My professional objective is to advocate for increasing the opportunity for people to access structured physical activity and risk factor modification programs following stroke. My research interests are to examine the dose-response relationship between exercise and health related outcomes in people with stroke and cardiac disease. Using novel exercise training methods and combinations of exercise strategies my aim is to determine an exercise treatment aimed at promoting long-term health, repairing the brain and restoring lost mobility after stroke. I was chosen as a World Heart Federation (WHF) Emerging Leader and participated in a think tank in China in July 2018. The goal of the WHF is to reduce premature mortality from stroke and other cardiovascular diseases globally by at least 25% by 2025.
UHN Research PI Profile: http://www.uhnresearch.ca/researcher/susan-marzoliniGrants Awarded | |||
Count | Total Principal Amount | Total Instalment Received | |
Prinicipal Investigator | 3 | $ 377,404 | $ 40,000 |
Co-Principal Investigator | 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Co-Investigator | 8 | $ 4,827,215 | $ 0 |
Collaborator | 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Total | 11 | $ 5,204,619 | $ 40,000 |
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Contributions to Best Practice Guidelines
Contributions to Knowledge Translation
Welcome to Stroke Online | Cardiac College (healtheuniversity.ca)
Stroke Online provides a program for people who had a stroke event and want to stay active and healthy. The information on the web-based platform can help people start an exercise program and make lifestyle changes for better health. This is the first program of its kind offered in an online format for people after a stroke.
Analytics reveal that in the first 10 months of release, 3,198 people have accessed Stroke Online.
Created the module entitled: Exercise after Stroke and Heart Disease (Chapter 2) for the clinical trials platform of the Canadian Consortium for Neurodegeneration and Aging (CCNA). This is an on-line program designed to help people with chronic disease follow a healthy life style. I created a 10-minute video presentation on the benefits of exercise, how to start exercise, and precautions for people with stroke or coronary artery disease. The program will soon be released to the general public.
I created an Infographic released by the American Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (AACVPR) “Integrating People with Stroke in Cardiac Rehabilitation”. The release of the infographic on social media coincided with a presentation I delivered at the AACVPR annual meeting.
Published in Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention “Introducing the HL-PIVOT Network: Promoting Human Resilience and quality of Life through Healthy Living Initiatives.”
Workshop Presentations
Disclosures
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Other Contributions
Scientists/Faculty Members/Clinicians/Staff Mentorship
Period | Name (Last, First) | Position | Program/Institute | Your role |
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April 13-June 8 2020 | Christopher Cooper | Masters of Professional Kinesiology placement | University of Toronto | Supervisor for placement |
2019-December 2020 | Dr. Carolyn Sawiki | Medical Student | University of Toronto Physiatry | Supervised research project Blood Pressure control in People following Stroke entering Cardiac Rehabilitation |
June 8 to July 31, 2020 | Stephanie Zaban | Masters of Professional Kinesiology Placement | University of Toronto | Supervisor for placement |
Thesis & Research Committee/Defense examiner
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2020-present | Nithin Jacob | Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (MSc) | High Intensity Interval Training |
2020-present | Matthew Heffernan | Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (PhD) | |
2018-present | Azadeh Barzideh | Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (PhD) | |
2018-present | Martha Gounari | University of Macedonia, Greece | Access to Exercise Programming in People who have Impaired Vision |
Public Outreach: (Activity/event name, date, location, number of attendees and brief description when applicable)
PODCAST for the Physical Therapy Journal Oxford Academic: American Physical Therapy Association for research study Marzolini, Susan et al.
Eligibility, Enrollment, and Completion of Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Following Stroke Rehabilitation: What Are the Barriers? Physical therapy (2019). Released May 2020
Professional Outreach: (Conferences/Workshops/Symposia attended, National and International Meetings)
Professional Association, Affiliation, and Society Membership
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June 2020 - present | Global Network | Member of the Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL-PIVOT) Network | The global network is focused on the promotion of human resilience and quality of life through healthy living initiatives. The effort is organized to address the major pandemics of our time, including COVID-19 as well as obesity, inactivity, and chronic diseases. The four major areas of focus for the network is: 1) knowledge dissemination; 2) education; 3) policy; 4) implementation. |
May 2020-present | Student Affairs Committee | Student Affairs Committee, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto | 2020 May: Round 2 Review of application for admission to MSc and PhD programs at the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto |
June 2020-present | COVID-19: Clinical Research Division Lead (CRDL) | KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, UHN | COVID-19: Clinical Research Division Lead (CRDL)
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2020, August 4 | Participated in 3 year review of Scientist at KITE | KITE-3 year review | Three year review of Scientist at KITE |
2017 to present | Editorial Board member for Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention (JCRP) | Editorial Board Member |
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2020 | American Stroke Association | American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference Abstract Reviewer |
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No challenges other than those posed by COVID-19.
