Professor, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto
University of Toronto
Dr. Monica Parry is a Professor at the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and a Nurse Practitioner with over 35 years of cardiovascular (CV) clinical experience. Her clinical expertise has laid the foundation for a program of research to reduce the global burden of CV disease in women by 2030. Her program of research addresses four of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030): #5-Gender Equality, #10-Reduced Inequalities, #3-Good Health and Well-Being, and #17-Partnerships for the Goals. Monica is a member of the Banting & Best Diabetes Centre and the Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative. She is currently leading a research team to develop and test at heart: A WebApp for Women with Heart Disease and is currently completing a Fellowship in Artificial Intelligence and Compassionate Care. Monica has received advanced training from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to engage patients as partners in health research and is currently funded (CIHR) with Clinical Trials Ontario to develop a toolkit/decision resource for patients and investigators wishing to engage in Patient-Oriented Research (POR). Monica is also a member of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance (CWHHA, https://cwhhc.ottawaheart.ca/national-alliance/cwhha), a Co-PI and Chair of the Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Subcommittee of the Health Research Training Platform in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (myROaD), and a Co-I with the CANadian Consortium of Clinical Trial TRAINing platform (CANTRAIN). With members from the CWHHA she has co-led a team and used the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Capacity Development Framework, SPOR's Patient Engagement Framework and the Individual and Family Self-Management Theory to describe peer support interventions used for women with cardiovascular disease, including ischemic heart disease, stroke, and heart failure.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Sunday, October 27, 2024
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PT