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December 21, 2017
The Global Achievement Awards recognize UOHI researchers who have made a global impact in their field of work in the past year.
This year, the Selection Committee received several high-calibre nominations. The winners were selected based on the specific accomplishments in the past year that further...
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November 14, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. David Birnie and his team on the Late Breaking Presentation on the BRUISE CONTROL 2 trial!
Dr. Birnie presented the trial data at the American Heart Association Scientific Meeting on November...
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October 19, 2017
Up to sixteen weeks of intermittent fasting without otherwise having to count calories helps fight obesity and other metabolic disorders. Such fasting already shows benefits after only six weeks. This is according to a study by Kyoung-Han Kim and Yun Hye Kim in the journal Cell Research which is...
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August 8, 2017
Researchers have discovered that a protein called cardiotrophin 1 (CT1) can trick the heart into growing in a healthy way and pumping more blood, just as it does in response to exercise and pregnancy. They show that this good kind of heart growth is very different from the harmful enlargement of...
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August 4, 2017
Dr. Ruth McPherson, MD, PhD
The results of the 2016-2017 CIHR Foundation Grant competition have been released and grants were awarded to 76 individual Program Leaders across Canada, for a total investment of almost $200M.
We are extremely proud to report that...
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July 28, 2017
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is proud to welcome two new researchers and three new physicians.
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July 12, 2017
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI), in partnership with the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine, is proud to announce that Dr. Mireille Ouimet (PhD), Scientist at UOHI, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at the University...
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June 22, 2017
Dr. Wenbin Liang. Recipient of the Early Researcher Award, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Congratulations to Dr. Wenbin Liang, Scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI)...
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May 19, 2017
Dr. Michel Le May (left) received the Robert Roberts Award at Research Day from Dr. Peter Liu, Chief Scientific Officer, UOHI
We are very pleased to announce that...
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May 18, 2017
Congratulations to Heart Institute researchers on another successful round of securing Heart & Stroke Foundation and CIHR Project grant funding! Our investigators were recently awarded peer reviewed funding to further their cutting-edge research into heart disease and enhance care for our...
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May 1, 2017
Dr. Katey Rayner (left) received the Investigator of the Year Award at Research Day from Dr. Peter Liu, Chief Scientific Officer, UOHIWe are pleased to announce that...
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May 1, 2017
Dr. F. Daniel Ramirez received the Trainee of the Year Award at Research Day from Dr. Peter Liu, Chief Scientific Officer, UOHIWe are pleased to announce that F. Daniel Ramirez, MD, Cardiology Resident and MSc Candidate, has been awarded the 2017 Trainee of the Year. Dr. Ramirez will be receiving...
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May 1, 2017
Riina Kandolin, MD, PhD, has been awarded the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Working under the supervision of...
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March 24, 2017
OTTAWA, March 24, 2017 — The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) and University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine are proud to welcome Mireille Ouimet, PhD, as the director of the...
