My research interests can be categorized into the following broad areas: examining issues involving access and delivery of cardiovascular care at a population level; examining international differences in cardiovascular practice patterns and outcomes; and health economics.
I have extensive experience working with population-level administrative data, clinical registries, as well as large, multinational clinical trials. In Alberta, we have developed an integrated database linking inpatient, outpatient, and vital statistics databases to examine cardiovascular care in Alberta. One of my primary interests has been examining the burden of heart disease in women relative to men.
Recently, I have extended this interest in women's health by developing a ten-year pregnancy and birth cohort to examine the downstream effects of gestational diabetes mellitus and other pregnancy-related complications on the development of chronic disease.
