My major research interests are in patient related problems associated with kidney disease and genetic disease, together with issues in health care delivery.
Dr Parfrey is a clinical epidemiologist and nephrologist, and a John Lewis Paton Distinguished University Professor at Memorial University. He is active in research of (1) patient related problems in chronic kidney disease,(2) the clinical epidemiology of inherited diseases,(3) health care delivery. His current projects included a randomized trial of cinacalcet (a calcimimetic) in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in hemodialysis patients, identification and screening of families at high risk of colorectal cancer, and electronic interventions to improve the appropriateness of health care utilization.