Grant: Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

This CIHR project grant involves the systematic evaluation of cardiovascular outcomes following contemporary pharmacologic interventions in heart failure, which has the potential to impact 750,000 Canadians living with heart failure. This work is urgently required as randomized controlled trials and clinical guidelines evaluating cardiovascular outcomes after pharmacological (e.g., guideline-directed medical therapies for heart failure) interventions have often failed to report on potential sex and gender, race, and age-related differences, and more importantly, the intersectionality of these variables. This proposed project has the potential to address significant knowledge gaps and transform clinical cardiovascular training and practice. Project findings will lead to knowledge translation activities with support from the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS), including (i) academic publications, (ii) novel data to inform position statements and clinical guidelines, (iii) CCS workshops, and (iv) medical education training modules for Royal College Maintenance of Competencies Section 3 Self-Assessment Program accreditation.