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Joining is simple, all it takes is one additional blood draw with our team on hand to support you and answer questions at every step.

MOSAIC: Bringing Precision Heart Care to All

Why join MOSAIC?

Heart disease touches almost every family in Canada. By joining the MOSAIC study, you can help change the future of heart care. Your participation will give researchers the information they need to develop better ways to detect, prevent, and treat heart conditions — not just for you, but for families and communities across British Columbia and beyond.

Participation is safe, voluntary, and designed to fit easily into your regular care. Every person who joins brings us one step closer to making personalized heart health a reality for all.

MOSAIC is part of a larger Canadian program called the Canadian Precision Health Initiative (CPHI), led by Genome Canada. The Canadian Precision Health Initiative is a national effort to bring the latest advances in genomics into healthcare, ensuring that discoveries translate into better, more personalized care for all Canadians. It will create a data set of 100,000 Canadians to support research into the future.

You can explore details on MOSAIC as well as the other projects contributing to this initiative on the Genome Canada website.

What’s involved?

Joining MOSAIC is designed to fit into your regular care. There is only one additional step: a single blood draw. Here’s how it works:

  1. Visit mosaic.ubc.ca and click Join Study.
  2. Complete the online consent form and health questionnaire. Confirm your participation. With your permission, we will use your health information as part of the study.
  3. Receive your lab requisition. We’ll email you a form for your bloodwork and can send a copy directly to the hospital lab.
  4. Complete your blood draw within 30 days at the hospital lab (on the same day as your echocardiogram or later).
  5. Your sample will be analyzed. Part of your blood will undergo standard clinical tests, and part will be sent to the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre for whole-genome sequencing (learn more about WGS).
  6. We will securely link this information with your existing health data. Using advanced artificial intelligence, researchers will study patterns that can help predict heart disease and guide more personalized treatments in the future.

We can help you book your lab appointment, walk you through the sign-up process, or answer your questions about the study. Set up a call or contact us here

Who can take part?

  • Adults (19 years and older) who have had a recent echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or who have been referred for an echocardiogram by a doctor.
  • People from all communities across BC and Yukon are welcome.
  • We are especially committed to including participants from rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, so that the research reflects everyone’s needs.

Patient Advisory Groups

Your participation, experience, and input are important to us.

We are seeking patients for our Patient Advisory Committee, and our Indigenous Advisory Committee, to guide our work and make sure it aligns with participant health priorities.

Please contact our study coordinator for more information.

Canadian Precision Health Initiative

The MOSAIC project is part of the Canadian Precision Health Initiative, led by Genome Canada. Alongside several partners, the program aims to build Canada’s largest-ever collection of human genomic data—more than 100,000 genomes representing the diversity of Canada’s population.

This landmark collaboration will help transform health care in Canada by unlocking genome sequencing data for more personalized, preventative and cost-effective care.

  • Additionally, the project will be working with the Pan-Canadian Genome Library. Funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and led by a team of Canadian geneticists, this platform is the framework for Canada’s management and sharing of human genomic data. Health data from the MOSAIC project will be housed in this secure platform.
  • The team will also work with the Indigenous Background Variant Library, a list or collection of all the DNA variants in Canada’s Indigenous population, which helps to determine variants that are common or rare in the general population. This will provide important reference points when collecting data for the MOSAIC project.

SIGN UP NOW!

Join thousands of people across British Columbia who are helping us build a healthier future for every community.

The MOSAIC Study is working to improve how we detect, prevent, and treat heart disease — especially in communities that have been underserved or face barriers to care. By combining heart imaging, genetics, and other health information, we aim to create more personalized ways to understand and manage heart health.

We’re inviting 8,000 participants from diverse backgrounds — including rural, urban, and Indigenous communities — to take part when they come for a clinically indicated echocardiogram at one of 16 hospital-based echo labs across BC and the Yukon.

Who can join:

  • Adults 19 years and older who are having an echocardiogram
  • Able to provide informed consent

Who cannot join:

  • There are no other exclusions — everyone is welcome to participate.

Your involvement will help researchers develop better tools for early prevention, diagnosis, and treatment — and build a future where every community and every heart are cared for.

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