Colleen Norris, PhD, MSc, BScN, RN, FAHA, FCAHS

Edmonton, AB | @womensheart2

Past Chair, Health Systems and Policy Working Group
Professor and Clinician Scientist, Faculties of Nursing, Medicine & Dentistry, and School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Scientific Director, Cardiovascular Health and Stroke Strategic Clinical Network
Fellow, American Heart Association
Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Edmonton, AB | @womensheart2

CWHHA member since 2018

Biography

Dr. Colleen Norris, Professor and Clinician Scientist, Faculties of Nursing, Medicine & Dentistry, and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, is Scientific Director, Cardiovascular Health and Stroke Strategic Clinical Network; Fellow, American Heart Association; Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences; and past-Chair, Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance, Health Systems and Policy Working Group. Dr. Norris is internationally recognized for her leadership in developing and disseminating evidence informed strategies to transform clinical practice and impact public policy related to women’s heart health. She established the methodology to incorporate sex and gender information into the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s Clinical Practice Guidelines. Dr. Norris is coleading (Dr. Sharon Mulvagh) the Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance ATLAS on the Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases in Women.