Patient Engagement

The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures serves as the essential bridge between academic vascular research and community-based patient care, uniquely positioned to deliver patient-centric innovation through deep, authentic patient engagement that larger infrastructures cannot efficiently provide.

We are the catalyst organization that transforms research insights into actionable community health solutions while simultaneously generating real-world evidence that informs clinical practice and policy—with patients as true partners, not just subjects, in every aspect of our work.

Patient-Centered Research Values

  • Patient Advisory Task Force expertise

    We provide the community engagement infrastructure and methodology they need to authentically involve patients in clinical guideline development

  • Community validation of clinical approaches

    Our patient partners help translate clinical guidelines into real-world applicable recommendations

  • Patient-reported outcome measures

    We generate community-based data on what matters most to patients, not just clinical endpoints

  • Diverse patient voice integration

    We ensure underrepresented communities are meaningfully included in professional society initiatives

  • Community trust building

    Our established relationships with diverse communities can accelerate AHA's health equity initiatives

  • Patient education innovation

    Our multi-language, culturally responsive educational approaches offer templates for national campaigns

  • Real-world patient data partnerships

    We contribute community-based patient perspectives that complement their clinical datasets

Our Patient Engagement Approach

  • Patients as Research Partners

    We meaningfully involve patients in research design, implementation, and interpretation from the ground up

  • Multi-Cultural Patient Voices

    We engage patients in 10+ languages with culturally appropriate materials and approaches

  • Patient Advisory Leadership

    We facilitate patient advisory task forces that directly influence clinical guidelines and research priorities

  • Real-World Patient Data Collection

    We gather authentic patient experiences from 750+ diverse community members across 6+ ethnicities

Working Groups

The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures hosts our biennial Innovation & Research Summits to prioritize pressing needs in vascular research and care, and to identify collaborative solutions. The best ideas (and most-needed solutions) are turned into internal programs, special initiatives, and collaborative working groups.