Karine Savard, MHK

Ottawa, ON

Program Manager
Prevention and Wellness Centre
Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON

CWHHA member since December 2023

Biography

Karine Savard is a program manager for the Prevention & Wellness Centre and the Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre. She is the project lead the Network FORWARD, a women’s cardiovascular disease prevention network that focuses on improving awareness, screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of premature CVD and its risk factors among women. Karine is also the lead for the Virtual Care Program, an interactive e-health platform designed to educate and motivate individuals to manage and improve their heart health.  Karine has been at the Heart Institute since 2013 and has worked with various projects such as the FrancoForme program, Heart Wise Exercise and the Women@Heart program in the Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation.

Karine received a Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics (B.Sc. spécialisé en sciences de l'activité physique) from the University of Ottawa. During her undergraduate studies, Karine had the opportunity to study in the Sports Faculty at the University of Aix-Marseille in Marseille, France. She also completed a Master's in Human Kinetics with a Concentration in Intervention and Consultation at the University of Ottawa in 2015.