Strategically Focused Research Networks

Active Strategically Focused Research Networks

The AHA is currently funding the Strategically Focused Research Networks (SFRN) listed below. 

Obesity SFRN
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Md.), New York University Medical Center (N.Y.), University of Alabama, Birmingham (Ala.), Vanderbilt University (Tenn.)

Children’s SFRN
Children's National Health System (D.C.), Duke University Medical Center (N.C.), Northwestern University (Ill.), University of Utah (Utah)

Vascular Disease SFRN
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Mass.), Northwestern University (Ill.), University of Kentucky (Ky.), Vanderbilt University (Tenn.)

Atrial Fibrillation SFRN
Boston University (Mass.), Cleveland Clinic (Ohio), Northwestern University (Ill.), Stanford University (Calif.), University of Utah (Utah), Vanderbilt University (Tenn.)

Arrhythmias & Sudden Cardiac Death SFRN
Michigan University (Mich.), Northwestern University (Ill.), Vanderbilt University (Tenn.), University of Washington (Wash.)

Cardiometabolic Health & Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus SFRN
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Mass.), University of Iowa (Iowa), New York University (N.Y.), Johns Hopkins University (Md.)

Health Technologies & Innovation SFRN
Boston University (Mass.), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (Ohio), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Md.), Stanford University (Calif.), University of Michigan (Mich.)

Completed Strategically Focused Research Networks

Funding has ended for the networks listed below. Results of their work are contained in the executive summaries and lay summaries. Click the at-a-glance links to see the awardees, sites and individual project summaries.

Prevention SFRN
Northwestern University (Ill.), Vanderbilt University (Tenn.), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (N.Y.), University of Texas, Southwestern (Texas) 
Prevention SFRN Executive Summary (PDF)

Hypertension SFRN
University of Iowa (Iowa), Medical College of Wisconsin (Wis.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Ohio), University of Alabama, Birmingham (Ala.)  
Hypertension SFRN Executive Summary (PDF)

Disparities SFRN
Medical University of South Carolina (S.C.), Morehouse School of Medicine (Ga.), Northwestern University (Ill.), University of Colorado Denver (Colo.)

Go Red for Women SFRN 
Columbia University Medical Center (N.Y.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Md.), Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation (Pa.), New York University Medical Center (N.Y.), University of California, San Diego (Calif.)

Heart Failure SFRN
Duke University Medical Center (N.C.), Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass.), University of Utah (Utah), University of Colorado Denver (Colo.)