Jodi Edwards

PhD

Investigator

Director, Brain and Heart Nexus Research Program
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Associate Professor
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa

Director
University of Ottawa Heart Institute Population Outcomes Research Unit

Adjunct Scientist
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

About:

Jodi Edwards, PhD, is the Director of the Brain and Heart Nexus Research Program at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, Director of the UOHI Population Outcomes Research Unit and an ICES Adjunct Scientist. Edwards’ expertise is in cardiovascular epidemiology and her research focuses on risk assessment and predictive modeling for the heart-brain interface, clinical prediction tools and neuromodulation interventions for recovery.

Edwards receives funding from CIHR, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Brain Canada and NSERC and is one of the 10 named PIs on the Brain-Heart Interconnectome CFREF program ($107M over 7 years) and is also the lead PI on the STROKECOG CIHR Clinical Trials Training Platform for innovative clinical trial training initiatives in stroke and cognition ($3M over 3 years).

Since 2020, she has been awarded the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) National New Investigator in Women’s Heart and Brain Health, UOHI Investigator of the Year, Faculty of Medicine Early Career Researcher of the Year and Canadian Women’s Heart, Brain and Vascular Health Investigator Award. Edwards publishes extensively in leading clinical journals and has received national media attention for her work. She is Co-PI of the Canadian Platform for Trials in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation, and Co-Chaired the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance Roundtable on Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation and is a member of the Health Systems and Policy Working Group for the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance.

Research Interests:

Novel cardiac markers of stroke and dementia risk, heart-brain connections, cardiovascular comorbidity.