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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Seminar: Weian Zhao, UC Irvine
Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research 160 College St #230, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaACC 2019
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, LA, United StatesECHO Seminar: Dr. Bradley Strauss, Sunnybrook
Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research 661 University Avenue, 14th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSeminar: Dr. Timothy O’Brien, National University of Ireland
Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research 661 University Avenue, 14th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaASCI/AAP Joint Annual Meeting
Fairmont Chicago MP 200 North Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting is the premier meeting for physician-scientists The meeting is the combined annual gathering of attendees from the Association of American Physicians, the American Society for Clinical […]
4th RV Symposium
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThis Right Ventricle focused meeting is unique in spanning basic, translational and clinical topics to address contemporary research and clinical questions from bench to bedside. Distinguished international faculty of experts […]
Toronto Ottawa Heart Summit
National Arts Centre 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaProgram Overview Cardiovascular disease is a global health problem with no geographic, gender, or socio-economic boundaries. Despite the tremendous advances in cardiac care made recently, including drugs, devices, and diagnostic […]