The Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. Paul's Hospital is home to over 600 scientists, physicians, researchers and other health professionals involved in heart and lung health - many who are internationally recognized for their work. If you are looking for an expert to interview please contact Providence Health Care's Communication Department at 604-806-8022 or call our media pager at 604-252-4261.
Below is just a sampling of the areas of interest that researchers and professionals at the Heart + Lung Institute specialize in:
- Heart disease and women
- Asthma and air pollution
- Forest fires and rates of COPD
- Links between HIV and heart disease
- The role of genetics in asthma and allergies
- Prevention of heart disease
- Sleep disorders and cardiopulmonary diseases
- Biomarkers of heart, lung and kidney failure
- Acute heart failure and Ventricular Assist Devices (mechanical heart pumps)
- Congenital heart disease
- Gender and COPD
- New frontiers in cardiology/cardiac surgery