The following are unsuccessful grant applications:
Not Funded (2020):
Collaborators: Dr. V Jamnik, Dr. S Grace, Dr. P. Oh, Dr. T Colella
Determining sex differences in the cardiovascular and autonomic responses to standard cardiac rehabilitation
Wellness through pErsonAlized Virtual rEality (WEAVE)
Jenkin, Michael Nominated PI
Co-PI: Lora Appel, Adam Dubrowski, Jennifer Campos, Debra Pepier, Laurence Harris
Co-applicant: Alvaro Uribe Quevedo, Susan Marzolini, Alison Robert, Da Silva, Celina
2020 BIOM: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Diet (LEAD) Trial: A Virtual, Lifetyle & Microbiome Approach
PI: Laura Middleton
Nicole Anderson, Guylan Ferland, Susan Marzolini, Noah Koblinsky, Alexandra Fiocco, Fatim Ajwani
Telehealth interventions and tools to support population health during the COVID-19 pandemic
PIs Avril Mansfield and Azadeh Yadollahi
Susan Marzolini, 1 of 22 other collaborators
Wellness through pErsonAlized Virtual rEality (WEAVE)
Jenkin, Michael Nominated PI
Co-PI: Lora Appel, Adam Dubrowski, Jennifer Campos, Debra Pepier, Laurence Harris
Co-applicant: Alvaro Uribe Quevedo, Susan Marzolini, Alison Robert, Da Silva, Celina
INVITED PRESENTATIONS FOR 2021
2021 Invited to speak to the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne Australia School of Health Sciences. REPAIR Research Group (Recovery, Enrichment and Plasticity to promote Activity In neuroRehabilitation) 1 hour presentation, November 4,
2021 Invited to deliver a Webinar for the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CACR) (1 hour, September)
ADDITIONAL TRAINEES FOR 2021
Post-Doctoral Fellow: Co-primary supervisor with Dr. Paul Oh
Trainee: Dr. Lais Vanzela
Supervisor (Medical School Research)
Trainee: Cindy Nguyen (Medical Student)
McMaster University, Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine
Title of Research: Adherence and Completion of Cardiac Rehabilitation in People with Peripheral Artery Disease with and without Coronary Artery Disease: Sex-, Age-, and Comorbidity Matched to CAD Cohorts
Research Excellence Scholarship Award (Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine)
PUBLISHED PAPERS FOR 2021
Cardiac Rehabilitation in Canada during COVID-19
CJC-open, 3:152-158 2021 – Senior Responsible Author and Correspondent
Factors that Predispose Women to Greater Depressive Symptoms
A Sex- Age-and Diagnosis Matched Cardiac Rehabilitation Cohort
Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2021; 37;382-390 Senior Responsible Author and Correspondent
Inclusion of People with Peripheral Artery Disease in Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs: A Pan-Canadian Survey
Heart, Lung and Circulation- Senior Responsible Author and Correspondent
Rhythmic auditory music stimulation increases task-distraction during exercise among cardiac rehabilitation patients: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2021; 53: 101868.
A Retrospective Comparison of Fitness and Exercise Progression in Patients with Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Canadian Journal of Cardiology 37;260-268, 2021
A Gap in Post-stroke Blood Pressure Target Attainment at Entry to
Cardiac Rehabilitation
The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 2021;1-9 Senior Responsible Author and Correspondent
PAPER SUBMITTED AND RESPONDING TO REVIEWERS (2021)
Susan Marzolini, Che-Yuan Wu, Rowaida Hussein, Lisa Y Xiong, Suban Kangatharan, Ardit Peni, Christopher R Cooper, Sin Ki Kylie Lau , Ghislaine Nzodjou Mahdoum, Maureen Pakosh, Stephanie A Zaban, Michelle M. Nguyen, Amin Banihashemi, Walter Swardfager PhD
Effect of Time Post-Stroke on Exercise Training Outcomes:
A Meta-Regression Analysis
Stroke Senior Responsible Author and Correspondent
PAPER SUBMITTED
James E. Peterman, PhD, Ross Arena, PhD, Jonathan Myers, PhD, Susan Marzolini, PhD, Philip A. Ades, Patrick D. Savage, Carl J. Lavie, Leonard A. Kaminsky
Reference Standards for Cardiorespiratory Fitness by Cardiovascular Disease Category and Testing Modality: Data from the Fitness Registry and the Importance of Exercise International Database (FRIEND)
Circulation
GRANT RECEIVED FOR 2021
