Mark Haykowsky, Ph.D., FACC, FAHA, FACSM

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Nursing

Email: mhaykows@ualberta.ca

Research Chair in Aging and Quality of Life, Faculty of Nursing

Email
Address: 3-045 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
11405 87 Ave NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 1C9

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Aging; Heart Failure; CardiooOncology; Oxygen Transport & Utilization; Sports Cardiology

About

PUBMED LINK: https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/?term=Haykowsky+OR+Haykowski+OR+haykowksy+OR+Ph D MJH

Research

Professor & Endowed Research Chair in Aging, Faculty of Nursing, College of Health Sciences.
Director, Integrated Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation (iCARE) Laboratory.
My internationally recognized research program examines the biological mechanisms underpinning the decline in cardiovascular health and fitness across the healthy aging and heart failure continuum, and the role of lifestyle interventions to improve cardiac, peripheral vascular, and skeletal muscle function, physical function and quality of life. A second research area is in the cardiooncology field with specific focus on the role of exercise training to prevent cardiovascular and skeletal muscle deconditioning across the breast cancer survivorship continuum. A final research focus is in sport cardiology and cardiac mechanics in athletes. Director,
Published >300 peer-reviewed articles (Google Scholar: h-index: 85; i10-index: 251; Citations: 25,327).
AD Scientific Index - World Scientist and University Rankings 2025: Top 0.6% globally out of 2,625,141 scientists from 219 countries and 24,667 institutions worldwide covering 220 subjects.
EXPERTSCAPE World’s Top Experts:
2nd out of 75,391 published authors worldwide of "Oxygen Consumption" World Experts
Invited or keynote speaker for over 230 Local, National, or International Scientific Meetings.
PI/Co-I for 51 grants including CIHR and NIH (>$40 million awarded).
Expert Working Group Member for several National Institutes of Health (NHLBI, NIA) initiatives including the most recent meeting focusing on potential extracardiac contributors to HFpEF in older adults (https://www-sciencedirect-com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/science/article/pii/S0735109721056916?via%3Dihub)
Supervised / Committee member for 120 trainees.
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC).
Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).
Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM).

Teaching

Courses Taught: NURS 311 - EVIDENCE INFORMED NURSING PRACTICE

NURS 596 - RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS

Announcements

RESEARCH GRANTS

CURRENT GRANTS

Phenotyping cardiotoxicity and heart failure risk in breast cancer survivors: Moving beyond resting ejection fraction. Cancer Research Society & CIHR (PI, $129,200; 2024-2026).
Imaging of Long-Term Tissue Damage from COVID-19 and Cardiometabolic Disease. CIHR Project Grant (Co-Investigator, $887,400; 2024-2029).
Neuromuscular dysfunction in women receiving taxane-based chemotherapy. 2024 Cross Cancer Institute Investigator Initiated Trial Grant Funding Competition (CO-I, 132,792; 2024-2026).
Dapagliflozin for long COVID syndrome. CIHR Bridge Grant (CO-I:$100,000; 2024-2025).
Dapagliflozin for long COVID syndrome. Long COVID Web (CO-I: $100,000; 2024-2025).
Impact of exercise on the heart and aorta in people with aortic dissection. Dr. Margaret "Marmie" Perkins Hess Heart Research Pilot Grant-Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Alberta (PI: $50,000; 2024-2025).
Cardiac, cerebral and skeletal muscle hemodynamics and oxygenation in Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and Healthy Controls. Ward Estate Chronic Fatigue Research Competition, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta (Co-PI: 150,000; 2024-2026).
A novel remote intervention to decelerate the age-related decline and disease development among older breast cancer survivors. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Biological and Clinical Aspects of Aging (Co-Investigator, $895,050; 2023-2028).
Utilizing Exercise Cardiovascular and Skeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Evaluate Factors Associated with Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program and Big Gifts for Little Lives (Co-Investigator: $30,000; 2023-2025).
Management of Impaired Functional Capacity in Older Breast Cancer Survivors. CIHR Project Grant - Biological and Clinical Aspects of Aging (PI: $577,576; 2022-2027).
Quantitative Imaging of the Evolution of the Whole-Body Fat Profile in Breast Cancer Survivors. CIHR Project Grant (Co-PI, $755,440; 2021-2026).

Courses

NURS 311 - Evidence Informed Nursing Practice

The course provides a hands on approach to evidence-informed nursing practice. This includes formulating clinical questions, systematic searching of electronic databases, reading, interpreting and critically appraising health research. Emphasis is on developing thinking and information literacy skills necessary to be an astute research consumer, and using evidence to inform clinical decision making. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative/Honors Program, After Degree/After Degree Honors Program or RPN-BScN Program. Prerequisite for Collaborative/Honors Program students: NURS 211 (or NURS 341). Credit may be obtained for only one of NURS 311 or 301.

Winter Term 2026

NURS 598 - Translating Knowledge

Examine use of knowledge in diverse settings, by different stakeholders, and for various types of decision-making. Explore evidence-based decisions, guidelines, policies and procedures; quality improvement, and knowledge translation strategies.