February 1, 2023
Welcome to ACT Program Director
Nicole Yada is taking on an ambitious new portfolio as Program Director of a pan-Canadian consortium called Accelerating Clinical Trials...
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January 31, 2023
Polypill improves function as well as prevents CVD
People 65 years or older who have vascular risk factors – such as obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes...
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January 26, 2023
New approaches in CVD prevention needed
In the last decade (2006 to 2016 to be exact) there has been no improvement, globally, in the uptake of...
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January 25, 2023
World NCD Congress in Toronto
This Spring, PHRI is proud to be play advisory, speaking and sponsorship roles in an important global event showcasing the...
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January 20, 2023
Gene-guided therapies for deadly arrhythmias in youth
PHRI Scientist Jason Roberts was one of 7 McMaster researchers highlighted yesterday at the CIHR announcement of its $131 million...
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January 19, 2023
Landmark clinical trials funding
A new pan-Canadian consortium, Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT), led by PHRI Senior Scientist PJ Devereaux, has received $39 million from the...
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January 9, 2023
Multi-omics is increasingly accessible to researchers
We enter 2023 at an exciting time in the field of multi-omics – an emerging set of analytical methodologies (genomics,...
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January 6, 2023
Salim Yusuf receives prestigious award from India
PHRI Executive Director Salim Yusuf has received a Kairali Global Lifetime Achievement Prize for Researchers – a prestigious honour bestowed...
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January 5, 2023
Global eating patterns in 47 countries since 1950
A PHRI-led systematic review and meta-analysis of diet trends of energy, macronutrients, and foods in 47 countries – from 1950...
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January 3, 2023
Top Clinical Trials & Trial Updates 2022
PHRI’s INVICTUS trial and COMPLETE trial analysis were among the Top 10 Clinical Trials and Top 10 Clinical Trial Updates...
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December 28, 2022
CVD prevention researcher gets prestigious Fellowship Award
PHRI Research Fellow Harry Klimis has received the 2022 Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Award in Clinical Research. Funded through the...
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December 21, 2022
Newly promoted PHRI Scientists
Nurturing a team of excellent researchers includes promoting rising stars; this year included three PHRI Investigators becoming Scientists, and we...
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December 19, 2022
PHRI Holiday Sweater Challenge
We have our Holiday Sweater Challenge 2022 winners: PHRI’s ICT department, with their 17-person festively garbed entry! Please take a...
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December 7, 2022
Helping the less fortunate this season
PHRI has been giving for years to the local non-profit organization, Wesley, that supports marginalized and vulnerable people in Hamilton,...
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December 2, 2022
PHRI at CVCT 2022
Several PHRI researchers presented at the 19th Cardiovascular Clinical Trialists (CVCT) Global Forum in Washington, DC Dec. 1 – 3,...
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