Impact Grant Program Awardees.
We are happy to announce the 2025 Impact Grants Program recipients. We have successfully funded 10 projects to accelerate brain–heart (B–H) research that has the potential to quickly deliver important and timely outcomes, and contribute to sustainable long-term health, societal and/or economic impacts that are equitable in their process and impact. Below is the list of awardees along with their affiliations and project titles. Congratulations!

Gabriel Altit, McGill University

NINJA-HEART: Mapping Cardiovascular Health from the Perinatal Period to 9 years of age in Survivors of Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy Treated with Therapeutic Hypothermia

David Birnie, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

OCEAN Trial: Brain Impacts Analyses Study

Karen Bouchard, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Brain & Heart Failure Priority Setting Partnership (Brain-HF PSP)

Jess Fiedorowicz, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Mindful Heart - Development of a cardiovascular disease risk prediction model considering mental disorders using a mixed methods approach

Peter Liu, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Longitudinal Assessment of Early Neuro and Cardio-Thoracic BiomarkERs in ChiNese-Canadian Cohort (LANTERN Study)

Georgios Mitsis, McGill University

Integrated assessment of autonomic function in Post COVID Condition

Smita Pakhale, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Cannabis Use, Mental Health and Physical Health in Marginalized Youth Populations

Justin Presseau, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Staff Health Initiative for Enhancing Long-term Disease Prevention (SHIELD) Through Improved Vaccine Uptake for Brain and Heart Protection Among Ottawa Hospital Staff: A Randomised Implementation Study

Kednapa Thavorn, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Economic and Cognitive Health Outcomes of Intensive Blood Pressure Control (ECHO): A Co-Produced Economic Modelling Study

Roger Zemek, CHEO Research Institute

Guideline-User Interface for Delivering Inclusive Navigation and Guidance in Pediatric Concussion Treatment and Health Promotion