Sandra Lauck holds the St. Paul's Hospital Professorship in Cardiovascular Nursing at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver Canada. She has a joint appointment at the UBC School of Nursing where she is a Knowledge Exchange and Mobilization Scholar, and at St. Paul's Hospital as a clinician scientist at the Heart Centre and senior clinical nurse specialist lead. Sandra's program of research focuses on the integration of patients' perspectives in clinical care, the development of clinical processes to support cardiac innovation, and the advancement of the nursing workforce.