Over ten years ago, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR) set out to put engineers, biologists, and clinicians in the same room and see what happens when they take on heart failure together. Dr. Craig Simmons was chosen to lead that effort. A University of...
A person walks into an emergency department with heart failure. Within hours, a doctor must make a consequential call to send them home or admit them to the hospital. Both options run their own risks – admitting the patient can lead to an unnecessary hospitalization...
For researchers studying heart disease, lab-grown heart cells are an essential tool. Created from human stem cells, they offer a powerful way to model disease, test therapies, and better understand heart function. However, the challenge remains that these cells behave...
For children living with cardiomyopathy, heart failure is not always caused by the heart losing its ability to pump. In many cases, the problem is more subtle, but just as serious: the heart becomes stiff and struggles to relax and fill properly between beats. This...
New findings from the UNEARTH CVD research team have shed light on an important but often overlooked aspect of cardiovascular care: the cognitive health of people living with heart failure. Published in Cureus, this new publication is the first study to examine...
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research is proud to celebrate an extraordinary milestone in the career of Dr. Paul Santerre, who has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the highest honour bestowed upon academic inventors. This...
Join us live on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, as six startups from the 2025-2026 ECHO (Entrepreneurship for Commercialization of Health Opportunities) program take the stage to compete for funding from a $200K pool. The competition will feature two streams, General Health and Cardiovascular Health, each offering a $100K prize.
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ECHO PITCH is co-hosted by the Temerty Medicine Commercialization & Partnerships Unit and the Translational Biology & Engineering Program (TBEP) at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research.
Entrepreneurship for Commercialization of Health Opportunities (ECHO) is a specialized entrepreneurship training program, led by veteran entrepreneurs and consultants across a variety of sectors, and designed to bridge the translational gap for health innovations.
Ventures participating in this 12-month virtual training program receive entrepreneurship training, mentorship and support to create and grow their high-impact, health-focused startup. They also gain access to partnership and funding opportunities.
Launched in 2018, ECHO has supported over 85 ventures and 220 venture team members, awarding over $1.7 million in funding to help transform cutting-edge health research into real-world solutions. Led by the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Commercialization & Partnerships Unit at the University of Toronto, ECHO is funded and organized in partnership with the Translational Biology & Engineering Program (TBEP) at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research.