Division of Cardiology

Clara Chow

MBBS, FRACP, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine

Researcher, Population Health Research Institute

 

 

Research Interests

Dr. Clara Chow is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada. She is based in Sydney, Australia at the George Institute for Global Health. 
Dr. Chow’s principal research interests have been in cardiovascular disease prevention. She works on the EPOCH (Environmental Profile of a Community’s Health) and PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology) studies at the Population Health Research Institute.

Current research support funding includes:

  1. NHMRC Sidney Sax Public Health Fellow, Cofunded by NHMRC and NHFA
    $357,400 over 4 years (2 yrs Canada, 2 yrs Australia),  Jan 1, 2008
  2. Sydney Medical Foundation Chapman Fellow, Jan 1, 2010

Selected Publications

  1. Corsi D, Chow CK, Lear S, Rahman MO, Subramanian SV, Teo K.  Shared Environments: A Multilevel Analysis Of Community Context And Child Nutritional Status In Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition. In Press October 2010.
  2. Ritchie, G, Kengne, A; Joshi, R, Chow, CK; Neal, B; Patel, A; Zoungas, S.  A Comparison Of Near Patient Capillary Glucose Measurement And A Risk Assessment Questionnaire In Screening For Type 2 Diabetes In A High-Risk Population In Rural India.  Diabetes Care.  In Press September, 2010
  3. Chow CK, Islam S, Bautista L, Rumboldt Z, Yusufali A, Xie C, Anand SS, Engert JC, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S.  Parental History And Myocardial Infarction Risk - Can Known Behavioral, Biological, Psychosocial And Genetic Factors Explain The Relationship? JACC. In Press June 2010
  4. Thompson HJ, Pell ACH, Chow CK, Pell JP. Screening Families Of Patients With Premature Coronary Heart Disease To Identify Avoidable Cardiovascular Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Family Members And A General Population Comparison Group. BMC Research Notes.  In Press September 2010.
  5. Chow CK, Jolly S, Rao-Melacini P, Fox KAA, Anand SS, Yusuf S. Association Of Diet, Exercise And Smoking Modification To Risk Of Early Cardiovascular Events After Acute Coronary Syndromes. Circulation Feb 16, 2010 121 (6):750-8 Impact factor 10.94  
  6. Chow CK, Moayyedi P, Devereaux PJ. Is It Safe To Use A Proton Pump Inhibitor With Clopidogrel? Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2009 Sep;119(9):564-8
  7. Chow CK. What Is The Significance Of Unrecognised Non-Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction? PLoS Med 6(4): e1000060. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000060
  8. Chow CK, Joshi R, Gottumukkala AK, Raju K, Raju R, Reddy S, MacMahon S, Neal B. Rational And Design Of The Rural Andhra Pradesh Cardiovascular Prevention Study (Rapcaps) – A Factorial, Cluster-Randomised Trial Of Two Low-Cost Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Strategies Developed For Rural Andhra Pradesh, India. American Heart Journal 2009 Sep;158(3):349-55.
  9. Chow CK, Sheth T. What Is The Role Of Invasive Versus Non-Invasive Coronary Angiography In The Investigation Of Patients Suspected To Have Coronary Heart Disease? Internal Medicine Journal 2009, Oct 7 EPub ahead of print.
  10. Teo K, Chow CK, Vaz M, Yusuf S on behalf of the PURE investigators. The Prospecitve Urban Rural Epidemiology (Pure) Study – Examining The Impact Of Societal Influences On Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases In Low, Middle And High-Income Countries. American Heart Journal 2009 Jul;158(1):1-7.
  11. Teo K, Liu L, Chow CK, Wang X, Islam S, Jiang L, Sanderson JE, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S for the INTERHEART Investigators in China. Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors Associated With Myocardial Infarction In China: The Interheart China Study. Heart. 2009 May 28. [Epub ahead of print] Impact factor 4.141
  12. Rosengren A, Subramanian SV, Islam S, Chow CK, Avezum A, Kazmi K, Sliwa K, Zubaid M, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S for the INTERHEART Investigators. Education And Risk For Acute Myocardial Infarction In 52 High, Middle And Low-Income Countries: Interheart Case-Control Study. Heart 2009 Dec;95(24):2014-2022. Impact factor 4.141
  13. Joshi R, Chow CK, Raju PK, Raju R, Reddy S, MacMahon S, Lopez A, Neal B. Fatal And Non-Fatal Cardiovascular Disease And The Use Of Therapies For Secondary Prevention In A Developing Rural Region Of India. Circulation 2009 April;119 (13):1950-5. Impact factor 10.94
  14. Chow CK, Lock K, Teo K, Subramanian SV, McKee M, Yusuf S.  Environmental And Societal Influences Acting On Cardiovascular Risk Factors And Disease At A Population Level: A Review. International Journal of Epidemiology 2009 Dec;38(6):1580-94.  Impact factor 5.151
  15. Chow CK. The Potential Role Of Ct Calcium Scoring In Population Screening For Cardiovascular Disease. Consult Magazine. June, 2009.
  16. Chow CK, Joshi R, Celermajer DS, Patel A, Neal BC. Re-Calibration Of A Framingham Risk Equation To A Developing Rural Population In India. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2009 April;63:379-385. Impact Factor 2.956
  17. Cardona M, Joshi R, Ivers RQ, Iyengar S, Chow CK, Colman S, Ramakrishna G, Dandona R, Stevenson MR, Neal BC. The Burden Of Fatal And Non-Fatal Injury In Rural India. Injury Prevention 2008 Aug: 14(4):232-7. Impact Factor 1.844.
  18. Chow CK, Pell JP. The Importance Of Screening To Prevent Heart Attacks. Future Cardiology 2008: 4(2):103-6.
  19. Chow CK, McQuillan B, Raju K, Iyengar S, Raju R, Neal B, Celermajer D. Greater Adverse Effects Of Cholesterol And Diabetes On Carotid Intima-Media Thickness In South Asian Indians: Comparison Of Risk Factor-Imt Associations In Two Population-Based Surveys. Atherosclerosis 2008 Jul;199(1):116-22. Impact factor 3.777.
  20. Chow CK, Pell ACH, Walker A, O’Dowd C, Dominiczak AF, Pell JP. Families Of Patients With Premature Coronary Heart Disease: An Obvious But Neglected Target For Primary Prevention. BMJ Sept 8, 2007;335(7618):481-5. Impact Factor 9.052.
  21. Chow CK, Naidu S, Raju K, Joshi R, Sullivan D, Celermajer DS, Neal BC. Significant Lipid, Adiposity And Metabolic Abnormalities Amongst 4,535 Indians From A Developing Region Of Rural Andhra Pradesh. Atherosclerosis 2008:196:943-952. Impact factor 3.777.
  22. Chow CK, Raju PK, Raju R, Reddy KS, Cardona M, Celermajer DS, Neal BC. The Prevalence And Management Of Diabetes In Rural India. Diabetes Care July 2006;29(7):1717-8. Impact factor 7.844.
  23. Chow CK, Cardona M, Raju PK, Iyengar S, Sukumar A, Raju R, Colman S, Madhav P, Raju Rama, Celermajer D, Neal B. Cardiovascular Disease And Risk Factors Among 345 Adults In Rural India – The Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative. International Journal of Cardiology, 2007;116:180-185. Impact factor 1.765.
  24. Puranik R, Chow CK, Duflou J, Kilborn M, McGuire M. Sudden Death In The Young. Heart Rhythm 2005;2(12): 1277-82. Impact factor 2.667.