Innovative Science Summaries

Multi-disciplinary Teams

Drive Innovation in Science

Since 2014, the American Heart Association has funded multi-disciplinary teams to further innovation in specific areas of science. Referred to as Strategic Networks, each are comprised of three to six multi-disciplinary teams from different institutions, working on multiple projects in the area of focus. Upon completion of the funding, reports are generated summarizing the innovative work and discoveries of these collaborations.


Learn more about current and past multi-disciplinary collaborations.
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Cardiology
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Heart Failure: Research Summary

2016-2020

  • Duke University
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • University of Colorado Denver
  • University of Utah
See full Heart Failure summary (PDF)
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Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: Research Summary

2015-2019

  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Morehouse School of Medicine / Emory University
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Colorado Denver
See full Disparities in CVD and Stroke summary (PDF)
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Atrial Fibrillation Research Summary

2018-2022

  • Boston University
  • The Sarah Ross Soter Center for AFib at the Cleveland Clinic
  • Northwestern University
  • Vanderbilt University
  • The Joe and Linda Chlapaty DECIDE Center at Stanford University
  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) - American Heart Association DECIDE Center at the University of Utah
See full Atrial Fibrillation summary
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Arrhythmia and Sudden Cardiac Death: Research Summary

2019-2023

  • University of Michigan
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Washington
  • Vanderbilt University
See full Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death summary (PDF)
Epidemiology/Prevention
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Prevention: Research Summary

2014-2018

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Northwestern University
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • Vanderbilt University 
See full Prevention summary (PDF)
Hypertension/Kidney
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Hypertension: Research Summary

2015-2019

  • Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham 
  • University of Iowa
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Lifestyle/Cardiometabolic Health
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Obesity: Research Summary

2017-2021

  • Johns Hopkins University
  • New York University Medical Center
  • The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Pediatrics
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Children's: Research Summary

2017-2021

  • Children’s National Research Institute
  • University of Utah
  • Northwestern University
  • Duke University 
See full Children's summary (PDF)
Stroke
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Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: Research Summary

2015-2019

  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Morehouse School of Medicine / Emory University
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Colorado Denver
See full Disparities in CVD and Stroke summary (PDF)
Womens Health
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Go Red For Women: Research Summary

2016-2020

  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Magee-Women's Research Institute
  • New York University School of Medicine
  • University of California, San Diego
See full Go Red For Women summary