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Heather Ross

ResearcherMedicine/CardiologyUniversity of Toronto

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Heather Ross

Researcher

Medicine/Cardiology

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
49 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (5 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2020.

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Academic metrics

132

Publications

907

Citations

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115

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Heart Failure Exercise Physiology Machine Learning Wearables Atherosclerosis Biomarkers Health Data Pragmatic Clinical Trial

Latest papers

Heart Health Begins with Community: An Arts-Based Report on the Experiences of Heart Health in the Moosonee Community.
CJC open · 2026
Equity in Heart Failure Care: Examining the Area-based Marginalization Status of Patients in an RPM Program.
The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2026 · senior author
Socioeconomic Barriers for Newly Transferred Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2026

All 132 publications

Latest funding

Sodium Glucose Co-transporter-2 Inhibition (SGLT2i) to Prevent Earliest Events of Heart Failure (SOLVE-HF): A Pilot RCT
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,315,801
Wearable Evaluation of Ambulatory Remote Heart Failure with machine learning (WEAR-HF)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$803,250
BREATHe: B-type natriuretic peptides to reduce events and advance treatment in heart failure
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$661,724

All 32 grants and awards

132 publications.

Heart Health Begins with Community: An Arts-Based Report on the Experiences of Heart Health in the Moosonee Community.

Zhao J, Seidel J, Spence G, Corston R, Simard A, Ross H, Innes L, Wali S

CJC open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.12.013 PMID: 42327435

Equity in Heart Failure Care: Examining the Area-based Marginalization Status of Patients in an RPM Program.

Worme M, Kim B, Ware P, Seto E, Simard A, Ross H

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.11.021 PMID: 41274562

Socioeconomic Barriers for Newly Transferred Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.

Beuth J, Thorne S, Mueller B, Barron D, Kovacs A, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Ross H, Oechslin E, Ho LT, Heggie J

CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2025.08.005 PMID: 42079810

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Paper Waste Avoided by Switching From Paper to Digital Communications for Outpatient Radiology Appointments.

Ladak AM, Ross H, Panet H, Antonopoulos D, Hanneman K

Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes2026

DOI: 10.1177/08465371251352818 PMID: 40624858

Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects in the Reduction of Dietary Sodium to Less Than 100 mmol in Heart Failure (SODIUM-HF): A Secondary Post Hoc Analysis.

Zampieri FG, Rathwell S, McAlister FA, Ross H, Escobedo J, Saldarriaga C, Colin-Ramirez E, Troughton RW, Macdonald P, Alemayehu W, Ezekowitz JA, SODIUM-HF Investigators

Journal of cardiac failure2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.01.027 PMID: 40043831

Spread of a heart failure remote patient management program from speciality to community care settings: multiple case study implementation.

Dixit A, O'Sullivan M, Seto E, Pham Q, Ross H, Ware P

BMC health services research2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14875-7 PMID: 42298606

Sex-Specific Associations between Long-term Air Pollution Exposure and Coronary Atherosclerosis at Cardiac CT.

Castillo F, Ladak AM, DesRoche C, Delaney S, Nethery RC, Thavendiranathan P, Ross H, Hanneman K

Radiology2026

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.252086 PMID: 42262238

Risk prediction models for incident heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Navarro JM, Doumouras BS, Douglas W, Tieu P, Chan V, Lau THA, Bobrowski D, Yu C, Wang C, Adam M

Heart20263 citations

DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2025-327118

Association between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Myocardial Fibrosis Assessed with Cardiac MRI.

Du Plessis J, DesRoche C, Delaney S, Nethery RC, Hong R, Thavendiranathan P, Ross H, Castillo F, Hanneman K

Radiology2025

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.250331 PMID: 40590693

The relationship of diuretics and dietary sodium in patients with heart failure: an analysis of the SODIUM-HF trial.

Zhou K, Alemayehu W, Rathwell S, McAlister FA, Ross H, Escobedo J, Saldarriaga C, Colin-Ramirez E, Macdonald P, Arcand J, Troughton R, Ezekowitz JA, SODIUM-HF Investigators

American heart journal2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.11.019 PMID: 39643096

Sodium Glucose Co-transporter-2 Inhibition (SGLT2i) to Prevent Earliest Events of Heart Failure (SOLVE-HF): A Pilot RCT

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Udell, Jacob A; Odutayo, Ayodele

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Heart Failure; Randomized Controlled Trials

$1,315,801

Wearable Evaluation of Ambulatory Remote Heart Failure with machine learning (WEAR-HF)

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mcintosh, Christopher J; Moayedi, Yasbanoo; Ross, Heather J

Keywords: Exercise Physiology; Heart Failure; Machine Learning; Wearables

$803,250

BREATHe: B-type natriuretic peptides to reduce events and advance treatment in heart failure

