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John Floras

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Toronto

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John Floras

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 6 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Exercise Autonomic Reflexes Heart Failure Human Research Autonomic Nervous System Baroreceptor Reflexes Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Endothelial Function

Latest papers

Autonomic effects of simulated periodic breathing in patients with chronic heart failure on contemporary guideline-directed therapy.
Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026
Correspondence concerning: 'cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity, blood pressure and blood pressure variability'.
Journal of hypertension · 2023 · first author
Global Variations in Heart Failure Etiology, Management, and Outcomes
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) · 2023

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Understanding the Physiological Effects of Wearable Vagal Neuromodulation in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$857,565
Sodium glucose co-transporter inhibition in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the autonomic-cardio-renal axis
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$210,000
Muticentre Assessment of Cardiovascular Hemodynamics and Autonomic Dysfunction with Long COVID
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$277,613

All 16 grants and awards

14 publications.

Autonomic effects of simulated periodic breathing in patients with chronic heart failure on contemporary guideline-directed therapy.

Gentile F, Stumpp L, Sciarrone P, Navari A, Degl'Innocenti E, D'Alesio G, Borrelli C, Montuoro S, Floras J, Macefiled VG, Oddo CM, Passino C, Emdin M, Giannoni A

Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10286-026-01227-y PMID: 42474895

Correspondence concerning: 'cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity, blood pressure and blood pressure variability'.

Floras J

Journal of hypertension2023First author

DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0000000000003383 PMID: 37139696

Global Variations in Heart Failure Etiology, Management, and Outcomes

Rasmussen M, Prado A, Hominal MA, Zaidman CJ, Cursack G, MacKinnon I, Zapata G, Rojas DG, Duran RG, Vilamajo OG

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)2023181 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.5942

Characterizing Hypertension Specialist Care in Canada: A National Survey

Lui S, Dubrofsky L, Khan NA, Tobe SW, Huynh J, Kuyper L, Mathew A, Amin S, Schiffrin EL, Harvey P

CJC Open20231 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2023.08.014

Could Adjunctive Pharmacology Mitigate Cardiovascular Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Ayas NT, Foster GE, Shah N, Floras J, Laher I

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2019

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201811-2097pp PMID: 30875238

Role of autonomic nervous system in atrial fibrillation.

Linz D, Elliott AD, Hohl M, Malik V, Schotten U, Dobrev D, Nattel S, Böhm M, Floras J, Lau DH, Sanders P

International journal of cardiology2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.11.091 PMID: 30497894

Assessment and interpretation of sleep disordered breathing severity in cardiology: Clinical implications and perspectives.

Linz D, Baumert M, Catcheside P, Floras J, Sanders P, Lévy P, Cowie MR, Doug McEvoy R

International journal of cardiology2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.04.076 PMID: 30049491

The autonomic nervous system as a therapeutic target in heart failure: a scientific position statement from the Translational Research Committee of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.

van Bilsen M, Patel HC, Bauersachs J, Böhm M, Borggrefe M, Brutsaert D, Coats AJS, de Boer RA, de Keulenaer GW, Filippatos GS, Floras J, Grassi G, Jankowska EA, Kornet L, Lunde IG, Maack C, Mahfoud F, Pollesello P, Ponikowski P, Ruschitzka F, Sabbah HN, Schultz HD, Seferovic P, Slart RHJA, Taggart P, Tocchetti CG, Van Laake LW, Zannad F, Heymans S, Lyon AR

European journal of heart failure2017

DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.921 PMID: 28949064

Endothelial function in women with and without a history of glucose intolerance in pregnancy.

Brewster S, Floras J, Zinman B, Retnakaran R

Journal of diabetes research2013

DOI: 10.1155/2013/382670 PMID: 23819127

Inhibition of sPLA2 and endothelial function: a substudy of the SPIDER-PCI trial.

Lavi S, Thorpe K, Luca MC, Liuni A, Floras J, Horlick EM, Ing D, Osten MD, Overgaard CB, Lan J, Parker JD, Cantor WJ, Džavík V

The Canadian journal of cardiology2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2011.11.007 PMID: 22281412

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John Floras

Research

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Latest funding

Autonomic effects of simulated periodic breathing in patients with chronic heart failure on contemporary guideline-directed therapy.

Correspondence concerning: 'cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity, blood pressure and blood pressure variability'.

Global Variations in Heart Failure Etiology, Management, and Outcomes

Characterizing Hypertension Specialist Care in Canada: A National Survey

Could Adjunctive Pharmacology Mitigate Cardiovascular Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Role of autonomic nervous system in atrial fibrillation.

Assessment and interpretation of sleep disordered breathing severity in cardiology: Clinical implications and perspectives.

The autonomic nervous system as a therapeutic target in heart failure: a scientific position statement from the Translational Research Committee of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.

Endothelial function in women with and without a history of glucose intolerance in pregnancy.

Inhibition of sPLA2 and endothelial function: a substudy of the SPIDER-PCI trial.

Frequent collaborators

Salim Yusuf

Jean-Lucien Rouleau

Branko Braam

Rita Suri

Marcel Ruzicka

Lisa Mielniczuk

Bruce Urch

Gilmar Reis

Robert McKelvie

Ally Prebtani

Eva Lonn

Darryl Leong

Philip Joseph

Martin O'Donnell

Aditya Kumar Khetan

Jessica Tieu-Uyen Huynh

Ravi Retnakaran

Bernard Zinman

Kevin Thorpe

Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar

Ismail Laher

Alexander Logan

Rita Suri

Stanley Nattel

Raj Padwal