Oral Poster Presentations
May 24, 2025 from 2:05pm EST to 2:35pm EST
Poster 1
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): a challenging journey of misdiagnosis to diagnosis
Poster 2
The Ottawa mobile Screening Program: Addressing the Unmet Need of Communities
Poster 3
Decisional Needs of Equity-Deserving Groups Diagnosed with Brain-Heart Conditions: A Mixed-Methods Study
Speakers / Panelists
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Oral Poster Presentations
May 24, 2025 from 2:05pm EST to 2:35pm EST -
Oral Poster Presentations
May 24, 2025 from 2:05pm EST to 2:35pm EST -
Oral Poster Presentations
May 24, 2025 from 2:05pm EST to 2:35pm EST -
Building cardiovascular nurses’ competencies in decision coaching: An equity-focused, interactive workshop using the Ottawa Personal Decision Guides
May 23, 2025 from 9:35am EST to 10:30am EST -
Postoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Readmissions in Rural, Remote and Northern Communities: Case Control Study focused on the Social Determinants of Health
May 23, 2025 from 11:35am EST to 12:05pm EST -
Oral Poster Presentations
May 24, 2025 from 2:05pm EST to 2:35pm EST -
Decisions and decisional needs of people with brain-heart conditions: Cross-sectional survey of patients and caregivers
May 24, 2025 from 10:55am EST to 11:25am EST -
Oral Poster Presentations
May 24, 2025 from 2:05pm EST to 2:35pm EST
Katherine Dagg
RN, MScN
Katherine Dagg
Katherine Dagg
RN, MScN
Katherine Dagg is the structural heart nurse specialist and the Mobile Screening Program coordinator for the Centre for Valvular Heart Disease at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute where she participates in patient education, care and research. Katherine Dagg received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honours in 2016 from the University of Ottawa French program. She then earned her Masters of Science in Nursing with Honours from Charles Sturt University in Australia in 2022. Katherine Dagg combines evidence-based best practice guidelines, innovation, and compassion to help improve her patient care.
Semhal Gessese
RN, BScN, MScN(c)
Semhal Gessese
Semhal Gessese
RN, BScN, MScN(c)
Semhal Gessese is a master’s student at the University of Ottawa’s School of Nursing, supervised by Dr. Krystina B. Lewis. As a recipient of the CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship and the Brain-Heart Interconnectome Graduate Bursary, Semhal’s thesis focuses on the decisional needs and decision-making experiences of equity-deserving groups diagnosed with brain-heart conditions. She will continue her studies in the PhD in Nursing program at the University of Ottawa starting in September 2025, where her research will continue to promote equitable and culturally-tailored shared decision-making practices in brain-heart health. Alongside her academic work, she is a Registered Nurse in the Cardiac Surgery Unit at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Belinda Landry
RNBN
Belinda Landry
Belinda Landry
RNBN
Krystina Lewis
RN, MN, PhD, CCN(C)
Krystina Lewis
Krystina Lewis
RN, MN, PhD, CCN(C)
Dr. Krystina Lewis is Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa and Affiliate Researcher at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. She has been a member of the CCCN for over 15 years and currently serves as the Director of Publications on the CCCN Board of Directors. After 10 years of cardiovascular nursing practice, she now leads a program of research focused on 1) the delivery of health services to support patient and public engagement in healthcare decisions; and 2) closing the gap between research evidence and research use. She actively engages with and learns from people with lived and living experience of cardiac conditions, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers, using co-production approaches for more relevant research findings and increased use. Her research has been funded by the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Canadian Cardiovascular Society, CANet, and the Canada First Research Excellence Fund via the Brain-Heart Interconnectome. Most recently, she has taken on the lead role for the Knowledge Mobilization of the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (uOttawa/University of Ottawa Heart Institute). In 2024, she was awarded a Heart & Stroke New Investigator Award and the Early Career Researcher of the Year in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa.
Sandy Waren
RN, HBScN
Sandy Waren
Sandy Waren
RN, HBScN