Laura Banks, University of Toronto

Research

Cardiology Cardiovascular Research Gender Equity Partnership Development Work Health

Latest papers

The Path Less Traveled: Embracing the Arts in Scientific Communications.
CJC open · 2026 · first author
Beyond "One Size Fits All": Rethinking Methods and Data Reporting to Advance Intersectionality in Cardiovascular Health Research.
CJC open · 2026 · senior author
Feasibility of a progressive HIIT model of exercise for patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation.
Canadian journal of diabetes · 2026

All 42 publications

Latest funding

Acceleration - Postpartum: Co-creation of a behaviour change intervention for high-risk postpartum women
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Healthy Mom, Healthy Heart: National Planning for the Evaluation of Knowledge & Cardiac Risk Assessment in Women with a History of Cardiovascular Complications During Pregnancy
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$14,950
Evaluation of Gender Equity within Cardiovascular Medicine and Research Careers
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$9,500

All 4 grants and awards

42 publications.

01

The Path Less Traveled: Embracing the Arts in Scientific Communications.

Banks L

CJC open2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.01.009 PMID: 42327442

02

Beyond "One Size Fits All": Rethinking Methods and Data Reporting to Advance Intersectionality in Cardiovascular Health Research.

Grubic N, Randhawa VK, Cotie L, Colella TJF, Banks L

CJC open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.10.001 PMID: 41732587

03

Feasibility of a progressive HIIT model of exercise for patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation.

Cotie LM, Banks L, Pinto da Silva L, Carvalho CG, Oh P, Colella TJF

Canadian journal of diabetes2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2026.08.004 PMID: 42628644

04

Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Adaptations Following Aerobic Exercise Training Programs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Cotie LM, Marçal IR, Way KL, Lee LS, Patterson M, Pearson M, Main E, Thornton JS, Reed JL, Banks L

The Canadian journal of cardiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2024.12.005 PMID: 39653240

05

The effect of chronic exercise training and acute exercise on power spectral analysis of heart rate variability.

Bentley RF, Dorian P, Vecchiarelli E, Banks L, Connelly KA, Yan AT, Osman W, Goodman JM

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2024

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0007 PMID: 37751466

06

Women's Knowledge of Future Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Complications of Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.

Ghisi GLM, Banks L, Cotie LM, Pakosh M, Pollock C, Nerenberg K, Gagliardi A, Smith G, Colella TJF

CJC open2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2023.07.010 PMID: 38487070

07

Temporal Trends of Enrollment by Sex and Race in Major Cardiovascular Randomized Clinical Trials

Sheikh H, Walczak N, Rana H, Tseng NWH, Syed MK, Collier C, Rezk M, Gong IY, Tan NS, Ali SH

CJC Open20242 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2023.10.015 PMID: W4388152867

08

Use of Digital Health Technology in Heart Failure and Diabetes: a Scoping Review.

Kallas D, Sandhu N, Gandilo C, Schleicher M, Banks L, Jabara M, Alberto Cerqueira Batista Filho L, Colella TJF, Connelly K, Randhawa VK

Journal of cardiovascular translational research2023

DOI: 10.1007/s12265-022-10273-6 PMID: 35639339

09

Sex Differences in Predictors of Completion of a 6-Month Adapted Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for People With Type 2 Diabetes and No Known Cardiac Disease.

Marzolini S, Banks L, Oh P

Canadian journal of diabetes2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2021.11.001 PMID: 35568429

10

Capturing the perspectives of women with coronary artery disease regarding interval training or continuous exercise in cardiac rehabilitation

Lee LS, Banks L, Oh PI, Brooks D, Colella TJF

Disability and Rehabilitation202213 citations

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1756469

Acceleration - Postpartum: Co-creation of a behaviour change intervention for high-risk postpartum women

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Colella, Tracey J

Keywords: Behaviour Change Intervention; Cardiometabolic Conditions Of Pregnancy (Hdp, Gdm); Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Participatory Co-Creation; Postpartum Women'S Heart Health

$20,000

Healthy Mom, Healthy Heart: National Planning for the Evaluation of Knowledge & Cardiac Risk Assessment in Women with a History of Cardiovascular Complications During Pregnancy

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Colella, Tracey J

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Gestational Diabetes; Gestational Hypertension; Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy; Maternal Health; Multi-Disciplinary Care; Primary And Secondary Prevention; Women'S Heart Health

$14,950

Evaluation of Gender Equity within Cardiovascular Medicine and Research Careers

Nominated PICIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Banks, Laura J; Randhawa, Varinder K

Keywords: Cardiology; Cardiovascular Research; Gender Equity; Partnership Development; Work Health

$9,500

Early Identification of Cardiac Dysfunction in Obese Adolescents: Mechanisms & Modulation

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - PA: ICRH - New investigators (Bridge Funding)

Principal investigators: Wells, Greg D

Keywords: Accelerometry; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Cardiovascular Physiology; Endocrinology; Exercise Echocardiography; Exercise Physiology; Exercise Training; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Maximal Exercise Test; Pediatrics

$100,000

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
Cardiology
Physical Therapy
Biomedical Engineering
Medicine/Cardiology
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Medical Biophysics
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1 shared papers, latest 2024

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