June 2021-June 2024
Nominated Principal Applicant: Susan Law
CIHR Project Grant
Project Title: From the heart: Canadian women’s lived experiences of heart failure. Principal Applicants: Jillianne Code, Mark Smilovitch
Co-Applicants: Seema Marwaha, Susan Marzolini, Tracey Colella, Emilie Dionn, Nadia Giannetti, Kerry Kuluski, Liz Mansfield, Angela Colantonio, David Wright, Angela Colantonio
$355,570
GRANTS SUBMITTED FOR 2021
January 12, 2021
Nominated Principal Applicant: Walter Swardfager
CIHR Team Grant: Preparation to Trial in Inflammation for Chronic Conditions 2021-01-12 ResearchNetID 446881
Project Title: Pro-Resolving Inflammatory Mediators in Neurovascular Gains in Aerobic Training (PRIMiNG-AT)
Co-applicant: Susan Marzolini and others
3 years, total budget: $747,439
April 7, 2021:
Nominated Principal Applicant: Susan Marzolini
Funding Opportunity: CIHR Project Grant
Project Title: Sex Differences in Participation in Exercise Programming: from Stroke Event to the Community: Motivators, Barriers, and Facilitators
Co-investigators: Dr. Paul Oh, Dr. Dina Brooks,
Co-applicants: Dr. Rick Swartz, Dr. Atif Zafar, Dr. Daniel Wong, Dr. Aleksandra Pikula, Xia Wai Du
4 years, total budget: $755,000
April 7, 2021:
Principal Applicants: Heather Edgell and Susan Marzolini
Funding Opportunity: CIHR Project Grant
Project Title: The search for physiological mechanisms explaining the attenuated aerobic response to cardiac rehabilitation in women compared to men
Co-applicants: Dr. V Jamnik, Dr. S Grace, Dr. P. Oh, Dr. T Colella
3 years, total budget: $683,020
April 7, 2021:
Principal Applicants: Crystal MacKay and Susan Marzolini
Funding Opportunity: CIHR Project Grant
Project Title: Evaluating the Efficacy of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for Individuals with Lower Limb Amputations
Co-investigators: S Hitzig, A Mayo, S Dilkas, M Devlin, P Oh
Collaborators: S Journeay, J Campbell, P Raulino, P Polese
3 years: $445500
April 7, 2021:
Nominated Principal Applicant: Laura Middleton
Funding Opportunity: CIHR Project Grant
Project Title: The Lifestyle, Exercise, and Diet (LEAD) Trial: A Virtual, Lifestyle Approach to Improve Cognitive Function
Co-applicants: Susan Marzolini, and others
April 7, 2021:
Principal Applicants: Mark Bayley, Janice Eng
Funding Opportunity: CIHR Project Grant
Project Title: Modafinil and Exercise for Post Stroke Fatigue (MODEX)
Co-Applicants: Ruth Barclay, Sandra Black, Jennifer Davis, Sean Dukelow, Michael Hill, Farrell Leibovitch, Shannon MacDonald, Bradley MacIntosh, Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, Susan Marzolini, Jason McCarthy, Anita Mountain, Michelle Ploughman, Courtney Pollock, Sepideh Pooyania, Amra Saric, Robert Teasell, Kevin Thorpe, Azadeh Yadollahi, Jennifer Yao, Amy Yu
4 years, total budget $2,500,000
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION:
1) Susan Marzolini, Paul I. Oh, Laura Banks
Sex Differences in Predictors of Completion of a 6-month Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for People with Diabetes and No Cardiac Disease
Senior Responsible Author and Correspondent
2) Lais Manata Vanzella, Robert Lawand, Marya Shuaib, Paul Oh, Dina Brooks, Dale Corbett, Susan Marzolini
Validity of Bioelectric Impedance in Relation to Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry for Measuring Baseline and Change in Body Composition following an Exercise Program in Stroke
Senior Responsible Author and Correspondent
3) Koblinsky, N, Anderson, N.D., Ajwani, F. , Parrott M., Dawson D., Marzolini, S., Oh, P. MacIntosh, B., Middleton, L., Ferland, G , Greenwood, C.G
Feasibility of the Lifestyle, Exercise and Diet (LEAD) study – a randomized controlled trial of a combined exercise exercise and diet intervention in older adults with subjective cognitive decline and cardiovascular risk factors
Co-investigator
4) Wade Michaelchuk, Ana Oliveira, Susan Marzolini, Mika Nonoyama, Aline Maybank, Roger Goldstein, Dina Brooks
Design and characteristics of home-based telehealth pulmonary rehabilitation programs in COPD: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Co-investigator