Please join us for an ECHO webinar on Tuesday May 25, 2021 (11 am – 12 pm) featuring Dr. Misti Ushio (CEO, TARA Biosystems). Dr. Ushio’s presentation entitled, "TARA Biosystems: our journey of engineering human biology to transform cardiac drug discovery”, will feature an overview of TARA Biosystems, its technologies and the story behind its […]

We invite you to join our lab meeting taking place on Tues May 25, 4-5 pm on Zoom. We also invite trainees to join the "Ask the Professor" session, which will follow the lab meeting. Presenters “In vitro models of human cardiac diseases” Dr. Sara S. Nunes de Vasconcelos, PhD Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research […]

TRANSFORM HF is accepting applications for master’s, PhD and postdoctoral (PhD or MD) fellowship awards. Applicants must: Focus on new approaches and models of care to address heart failure, rooted in technological solutions for digital medicine and remote patient management that are proactive, personalized, and empower Canadians to better manage their own health. Apply more […]

Please join us for an ECHO webinar on Tuesday June 15, 2021 (11 am – 12 pm EST) featuring Dr. Gavin Oudit (Founder & Chief Operating Officer, PEARKO Therapeutics Inc.; Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta; Clinician-Scientist, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute; Director, Heart Function Clinic; Canada Research Chair in Heart Failure).   Dr. Oudit’s […]

The Toronto Biomedical Engineering Conference is hosted by the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. This year, the conference will be held virtually on June 16, 2021. The conference will feature keynote presentations, workshops and virtual poster sessions. For program and registration details, please visit the event website.

The Medicine by Design Global Speaker Series invites established and emerging international leaders in regenerative medicine to engage with our extraordinary community of researchers and clinicians. Medicine by Design, in partnership with the McEwen Stem Cell Institute, is pleased to welcome Juan Melero-Martin, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. The title of this talk will […]

On Friday, June 25th, we will hold our first-ever Trainee Day, in a virtual capacity. It will feature: Poster presentations: Trainees will showcase their intriguing new multidisciplinary projects in five minutes. There will be prizes! Workshops: Professionals will conduct 15-minute practical talks on subjects hand-picked by our committee of trainees. Areas to include career planning, […]

We invite you to join our lab meeting taking place on Tues June 29, 4-5 pm on Zoom. We also invite trainees to join the “Ask the Professor” session, which will follow the lab meeting. Presenters “Wearable and implantable devices for continuous hemodynamic monitoring” Dr. Daniel Franklin, PhD Chair, Ted Rogers Chair in Cardiovascular Engineering, […]

Please join us for a TBEP webinar on  Thursday July 22, 2021 featuring Prof. Ngan Huang (Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University; Courtesy Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University; Principal Investigator, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System). Ngan F. Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University […]

We proudly open our first lab meeting of the 2021-22 academic year. Agenda: 4:00-4:15 Welcome & Centre Updates – Dr. Mansoor Husain 4:15-4:30 Education Postdoctoral Fellow Award Presentation:  Volumetric flow mapping in fetal congenital heart defects – Dr. Datta Goolaub 4:30-5:00 COVID-19 Innovation Award Presentation: Semaglutide to reduce Myocardial injury in PATIents with COVID-19 (SEMPATICO) […]