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$11.7 Million Investment Fuels Innovation in Precision Child Health at SickKids

Mar 17, 2025

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...

Celebrating Dr. Soror Sharifpoor

Feb 20, 2025

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

Dec 2, 2024

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

Nov 21, 2024

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

Oct 30, 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

Oct 15, 2024

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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$11.7 Million Investment Fuels Innovation in Precision Child Health at SickKids

Celebrating Dr. Soror Sharifpoor

Our 2023-24 Innovation Fund Award Winners

Welcome Iris Cohn, the Centre’s New Innovator in Genomic Translation

NorthMiRs Announced as Winner of ECHO PITCH 2024

New study illustrates a novel approach to uncovering genetic causes of congenital heart disease in the “dark genome” using AI

3D models of heart failure… stiffened hearts in diabetes…. saving infant lives

After a heart attack, this peptide protects the heart from further injury

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