January 14, 2015
ICVHealth’s Scientific Director Dr. Karin Humphries is proud to announce her contribution to a new book entitled, “Making It Better: Gender Transformative Health Promotion”. The book is a collaborative piece which outlines a new …
Read this article...December 22, 2014
This past year has been an exciting one for ICVHealth. From establishing an online and social media presence to presenting research at numerous national and international conferences, the centre has worked tirelessly towards …
Read this article...December 1, 2014
ICVHealth Clinical Lead
Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC
Associate Director of Research, Interior Health
Staff Emergency Physician at Kelowna General Hospital
Medical Advisor for Stroke Services BC, PHSA
Stroke/TIA clinical lead, B.C. Patient …
ICVHealth Clinical Lead and Director of Community Health Solutions
November 17, 2014
Key Interests:
Built environment
Management of chronic diseases
Virtual chronic disease clinics
Your research is mainly focused on the prevention and management of chronic disease, all to provide and …
ICVHealth Clinical Lead
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Cardiac Imaging
November 3, 2014
Key Interests:
Cardiac MRI Contrast Reduction CT
CT Pulmonary Hypertension CT Valve
Replacement Genetic Cardiomyopathies Perfusion
CT Radiation Dose Reduction
Your research is mainly focused on cardiac imaging and its …
Read this article...October 20, 2014
The BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health is excited to announce that they will be taking part in this year’s Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC), to be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC) …
Read this article...October 15, 2014
ICVHealth’s Scientific Director, Dr. Karin Humphries, and Executive Committee member, Dr. Andrew Krahn have both been featured in the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada’s new research campaign. The Foundation launched this campaign …
Read this article...October 8, 2014
On Saturday, October 18th, the Leslie Diamond Women’s Heart Health Clinic will be hosting a comprehensive update on women and heart disease at the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown.
Dr. Karin Humphries, Scientific Director of …
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Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC
September 29, 2014
Key Interests:
Risk factor modification
Cardiac CT Angiography
Cardiac intensive care unit
Preventative cardiology
With a focus on preventative cardiology, risk factor modification, cardiac intensive care, and cardiac CT angiography, what motivates …
Read this article...ICVHealth Clinical Lead,
Director of Interventional Cardiology,
and Inventor of the modern TAVI
September 15, 2014
Key Interests:
Transcatheter management of structural and valvular diseases
New device development
What interests you most about this particular field in interventional cardiology?
Dr. Webb finds it …
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