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...
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Celebrating Dr. Soror Sharifpoor
After eight transformative years at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR), Dr. Soror Sharifpoor is embarking on an exciting new chapter in her career. As the Director of Strategy & Translation at the Translational Biology and Engineering Program (TBEP)...
Our 2023-24 Innovation Fund Award Winners
With a mission to support novel approaches to managing and preventing heart failure, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research uses its Innovation Fund to propel emerging research with great potential. The 2024-25 Innovation Fund Seed Grants are currently open and you...
Welcome Iris Cohn, the Centre’s New Innovator in Genomic Translation
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research is delighted to welcome Iris Cohn as the new Innovator in Genomic Translation - also recently promoted to Director of the Pharmacogenetics (PGx) Program at The Hospital for Sick Children. A trained pharmacist, Iris established...
NorthMiRs Announced as Winner of ECHO PITCH 2024
NorthMiRs Inc., an innovative cardiovascular biotech start-up, has won $250,000 in funding from the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research’s Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) PITCH 2024 competition. Since its launch in 2018, the ECHO...
New study illustrates a novel approach to uncovering genetic causes of congenital heart disease in the “dark genome” using AI
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most commonly occurring birth anomaly. Despite a strong genetic basis, almost 90% of cases remain genetically undiagnosed. However, the surge of new technology is enabling a search for hidden gene defects not detectable on...
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11th World Congress for Microcirculation
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre 1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C., CanadaThe Congress The 11th World Congress for Microcirculation (WCM2018) will be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada from September 9-13, 2018. This marks the first return of the Congress to Canada […]
1st Annual Cardio-Rheumatology Scientific Day
Women's College Hospital 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAgenda: 9:30-10:00 Registration and Breakfast 10:00-10:30 Atherosclerosis and Inflammation in the general population: New target for treatment – TBD 10:30-11:00 Cardio-Rheumatology Program: One Year summary – Dr. Lihi Eder, Rheumatology, Women’s College […]
HFSA 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting
Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center 2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN, United StatesThe Heart Failure Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting is intended for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, scientists, and health care professionals who specialize or have an interest in heart failure.
Toronto Symposium in Fetal Cardiology
Daniels Hollywood Theatre 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThis 2.5 day conference will provide a comprehensive overview of fetal cardiovascular medicine with presentations encompassing recent advancements in imaging, diagnosis and management of fetal cardiovascular abnormalities. The program is […]
EASD
Messe Berlin Exhibition Halls Berlin, Germany54th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
Seminar: Jennifer Elisseeff, Johns Hopkins
Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research 160 College St #230, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTGHRI Research Day
Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaToronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) is happy to announce that this year’s Research Day will be held on Wednesday October 17th, 2018 at the Toronto Reference Library. This year's keynote speakers […]
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Metro Toronto Convention Centre 255 Front Street W, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) is the largest gathering of cardiovascular and allied health professionals in Canada. The Congress draws cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, researchers, nurses and other cardiovascular specialists from […]
Diabetes-CVD Symposium
Metro Toronto Convention Centre 255 Front Street W, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSeminar: Wolfram Zimmermann, Goettingen, Germany
MSB 2170 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTranslation of Tissue Engineering for Drug Development and Heart Repair Wolfram Zimmermann Engineering of human tissue, with a focus on the heart, is a main research topic of the Zimmermann […]