Salim Yusuf, University of British Columbia

Research

Air Pollution Cardiovascular Disease Environmental Epidemiology Environmental Health Global Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Disease

Latest papers

Effect of Cognitive Reserve on the Association of Vascular Brain Injury With Cognition
Neurology · 2021
Impact of Clopidogrel Therapy on Mortality and Cancer in Patients With Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions · 2018
Thrombus Aspiration in ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Circulation · 2017

All 7 publications

Latest funding

PURE AIR: A Global Assessment of Air Pollution and Respiratory and Cardiovascular Disease within the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological Study
CIHR · 2014 · Principal investigator
$753,674

All 1 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Effect of Cognitive Reserve on the Association of Vascular Brain Injury With Cognition

Durrani R, Friedrich MG, Schulze KM, Awadalla P, Balasubramanian K, Black SE, Broet P, Busseuil D, Desai D, Dummer T

Neurology202132 citations

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000012765

02

Impact of Clopidogrel Therapy on Mortality and Cancer in Patients With Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease

Elmariah S, Doros G, Benavente OR, Bhatt DL, Connolly SJ, Yusuf S, Steinhubl SR, Liu Y, Hsieh W-H, Yeh RW

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions201838 citations

DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.117.005795

03

Thrombus Aspiration in ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Jolly SS, James S, Džavík V, Cairns JA, Mahmoud KD, Zijlstra F, Yusuf S, Olivecrona GK, Renlund H, Gao P

Circulation2017323 citations

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.025371

04

Randomized Trial of Primary PCI with or without Routine Manual Thrombectomy

Cairns JA, Chowdhary S, Xu Y, Overgaard CB, Pancholy S, Rao SV, Gao P, Widimsky P, Meeks B, Pogue J

New England Journal of Medicine2015651 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1415098 PMID: W2096429890

05

Validation and comparison of three formulae to estimate sodium and potassium excretion from a single morning fasting urine compared to 24-h measures in 11 countries

Mente A, O’Donnell MJ, Dagenais G, Wielgosz A, Lear SA, McQueen MJ, Jiang Y, Xingyu W, Jian B, Calik KBT

Journal of Hypertension2014198 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000000122

06

Incidental Magnetic Resonance Diffusion-Weighted Imaging–Positive Lesions Are Rare in Neurologically Asymptomatic Community-Dwelling Adults

Batool S, O'Donnell M, Sharma M, Islam S, Dagenais GR, Poirier P, Lear SA, Wielgosz A, Teo K, Stotts G

Stroke201429 citations

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.114.005782

07

A Direct Assessment of “Obesogenic” Built Environments: Challenges and Recommendations

Gasevic D, Vukmirovich I, Yusuf S, Teo K, Chow C, Dagenais G, Lear SA

Journal of Environmental and Public Health201117 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1155/2011/161574 PMID: W2106712260

PURE AIR: A Global Assessment of Air Pollution and Respiratory and Cardiovascular Disease within the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Brauer, Michael; Yusuf, Salim

Keywords: Air Pollution; Cardiovascular Disease; Environmental Epidemiology; Environmental Health; Global Health; Particulate Matter; Respiratory Disease

$753,674

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine
School of Population and Public Health
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Médecine
Department of Medicine
Department of Medical Biophysics
Chemical Engineering
Other

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Air Pollution Dear Professor Yusuf, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Effect of Cognitive Reserve on the Association of Vascular Brain Injury With Cognition" (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Salim Yusuf

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Effect of Cognitive Reserve on the Association of Vascular Brain Injury With Cognition

Impact of Clopidogrel Therapy on Mortality and Cancer in Patients With Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease

Thrombus Aspiration in ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Randomized Trial of Primary PCI with or without Routine Manual Thrombectomy

Validation and comparison of three formulae to estimate sodium and potassium excretion from a single morning fasting urine compared to 24-h measures in 11 countries

Incidental Magnetic Resonance Diffusion-Weighted Imaging–Positive Lesions Are Rare in Neurologically Asymptomatic Community-Dwelling Adults

A Direct Assessment of “Obesogenic” Built Environments: Challenges and Recommendations

PURE AIR: A Global Assessment of Air Pollution and Respiratory and Cardiovascular Disease within the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological Study

Frequent collaborators

Salim Yusuf

Koon Teo

Paul Poirier

Sanjit Jolly

Martin O'Donnell

Mukul Sharma

Philip Awadalla

Richard Frayne

Jonathon Leipsic

Anish Kirpalani

Lehana Thabane

Philip Awadalla

Philip Awadalla

Trevor Dummer

Paul Poirier

Andreas Wielgosz

Madhu Natarajan

Matthew Mcqueen

Jean-Claude Tardif

Jean-Claude Tardif

Jean-Claude Tardif

Lehana Thabane

Grace Parraga

Andrew Mente

Sonia Anand

Michael Noseworthy

Mukul Sharma