Harriette Van Spall, MD MPH 🇨🇦

Thank you @CIHR_IRSC @SCC_CCS for this award which I don’t deserve so early in mid-career, but which I’m grateful for. Indebted to my family, team, collaborators, funders, & to 🇨🇦 for giving this immigrant a chance. So grateful to my nominators. Miss you, dad.. this one’s for you

They came for the foreign aid workers, justice department, public health institutions, universities and researchers, law firms, media organizations, not to mention longtime immigrants. Now it is nonprofits too. nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opi…

How much are you motivated by the intrinsic desire to be good at what you do versus the desire for extrinsic rewards that being good can bring? And what is the ratio between these two motivations? The difference between #aspiration and #ambition👇🏽 nytimes.com/2025/07/24/opi…

Want to know who succeeds the most—and the least—in today’s world of work? According to Adam Grant, it’s the same type of person: Givers. Here’s why: 👇

GLP-1 Receptor Agonist in Nonobese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction GLP-1RA use is associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes in nonobese patients with T2DM and HFpEF and has an associated incremental benefit even…

I especially love the references to CS Lewis’, “The Four Loves”: “Gift love is essentially delighted with the world; need love is voracious, insatiable and laced with a fear of failure. Gift love fosters human connection; need love bends a person in on himself, and leads to…

“When you mix politics and science, you just get politics,” former NIH director Dr Francis Collins tells me. He says the casting of doubt on vaccine efficacy by RFK Jr and others is “truly heartbreaking and dangerous. Look what’s happening right now in our country with measles.”

Clinical and Engagement Results of a Nationwide Comprehensive Remote Patient Care Hypertension Program A nationwide RPC hypertension program can drive high patient engagement and facilitate clinical encounters at scale, resulting in reduced BP levels and more patients achieving…

🎧 #ACCEL Lite: In this interview, Drs. @a_l_bailey and @kcferdmd explore the evolving landscape of #hypertension management, highlighting new evidence supporting the benefits of tight BP control across diverse populations. Tune in now: bit.ly/4m6zqTi #cvPrev

Our paper on CVD mortality trends attributed to common risk factors in @AJPCardio. Globally and in US, CVD mortality improvements have recently slowed/plateaued for many common CVD risk factors. @AbdulMannan5465 @georgehafzalla @DrMichaelShapir sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Cervical cancer is being defeated thanks to two things: Pap smears and the Gardasil vaccine. HPV vaccination is so effective that many countries will have practically eliminated cervical cancer in the next two decades. Here's why🧵

#RealWorldData advocates facing challenges addressing sources of bias suggest causal modelling as a solution. Doesn’t work. Comparison of 19 modelling studies with #RCTs showed 42% differed in direction and 47% of confidence intervals didn’t include RCT estimate.…

Hortência is stitching together a new future – learning skills, reclaiming her education, and dreaming to own her own tailor shop. Through the #EveryGirlCan initiative, girls in Mozambique are being empowered to break cycles of inequality and take back their futures.

Finerenone: Will It Be a Game-changer? Its combination with therapies, such as sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, shows promise and ongoing trials, such as REDEFINE-HF, FINALITY-HF and CONFIRMATION-HF, are investigating its efficacy in other HF phenotypes. These…

In a few weeks, cardiology professionals will gather at #ESCCongress 2025 with #WCCardio for an unforgettable experience. Enjoy networking opportunities, celebrations, entertainment, CV health checks, & so much more. See what’s waiting in Madrid & register by 31 July to save…

Impact of Body Mass Index, Central Adiposity, and Weight Loss on the Benefits of Tirzepatide in HFpEF: SUMMIT Trial ➡️ essentially…weight loss improves patient symptoms/functionality in HFpEF (‘obesity related HFpEF’) 😁 @kamleshkhunti @GoggleDocs jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

👣Advancing #PAD care with #GLP1 therapies 📽️Drs @MarcBonaca & @hvanspall discuss how #semaglutide improved walking ability and QoL in pts with #T2D & PAD 👉 ow.ly/eHCx50WuLUl 📽️Dr @Catgobears on GLP1 RAs reducing amputation risk in moderate PAD 👉 ow.ly/XerM50WuLUm

Medication adherence in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure: A cross-sectional study in the emergency department (ADHF-ED) Adherence to CHF medication in patients presenting with ADHF was low. Non-adherence represents a significant contributor to worsening CHF,…

If you were to design the ideal Social Media site for Health Care / Medicine what would it features be ? How would it differ from Twitter? What new features do you want to see? Asking for a friend ...

Drivers of 1-year mortality decline after acute myocardial infarction in England and Wales: a 15-year national cohort study our study led by @ayayo_sharon heart.bmj.com/content/early/…

Actor Jeff Daniels on Donald Trump’s 2nd term: “We’ve lost decency. We’ve lost civility. We’ve lost respect for the rule of law. We’ve normalized verbal abuse. We’ve normalized bullying. Out the window goes character, integrity. We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the…