Rubee Dev, MPH, PhD

Vancouver, British Columbia

Assistant Professor School of Nursing
Faculty of Applied Science
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia | @DevRubee

CWHHA member since April 2024

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the UBC School of Nursing & Associate Faculty at the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, with research focus on Global Women's Cardiovascular Health. My work entails extensive research to identify the data gaps and opportunities for action in meeting the needs of women's cardiovascular health, nationally and around the world.

Currently, I am co-directing the British Columbia node of the Canadian Primary Health Care Research Network (BC-PHCRN)and Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (BC-CPCSSN). As a leading figure of the BC-PHCRN and BC-CPCSSN, I am independently leading and co-leading multiple research and quality improvement projects in collaboration with other prominent primary health care researchers provincially and nationally.

I have a strong track record of peer-reviewed publications and is the nominated principal applicant of $1,000,000 grant from the BC Ministry of Health and Michael Smith Health Research BC(2022-2027)to operate the BC Primary Health Care Research Network. This network is providing strong support for my beginning program of research, which is to optimize cardiovascular health of postpartum women in BC, Canada, and globally.My program of research will apply innovative data to risk calculation and risk reduction using the CPCSSN and BC-CPCSSN databases.

My program of research is informed by my ongoing research work in which I am conducting a systematic review to explore the influence of gender on the adherence to self-care behaviours for HF risk management in the global context[PI, Hampton New Faculty Grant 2022]. Preliminary findings of the study suggest poor to moderate adherence to self-care behaviours worldwide.Differences between men and women in adherence to self-care behaviours is conflicting. I am also conducting a systematic review to explore the country and context specific lifestyle interventions that has shown to be effective in the management of HF[PI, Lyle Creelman Endowment Fund,2023].Preliminary findings on context-specific differences are contradictory, suggesting further research is urgently needed in this area. Additionally,I am co-investigating a study entitled“Multidisciplinary Approach for high-risk Patients Leading to Early diagnosis of Canadians with Heart Failure [MAPLE-CHF]”[Co-I, Cardiology Research UBC, 2023]. The main objective of this study is to assess the use of a targeted screening strategy to detect undiagnosed HF in high-risk people when compared to usual care.I am a mixed-method researcher and will employ my individual quantitative and qualitative skills in my research projects.