Jennifer Price, PhD, RN, CCN(C) 

Toronto, ON | @JenPrice2549

Chief Nursing Executive and Advanced Practice Nurse
Women's Cardiovascular Health Initiative, Women's College Hospital in Toronto
Adjunct Professor
Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Toronto, ON | @JenPrice2549

CWHHA member since September 2018

Biography

Jennifer Price is the Chief Nursing Executive and an Advanced Practice Nurse in the Women's Cardiovascular Health Initiative at Women's College Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Price holds a PhD and an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the University of Toronto and she is a Certified Cardiovascular Nurse with the Canadian Nurses Association. Dr. Price is an Adjunct Professor in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto where she is involved in graduate faculty education.
Dr. Price's clinical practice is in the area of women and heart disease in Women's Cardiovascular Health Initiative, Canada's first and only cardiac rehabilitation program designed and delivered specifically for woman.
Dr. Price's research interests explore cardiac rehabilitation, women and heart disease. She is interested in interventions which assist women to make healthy lifestyle choices. From a health services perspective her interest is in developing methods of care delivery that improve referral and access for women to cardiac rehabilitation programs and which help women stay engaged in rehabilitation. She recently completed a pilot trial "Exploring the Feasibility, Acceptability and Effectiveness of a Mosque-Based Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in South Asian Muslim Women" funded by the Women's Xchange $15K Challenge.
She is presently co-investigator on the ADAPT – Avoiding Diabetes after Pregnancy Trial – which is funded by the Lawson Foundation, the Canadian Diabetes Association and CIHR and Development and Usability Testing of HEARTPA♀N: An Integrated Smartphone and Web-Based Intervention for Women with Cardiac Pain also funded by CIHR.
In 2012, Dr. Price received the Joan Lesmond Award, Women's College Hospital for her work in quality related to medication reconciliation and in 2016 Jennifer was honored with the Canadian Women's Heart Health Advocacy Award.