for Uremic Symptoms). I currently have 3 research coordinators/assistants (Rocio, Andrea, Nandini) 

Teaching

I supervise residents and fellows and graduate students.

I am currently looking for a graduate student with an interest in biostatistics, precision medicine and clinical trials. 

Qualified candidates must be independent, motivated, diligent and possess excellent communication skills.

Please contact me at dcollist@ualberta.ca with your CV and personal statement if you are interested in a MSc or PhD.