Table 1.
Centers dedicated to research at the intersection of cardiovascular and brain health
| Center/program name | Institution | Specific Focus |
|---|---|---|
| North America | ||
| Heart-Brain Institute | Cleveland Clinic | None mentioned |
| “…an institute dedicated to researching the medical interconnections between the heart and the brain.” https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/cleveland-clinic-receives-17-million-for-new-heart-brain-institute | ||
| Institute for Heart and Brain Health (IHBH) | University of Michigan | None mentioned |
| “The mission for the institute is to become the world’s premier research institute discovering the root causes of heart and brain disease, determining how these organs communicate with each other, and developing the treatments of tomorrow” https://medicine.umich.edu/medschool/news/medical-school-establishes-institute-heart-brain-health-anthony-rosenzweig-md-inaugural-director | ||
| Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health (VCCBH) | University of Vermont | Sustainable research programs including early career faculty |
| “We are studying the vital health problems facing society: cardiovascular disease, stroke and cognitive impairment.” https://www.med.uvm.edu/heartbrainhealth/home | ||
| Pediatric Heart and Brain Research Program | University of California, San Francisco | Development and childhood congenital heart disease |
| “Our philosophy is to take a longitudinal approach, beginning in fetal life, to understand and improve neurodevelopmental outcomes and quality of life in children with congenital heart disease.” https://pedheartbrain.ucsf.edu/home | ||
| Brain, Stress, Hypertension and Aging Research Program (BSHARP) | Emory University | Aging and hypertension |
| “…a collaborative team of investigators and research personnel that aim to better understand the relationship between brain health and the cardiovascular system, focusing on aging and hypertension.” https://med.emory.edu/departments/medicine/divisions/geriatrics-gerontology/research/labs/bsharp/index.html | ||
| Brain-Heart Interconnectome | University of Ottawa and affiliated research institutes, McGill University, University of Saskatchewan, and more than 45 other partners | None mentioned |
| “This interdisciplinary research program aims to change the fundamental disconnect between brain and heart conditions.” https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/news-all/uottawa-research-seeks-answers-brain-heart-health-link | ||
| *Innovation Center on Se✘ Differences in Medicine (ICON-✘) | Harvard Medical School | Sex differences in the brain and body |
| “The neuroimmune and vascular axes are major lines of communication across the brain and body. ICON-✘ is focusing on these pathways through the lens of hormones, genes, and metabolism to identify the causes of sex differences that cross disorders of the brain and body.” https://www.icon.mgh.harvard.edu/about | ||
| *Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and mental health |
| “Our research of diseases that pose great risks to women - cardiovascular disease, diabetes and the intersection of mental and physical health - is making healthier, more helpful futures possible.” https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/center-for-womens-health-research/research/research-areas | ||
| *Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center | Smidt Heart Institute | Female-pattern heart disease |
| “playing a leading role in identifying female-pattern heart disease, developing new diagnostic tools and advancing specialized care for women.” https://www.cedars-sinai.org/programs/heart/clinical/womens-heart.html | ||
| Europe | ||
| Heart and Brain Ageing Group | The University of Oxford | Aging |
| “Our group investigates this heart-brain link in detail, by studying how the health of our heart and large blood vessels affect the brain and memory as we grow older.” https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/research/heart-and-brain-research | ||
| Heart & Brain Center Goettingen (HBCG) | University Medical Center Goettingen | None mentioned |
| “…research the mutual dependencies and 3 common mechanisms of cardiovascular, neurological and neuromuscular diseases in a research building specially constructed for this purpose.” https://www.umg.eu/ueber-uns/infos-medien/heart-and-brain-center-goettingen/ | ||
| Asia | ||
| The Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging (“HBHA”) | The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine | Hormone and aging |
| “…aim to pursue medical problems associated with heart, brain, hormone and aging in depth, the Centre brings together the research expertise of its investigator members…” https://www.med.hku.hk/hbha/ | ||
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Centers focused on sex differences or women’s health which include heart and brain disease.