The Cardiovascular Research Program is largely focused on measuring and improving the quality, effectiveness and outcomes of cardiovascular care in Ontario, as well as the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases such as strokes.
Program Lead: Douglas Lee
Program Coordinator: [email protected]
Among the diverse topics currently under study are:
ICES is a host institution to the Cardiovascular Health in Ambulatory Care Research Team (CANHEART). The original 2008 CANHEART cohort was a retrospectively developed, population-based cohort comprised of 9.8 million community-dwelling Ontario adults aged 20 to 105 on January 1, 2008. The cohort was constructed using encoded personal identifiers to link multiple electronic survey, health administrative, clinical, laboratory, drug, and electronic medical record databases available at ICES.
Explore our directory of ICES Scientists who support province-wide research collaboration.
The Cardiovascular Program has many important partnerships and collaborations. Below is a list of some our partnerships with external organizations.
ICES’ wide-ranging research is organized into eight major programs. These programs support province-wide research collaboration and networking, as well as strategy development and resource planning.