Sherry L. Grace, PhD, FCCS, FAACVPR, CRFC holds her primary appointment as Full Professor in the Faculty of Health at York University, Canada. She is also appointed at the University Health Network, University of Toronto, as Sr. Scientist with KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute’s Cardiovascular Rehabilitation & Prevention Program, and is Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation Research with their Peter Munk Cardiac Centre.
Prof. Grace’s research centers on optimizing post-acute cardiovascular care in low-resource settings, to improve patient outcomes (including mental health). She has held >65 grants and contracts worth ~$20 million to support this research. She has led the development of cardiac rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines, position statements, quality indicators and global surveys. She has published >325 papers, with an h-index of 70 and is among the top 2% most-cited researchers globally.
Prof. Grace has earned awards from AACVPR. She co-founded ICCPR.