Pediatric heart disease patients often face challenges as they move from youth to adult care. TRANSFORM HF member Dr. Sahr Wali and youth patient champion Amelia Mahlenbrei Watford are working to change that. The pair has been awarded a Pride in Patient Engagement in Research (PiPER) program grant to advance this work, with a focus on Chameleon – the team’s mobile phone-based educational care companion that offers personalized medication tracking, regular health check-ins, and lifestyle reminders. The goal? To empower youth, improve care continuity, and make transitions smoother and more successful.
TRANSFORM HF’s 2023 Seed Grant recipients Dr. Alex Mariakakis and Ken Christofferson want to make blood pressure estimation more accessible to all. Their research looks at leveraging everyday technology – like smartphones and wearables – for this purpose. In this case, it’s using the interior microphone inside the everyday earbud.
TRANSFORM HF is once again offering On the Land, a cultural safety training program developed and delivered by Indigenous scholar Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle in collaboration with Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers. The three-day immersive experience invites trainees, researchers, and clinicians into a transformative experience rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing and being. For many past participants, their time spent on the land has profoundly impacted their research and practice. We spoke with three past participants to learn more about the experience.
This spring, the CaRDM Eq Training Program proudly celebrates a major milestone: our first graduates! We asked our inaugural grads to reflect on their CaRDM Eq experience — and how the program helped shape their paths.
At TRANSFORM HF, we require the help of people with lived experience (PWLE) to plan the best research projects, test new technologies, and explore how heart failure care can and should be improved. However, it isn’t always a straightforward process for researchers looking to involve patient partners in their research projects or for PWLE who would like to be engaged. We reflect on how our Foundations course is helping to bridge the gap.
TRANSFORM HF was launched in 2020 in response to the grand challenge of inequity in heart failure care. With our 5th anniversary on the horizon, we sat down with Dr. Craig Simmons, TRANSFORM HF Co-Lead, to discuss the power of collaboration, how the engineering landscape has evolved, and what he hopes to see in the future of heart failure care.
Designed to spark new partnerships, our Collaboration Starter Grants provide crucial early-stage funding for research and project proposals. Say hello to our 2025 Recipients who are working to advance equitable heart failure care.
Collaboration Starter Grant recipients Kimberly Crasta and Ellis Gao want to improve clinic workflow efficiency in outpatient settings. Read how they’re working with a team of collaborators to make it happen.
Collaboration Starter Grant recipient Dr. Ibukun Abejirinde wants to ensure our approach to remote patient monitoring is person-centred and equity promoting.
