Shelagh Coutts, University of Toronto

Research

Administrative Data Diagnosis Gender Indigenous Health Neuroimaging Outcomes Rehabilitation Sex

Latest funding

The RESOLVE Trial: Reducing Embolic Stroke with Optimal Antithrombotic Therapy in Left Ventricular Injury and Low Ejection Fraction
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$673,159
Stroke in Women: Growing Opportunities to Realize optimal Evaluation, Diagnosis, and outcomes (StrokeGoRed)
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$250,000
AcT-Cog: Online cognitive assessment in the Alteplase compared to Tenecteplase (AcT) trial.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$344,250

The RESOLVE Trial: Reducing Embolic Stroke with Optimal Antithrombotic Therapy in Left Ventricular Injury and Low Ejection Fraction

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gladstone, David J; Merkler, Alexander; Sharma, Richa

Keywords: Anticoagulation; Cardiac Embolism; Cardiology; Echocardiography; Left Ventricular Dysfunction; Prevention; Stroke

$673,159

Stroke in Women: Growing Opportunities to Realize optimal Evaluation, Diagnosis, and outcomes (StrokeGoRed)

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Operat Grant:H&S Res Netwo. Exc. Women Heart/Brain Health- Diagnosis & Treatment

Principal investigators: Yu, Amy Ying Xin; Boulos, Mark I; Coutts, Shelagh B; Ganesh, Aravind; Kamal, Noreen R; Kapral, Moira K; MacDonald, Shannon; MacIntosh, Bradley J; Quigley, Adria; Rudzicz, Frank; Tang, Ada; Zhou, Lily W

Keywords: Administrative Data; Diagnosis; Gender; Indigenous Health; Neuroimaging; Outcomes; Rehabilitation; Sex; Stroke; Treatment

$250,000

AcT-Cog: Online cognitive assessment in the Alteplase compared to Tenecteplase (AcT) trial.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Swartz, Richard; Menon, Bijoy K

Keywords: Acute Ischemic Stroke; Cognitive Assessment; Feasibility; Pragmatic; Treatment; Vascular Cognitive Impairment; Vascular Dementia

$344,250

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Administrative Data Dear Professor Coutts, 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]. Your research on administrative data connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Stroke in Women: Growing Opportunities to Realize optimal Evaluation, Diagnosis, and outcomes (StrokeGoRed)" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]