On March 5, 2025, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) received a significant breakthrough in pediatric research with an $11.7 million award from Genome Canada. As part of the Canadian Precision Health Initiative, a total of $81 million in...

The fifth annual Ted Rogers Centre Heart Failure Symposium will be held virtually for the first time, Dec. 4-5, 2020. This meeting, which blends clinical innovations with the latest scientific advances, has grown to become Canada’s largest conference on heart failure. On Friday, December 4th, our research-focused symposium features national and international experts who will […]
Medicine by Design’s 5th Annual Symposium will bring together principal investigators and trainees from across the University of Toronto and its affiliated hospitals, members of our Scientific Advisory Board, representatives from our ecosystem partners across industry, the investment community, government and the not-for-profit sector, and international collaborators to advance our research toward impact. The theme […]
Stanford Cardiovascular Institute are organizing weekly virtual CVI Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar. The Zoom webinars are open to the public. We encourage you to attend and have a lively Q&A discussion. Below are the Zoom details for our upcoming speaker. Speaker: Joan Heller Brown, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, UCSD School […]
For this month's webinar, Quinn Bonafiglia will presenting on the talk "Pulmonary Hypertension in Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 Deficient Mice". He is a student in Michelle Bendeck's lab at University of Toronto. Professor Bendeck is known for her pioneering work in vascular matrix biology. Her research on cellmatrix interactions in atherosclerosis and its complications is […]
Building a Successful Start-Up in the Midst of a Pandemic Dr. Naimark is one of the founders of Ripple Therapeutics (RIPL) following its spin out from Interface Biologics (IBI) in 2020. Dr. Naimark has been leading teams in the development of local drug delivery products for over 20 years. She joined IBI in 2016 and […]
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR) initiated monthly lab meetings in May 2018. They take place on the last Tuesday of the month, from 4 -5 pm. This month, the lab meeting will take place on Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021, from 4-5 pm on Zoom. Please see the table below for more info […]
The department of Labratory, Medicine & Pathobiology at University of Toronto are hosting weekly seminar series. The seminar series take place every Monday, from 10 -11 am. This week, the seminar will be hosted by Dr. Sara Vasconcelos. Christine Mummery will be speaking on the topic of "Cardiovascular applications of human pluripotent stem cells: the […]
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research will be organzing virtual writing workshops for Canadian patients living with heart failure or heart disease. Being diagnosed with heart failure or disease can make you feel as if your world has turned upside down. Powerful emotions arise that are often difficult to express. “Expressive writing” has proven […]
Journey to Re-envisioning Access to Health Data James is a licensed carpenter, quantum scientist and health-tech entrepreneur who is motivated by solving novel transformative problems. First joining as a partner in his family carpentry business, he built houses for 9 years until his strong interest in quantum physics led him to the University of Toronto. […]
Dear TRCHR community, We will be using our next Lab meeting time slot (Feb 23 4-5 pm) for a special session, to provide an update on the Ted Rogers Centre, following successful completion of our first 5-year International External Review in late September, and our related plans for a Strategic Renewal Process. This session will […]