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...
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...
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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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, […]