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Douglas S

Keywords: Heart Failure; Hospitalization; Laboratory Testing; Outcomes Research; Population Health; Prediction Modeling

$661,724

Spread of an Evidence-based Heart Failure Remote Patient Management Program: An International Implementation-Effectiveness Trial in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Seto, Emily; Austin, David; Ezekowitz, Justin A; Marwick, Tom; Pham, Quynh; Sobolewska, Jolanta

Keywords: Digital Health Innovation; Evidence-Based; Heart Failure; Hybrid Type 3 Trial; Implementation; Implementation-Effectiveness Trial; International; Remote Patient Management; Spread

$1,923,976

Advancing Pulse Oximetry Accuracy and Equity through Wearable Spectroscopy Devices

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Franklin, Daniel

Keywords: Algorithms; Biophotonics; Blood Oxygen Saturation; Equity; Pulse Oximetry; Skin Tone; Spectroscopy; Wearables

$879,750

"Translating Cardiovascular Remote Diagnostic and Monitoring Technologies for Equitable Healthcare (CaRDM Eq)"

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Yadollahi, Azadeh A

Keywords: bioelectronics; biosensors; cardiovascular technologies; digital health; health equity; health monitering; point-of-care diagnostics; wearables

$474,000

Referral pattern and risk profiles of heart failure patients followed in family practice

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Alba, Ana Carolina

Keywords: Heart Failure

$436,050

A pragmatic trial to prevent heart failure with an SGLT2 inhibitor in patients with stable atherosclerosis or multiple cardiovascular risk factors: ERASE-HF Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant - LOI

Principal investigators: Udell, Jacob A; Lindsay, Mary Patrice; Smith, Jeanette; Ross, Heather J; Solomon, Scott D

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Biomarkers; Health Data; Heart Failure; Pragmatic Clinical Trial; Primary Prevention; Risk Factors; Sglt2 Inhibitor

Generating a Portable Policy Framework for Digital Health Equity in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr: Policy Research for HST -SPOR-Patient-Oriented Health Care Systems Res.

Principal investigators: Shaw, James A; Bhatia, Rajan S; Tait, Caroline L

Keywords: Digital Health; Health Equity; Health Policy; Health Services And Systems; Intersectionality; Policy Analysis

$147,629

Application of digital technologies to provide user-centered, innovative, and equitable diagnosis of sleep problems in people experiencing homelessness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Yadollahi, Azadeh

Keywords: Digital Technology Sleep Problems Homelessness Equitable access to care Mental Health Remote monitoring Sleep apnea Machine learning Heart disease Lung disease

$237,970

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

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Heather Ross

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Heart Health Begins with Community: An Arts-Based Report on the Experiences of Heart Health in the Moosonee Community.

Equity in Heart Failure Care: Examining the Area-based Marginalization Status of Patients in an RPM Program.

Socioeconomic Barriers for Newly Transferred Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Paper Waste Avoided by Switching From Paper to Digital Communications for Outpatient Radiology Appointments.

Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects in the Reduction of Dietary Sodium to Less Than 100 mmol in Heart Failure (SODIUM-HF): A Secondary Post Hoc Analysis.

Spread of a heart failure remote patient management program from speciality to community care settings: multiple case study implementation.

Sex-Specific Associations between Long-term Air Pollution Exposure and Coronary Atherosclerosis at Cardiac CT.

Risk prediction models for incident heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Association between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Myocardial Fibrosis Assessed with Cardiac MRI.

The relationship of diuretics and dietary sodium in patients with heart failure: an analysis of the SODIUM-HF trial.

"Translating Cardiovascular Remote Diagnostic and Monitoring Technologies for Equitable Healthcare (CaRDM Eq)"

Application of digital technologies to provide user-centered, innovative, and equitable diagnosis of sleep problems in people experiencing homelessness

Frequent collaborators

Farid Foroutan

Filio Billia

Sahr Wali

Jane Maciver

Emily Seto

Yasbanoo Moayedi

Angela Mashford-Pringle

Susan Abbey

Kate Hanneman

Gordon Guyatt

Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan

Sharon Chih

Jagdish Butany

JoAnne Arcand

Cedric Manlhiot

Camilla Zimmermann

Paul Dorian

Paul Oh

Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar

Lusine Abrahamyan

Michael Farkouh

George Tomlinson

Joseph Cafazzo

Karen Harkness

Robert McKelvie

Andre Lamy

Eva Lonn

Faizan Amin

Philip Joseph

Ernest Leo Fallen

Steven Hanna

Ralph Meyer

Amritanshu Pandey

Mohammed Shurrab

Kevin Chien

Murray Krahn

Geoffrey Liu

Adrienne Kovacs

Natalie Coburn

John Granton