Harriette Van Spall MD, MPH, FRCPC

Dr. Van Spall is a Principal Investigator for the Knowledge Translation and the Heart Failure programs at the Population Health Research Institute. She is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine at McMaster University. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed postgraduate training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Echocardiography at the University of Toronto.

Her research, supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, is in quality of care and outcomes, knowledge translation, and health systems improvement pertaining to Heart Failure. She has won several research awards, and her work has been published in high-impact medical journals, including JAMA, Lancet, Circulation, and Annals of Internal Medicine.