Robby Nieuwlaat

McMaster University and Population Health Research Institute

C-SPIN: Principal Investigator Knowledge Translation Program (C-CUSP)

Dr. Nieuwlaat is Assistant Professor in the department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics at McMaster University. He is also a researcher at the Population Health Research Institute since 2011. He obtained his clinical epidemiology PhD degree in 2007 at Maastricht University on the topic of ‘Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Europe’ and worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the PHRI in 2008-2011. Dr. Nieuwlaat’s research focuses on better understanding gaps and barriers to optimal care. He tests interventions to improve the application of guideline recommended care and consequently cardiovascular outcomes. For this, he has performed observational studies assessing the quality of care for atrial fibrillation patients and, systematic reviews to summarize barriers to care and the effects of knowledge translation intervention techniques to improve the uptake of recommended care. He also conducted cluster randomized trials testing interventions to improve the uptake of recommended atrial fibrillation care.