Studies in Recruitment
Research is key to transforming heart failure care and empowering patients and their caregivers to live better.
We can’t do it without you. Consider joining a research team or participating in a study underway.
Please note: Each study has its own set of criteria to determine who can participate. This depends on the research question being asked and may include restrictions based on age, behaviours, health status, location, or other traits.
Before enrolling in a study, researchers may ask questions to determine if you are eligible to participate. In some cases, you may have to undergo specific testing, like a blood test or physical exam, to determine whether you can participate.
Interested in recruiting on The Heart Hub?
If you are interested in having your research study posted for recruitment, please complete the online submission form.
Patient Engagement & Empowerment Platform
If you’d like to participate, please send an email to ashleyann.marcotte@unbc.ca.
Patient Partner & Caregiver Opportunity: Medly-SOLAR
Are you a current or previous Medly patient or Caregiver?
About Medly-SOLAR:
The Medly team is working to adapt the Skills fOr Life Adjustment and Resilience (SOLAR) program—an evidence-based mental health intervention—to introduce it as a new Medly mental health module, aiming to support the mental well-being of patients and caregivers living with heart failure.
Opportunity:
We invite you to participate in a 1 to 1.5-hour virtual interview to share any mental health challenges you may experience as a heart failure patient/caregiver and provide your feedback on the new mental health module.
Compensation:
Participants will receive a $50 e-gift card as an honorarium.
Contact:
If you are interested in participating in an interview, please email Soyun at Soyun.Oh@uhn.ca.
Additional Information:
You can access the Information Letter & Informed Consent Form.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to help enhance mental health support for heart failure patients and caregivers!
Patient Partner Opportunity: UHN Biospecimen Services Governance Board
Are you a young heart failure patient passionate about advancing medical research?
UHN Biospecimen Services is seeking a patient partner to join our committee. Your role will involve:
- Reviewing and approving biospecimen management policies and procedures.
- Ensuring alignment with UHN Research Ethics Board for all studies.
- Overseeing biospecimen resources and budgets.
- Supporting transparent and accountable operations.
- Advising on implementing a centralized consent program.
- Promoting equitable and inclusive biobanking practices.
Help us ensure high-quality, ethical, and innovative research at UHN. Please contact Heidi Wagner at heidi.wagner@uhn.ca today to make a difference!
From Clinical Pathways to Service Models: Towards a Person-centered Approach for Remote Patient Monitoring
Women’s College Hospital Institute of Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV) is leading a quality improvement initiative on remote patient monitoring. This project titled “From Clinical Pathways to Service Models: Towards a Person-centered Approach for Remote Patient Monitoring” aims to better understand the design and delivery of remote patient monitoring as a person-centred and equity promoting model of care.
The research team is seeking patients and caregivers with experience participating in any type of remote patient monitoring program. Your role would include providing your unique perspective on a person-centred approach to remote patient monitoring as a model of care. This will take place during a two-hour virtual feedback session with other patients and caregivers. Participants will be compensated for their time. Your perspectives will be a valuable addition to this initiative and could lead to a better understanding of designing and delivering person-centred remote patient monitoring programs.
For those interested in learning more about the opportunity, please contact Vanessa Kishimoto at vanessa.kishimoto@wchospital.ca. To learn more about the work WIHV does, click here.
From the Heart: Canadian women’s lived experiences of heart failure
SPOR Patient and Public Topic Suggestions
SPOR Evidence Alliance
At the SPOR Evidence Alliance, we value the importance of patient identified priorities in shaping the health research landscape, and ultimately informing changes across the health system that address patient needs.
If you are interested in a health topic that you feel is important in improving patient health outcomes and the health system, we would like to hear about it.
Who can submit a health topic?
We welcome all interested patients and members of the public to propose topics for future SPOR Evidence Alliance projects.
What topics are appropriate?
We would like to hear about health topics that identify an opportunity to improve health outcomes, medical or public health practice, and health systems in Canada.
Please note that it is not necessary to submit your topic as a structured research question. If your topic is selected for further study, we will work with you to develop the question.
TRANSFORM HF Peer Review Panels
Dr. Heather Ross and Dr. Craig Simmons
TRANSFORM HF funds research and trainees focused on digital technologies for equitable access to high-quality personalized heart failure care. Our mission is also to enable patients to become more active in their own health and engage them in all of our programs.
Competitions are described at: www.transformhf.ca/opportunities Patients, caregivers and family members living with heart failure are integral members of our review panel to select funded projects and trainees. If you are interested in joining a panel, email info@transformhf.ca.