Working Across Provinces & Disciplines to Address the Ultimate Heart Failure 

Working Across Provinces & Disciplines to Address the Ultimate Heart Failure 

TRANSFORM HF is pleased to present a 2024 Seed Grant to Drs. Dainty, Grunau, and their team for their proposal to build the first ever sensor to detect cardiac arrest – the ultimate heart failure.

Whether a cardiac arrest is witnessed or not is a key determinant of outcomes. Unfortunately, in over three-quarters of out-of-hospital events, no one is there to witness the event. In many cases, minutes, hours, or days pass before the emergency is recognized.

According to Drs. Katie Dainty and Brian Grunau, immediate recognition of sudden cardiac arrests could triple survival rates, saving more than 3,400 lives per year. They believe that this can be done through remote monitoring.

Sahr Wali is Bridging Worldviews to Transform Care

Sahr Wali is Bridging Worldviews to Transform Care

TRANSFORM HF researcher Dr. Sahr Wali (Scientific Associate, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research) has received a CIHR Health System Impact Embedded Early Career (ECR) Researcher Award. Sahr is one of only 12 awardees across Canada.

Sahr will be working in partnership with rural and urban community organizations to develop a care pathway that provides community-first cardiac care services.