Research

Residents who wish to pursue research are strongly supported by the Division, and a research project is a mandatory component of the program. At the beginning of training, residents are informed of the Divisional members who perform research, either clinical or basic science, by the Nephrology Research Director. The Division is fortunate to have many of its faculty members participating in independent or collaborative research activities related to education, vascular calcification, clinical pharmacology, and nephrology. The renal team reports on these activities at national and international meetings.

Protected time is a priority, and each resident has protected research blocks in each year of training. There are also a number of trained epidemiologists in the Division, so residents gain valuable expertise in critical appraisal and interpretation of medical literature.

Please review the specific short biographies of Division Faculty for more information on individual reseach activities.

Corinne Babiolakis

Research Associate in the Department of Medicine – Division of Nephrology at Queen’s University.

Corinne Babiolakis is a Research Associate in the Department of Medicine – Division of Nephrology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She concurrently completed her Bachelor of Arts Specialized Honours degree (Summa Cum Laude) and Fitness Assessment and Exercise Counselling Certificate in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in 2012. During this time, Corinne also became nationally certified by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) as a Certified Exercise Physiologist (CEP) and earned numerous awards, scholarships, and honours including the Faculty of Health Gold Medal for Academic Excellence & Outstanding Leadership. She was then recruited to complete her Master of Science (specializing in Spine Biomechanics) in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University which she earned in 2016, along with multiple institutional and provincial awards and scholarships.

As a Research Associate and Co-Chair of the Queen’s-KRU (Kidney Research Unit) with Dr. Rachel Holden, Corinne primarily manages and oversees internal and external Investigator-Initiated and Industry-Sponsored multi-centre clinical trials and observational studies which investigate hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and chronic kidney disease patient populations. She also recruits, trains, and supervises junior research staff and assists medical students and resident physicians with their research. In collaboration with Nephrologists at Queen’s and their external co-applicants, Corinne supports the Divisional research program by coordinating, and contributing to institutional, regional, and national grant applications as well as abstracts and manuscripts for publication.

csb8@queensu.ca
613-533-6000 x 79579

Research Staff

Corinne Babiolakis