CVN Scholars are conducting research on a broad range of topics related to vascular health, from vascular aging processes and their relation to cognitive decline to the investigation and inventory of models of care and practitioner guideline use for acute and chronic vascular related conditions in Canada.
Explore the currently funded projects using the links below:
« Identification of circulating miRNAs as novel biomarkers of vascular aging in women with prior pregnancy-associated hypertension »
Kenny Schlosser, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
« Systematic and comparative evaluation of MRI-based biomarkers of cerebral small vessel disease subtypes in Vascular Cognitive Disorders (VCD), normal elderly and Alzheimer’s disease. »
Joel Ramirez, Sunnybrook Research Institute
« Role of T regulatory lymphocytes in aldosterone-induced hypertension »
Muhammad Oneeb Rehman Mian, McGill University
« Identification and Implementation Models of Optimal Vascular Network Delivery of Prevention & Integrated Care in Canada (MOVnPICC) »
Ai-Hsien Li, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
« Blood pRessure And Vascular hEalth around menopause (BRAVE) »
Roxanne Pelletier, McGill University Health Centre
« Role of Sirtuin 1 deficiency in premature vascular aging: Development of a novel preclinical model for vascular cognitive impairment »
Mohamad Taha, University of Ottawa
« Cognitive impairment post-oophorectomy: assessment of novel markers of vascular-health »
Gilbert Hao, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
« Downregulation of mitofusin 2 in pulmonary hypertension: Basic mechanisms and therapeutic value of targeting abnormal mitochondrial dynamics »
Asish Das Gupta, Queen’s University
« Role of altered mitochondrial metabolism in determining fibrosis in the pulmonary vasculature and right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension »
Lian Tian, Queen’s University
« Circulating MicroRNAs as Functional Biomarkers of Vascular Cognitive Impairment »
Makon-Sébastien Njock, Toronto General Research Institute
« The facilitating role of a diseased cerebral circulation on cognitive impairment induced by diabetes »
María La Calle Aurioles, McGill University
« Progeria-EPCs as a model of premature vascular endothelial aging »
Mirabelle Ho, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute