Congratulations to Dr. Padma Kaul who has been named the Canada Research Chair in Women and Children’s Cardio-Metabolic Health. The Canada Research Chairs Program is a major investment by the Canadian government that supports top researchers and their teams to generate groundbreaking discoveries in health, engineering, natural sciences, and the humanities.
As detailed in The Quad, Dr. Kaul’s Chair role will focus on the following research areas:
Despite having high healthcare spending, Alberta’s maternal and child health outcomes are poor, worsened by a sharp rise in gestational diabetes (GDM), which threatens both mother (increased risk of long-term diabetes, heart disease and cancer) and child (higher risk of obesity and diabetes). Kaul’s research program addresses these gaps, focusing on women’s unique cardio-metabolic health challenges, including the systematic inequalities women face in heart disease care. Her three projects will examine alternative GDM treatments, the link between diabetes/GDM history and cancer and the use of AI in ECGs for early heart failure detection in women, ultimately aiming to advance health equity and improve outcomes across the lifespan.’
Read more on the Government of Canada website here.
