VASC

HSF

Plenary

HEART & STROKE PLENARY: SHIFTING THE RESEARCH TO ACTION PARADIGM: THE COMPLEX CONNECTIONS AMONG CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, STROKE AND VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

Moderator(s)

• Mary Elizabeth H.

  Mary Elizabeth Harriman
• 

  Patrice Lindsay

  Director, Systems Change and Stroke Program
  University of Toronto
• Cindy Y.

  Cindy Yip

  Director, Data and Knowledge Management and Heart Program

Panelist(s)

• Sudi B.

  Sudi Barre
• Jillianne C.

  Jillianne Code, Ph.D

  President / Assistant Professor
  HeartLife Foundation
• 

  Heather Foulds, Dr.

  CIHR/Heart & Stroke Indigenous Early Career Women's Heart and Brain Health Chair
  University of Saskatchewan
• Laura G.

  Laura Gioia, Dr.
• 

  Andrew Krahn

  Professor
  University of British Columbia

The heart, brain and mind are inextricably connected. They work together and are dependent on each other. A new in-depth analysis, conducted by Heart & Stroke, of the interconnections among cardiovascular disease, stroke and vascular cognitive impairment has revealed that the relationship is much stronger and more complex than previously thought, and the impact of the connections on the already overloaded health system —and on people’s lives —is profound.There is great opportunity to better coordinate care and improve outcomes for people living with our diseases. There is also opportunity to transform how we study these diseases to enrich our understandings and translate new research knowledge to drive changes in practice. The new knowledge is raising the stakes on the risks and impacts of these conditions for all people in Canada.

This session will explore the existing challenges in prevention and disease management among people in Canada at risk or living with multiple heart and brain-related conditions. Participants will discuss the role the cardiovascular community —researchers, healthcare providers, policy makers and people affected by these diseases —will need to play to improve our scientific knowledge, care delivery models, and facilitate sustainable change for people with these conditions.

Target Audience(s):

General: All cardiovascular (clinical and research) health professionals

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• describe the connections among cardiovascular disease, stroke and vascular cognitive impairment, with a focus on the associated risk between cardiovascular disease vascular cognitive impairment;
• appraise models to transform the way we can study these connections to drive changes in care, with consideration to unique challenges faced by Women and Indigenous people; and
• employ new approaches to drive change and improve prevention, diagnosis, disease management and recovery among people in Canada at risk or living with multiple conditions.