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September 23, 2021

Endowed chair in interventional cardiology

PHRI Senior Scientist Shamir Mehta has been named the inaugural Douglas Holder/PHRI Chair in Interventional Cardiology, endowed with $1 million...

September 14, 2021

Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 21

The 2021 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, happening online October 20 – 23, will include several PHRI researchers – including the recipient...

September 10, 2021

Surgical AF ablation evaluation

The landmark trial, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion – 3 (LAAOS III) presented in May at ACC 2021, is a trial...

September 2, 2021

South Asian vaccine agents of change

The next time a South Asian young person wants to talk about COVID-19 vaccines with their parent or auntie or...

August 31, 2021

ESC Congress 2021: PHRI science highlights

Strong evidence for fixed dose combination therapies /polypill for prevention of heart attack and stroke; surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation;...

August 29, 2021

Combo of pills cuts heart attacks and strokes in half

No matter your blood pressure or cholesterol levels, or whether or not you’ve had cardiovascular disease or you live with...

August 20, 2021

To the VICTOR go the spoils

A joint research program, Virtual Care and Remote Automated Monitoring Technology Research (VICTOR), has been established by PHRI, a cancer...

August 18, 2021

Research dissemination strategy and KT support

Every researcher wants his/her work to ultimately result in real change such as better patient outcomes or updated health policy....

August 13, 2021

Virtual care with RAM for perioperative/cancer laboratory

PHRI’s Michael McGillion and PJ Devereaux, with Hamilton Health Sciences’ Mark Levine, have been awarded research infrastructure funding by the...

August 9, 2021

PHRI at ESC Congress 21

At the second virtual European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress later this month, PHRI scientists will participate in the scientific...

August 4, 2021

Former trainees helping to change global health

Dorairaj Prabhakaran and Clara Chow, eminent cardiologist-scientists who have made a difference in cardiovascular health globally, and in their respective...