Monica Parry

Monica Parry is a Professor in the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and a Nurse Practitioner at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. Her clinical expertise has laid the foundation for a program of research to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease in women by 2030. Her program of research addresses four of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030): #3-Good Health and Well-Being; #5-Gender Equality; #10-Reduced Inequalities; and #17-Partnerships for the Goals. Monica is a member of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance; a Co-PI and Chair of the Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Subcommittee of the Health Research Training Platform in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism; and a Co-I with the CANadian Consortium of Clinical Trial TRAINing platform. She is leading a research team to develop and test at heart, the first progressive WebApp developed for women with heart disease. Monica is also leading a research team to address the health and wellbeing of unpaid caregivers in Canada (https://unpaidcaregivers.ca/).  She has received advanced training from CIHR to engage patients as partners in research and is currently CIHR-funded with Clinical Trials Ontario to develop a decision resource for patients and investigators wishing to engage in Patient-Oriented Research (POR).