The tools we use in research should reflect the full spectrum of genetic diversity, but they often do not. This is a gap that an international team of scientists is exploring through the lens of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines. iPSCs are a type...
Receiving a heart transplant is a life-changing journey, and you may be wondering about your treatment options. This is why The Heart Hub is excited to introduce A Hearts Journey: A Patient & Caregiver Guide to Heart Transplant. This brand-new, interactive...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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ECHO PITCH 2024
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We invite you to join our lab meeting taking place on Tues Apr 27, 4-5 pm on Zoom. Presenters “A novel cardioprotective role of type I interferon in hypertensive heart disease” Rysa Zaman PhD candidate, Epelman lab University Health Network “The Foundational Basis of Translational Research: New Approaches and Insights into Cardiovascular Medicine” Dr. Gavin […]
In partnership with the HeartLife Foundation, we are proud to host a two-part vision board workshop, facilitated by HeartLife member Manpreet Tutt. This collaboration aims to give voice and images to the lived experience of heart disease in a way that celebrates life. A vision board is a collage of words and images that represents a […]
The Canadian Heart Failure Society is bringing together a global audience for this exciting and interactive event focusing on the theme, Rebooting Successful Heart Failure Care in 2021. This year, the conference will be held virtually on May 7-8 2021. Who Should Participate: Healthcare professionals involved in heart failure care: Cardiologists (community & academic) Internal Medicine Specialists & Hospitalists Nurses […]
Last year, Medicine by Design challenged its researchers to think boldly about how they would solve regenerative medicine’s grand questions such as how to create tissues that outperform nature to resist novel infections or cancer or how to make regenerative medicine affordable and accessible to everyone. Now, we are investing $3 million in some of their most ambitious ideas with the ultimate goal of preparing the […]
In partnership with the HeartLife Foundation, we are proud to host a two-part vision board workshop, facilitated by HeartLife member Manpreet Tutt. This collaboration aims to give voice and images to the lived experience of heart disease in a way that celebrates life. A vision board is a collage of words and images that represents a […]
Applications for poster abstracts are due by May 11, 2021. For more details on poster abstracts and trainee day, please visit https://tedrogersresearch.ca/trainee-day/.
The Medicine by Design Global Speaker Series brings established and emerging international leaders in regenerative medicine to Toronto 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 Jeffrey Millman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis. […]
Learn how the next generation of regenerative medicine researchers at the University of Toronto and its affiliated hospitals are preparing to translate their discoveries toward impact. Join us on May 19, 2021, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the Building a Biotech Venture Pitch Competition, when six trainee-led teams will pitch their regenerative medicine-related […]
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 […]