News - PHRI - Population Health Research Institute of Canada

June 29, 2022

Statistics legend Janet Wittes

We were delighted to host American statistician Janet Wittes in Hamilton this week as our 5th Annual Janice Pogue Lectureship...

June 27, 2022

Closing the bench-to-bedside gap

A research program in translational medicine launched this year aims to strengthen the integration of clinical and population health research,...

June 20, 2022

Race, ethnicity, & ancestry in health research

PHRI Investigators Marie Pigeyre and Matt Lanktree co-hosted the OMICS and Epidemiology conference last week, where presenters explored the challenges...

June 13, 2022

ATLAS and the Weight of Experience

PHRI Senior Scientist Jeff Healey will speak at a June 21st webinar about the results of his trial looking at...

June 6, 2022

ADA outstanding achievement award to Hertzel Gerstein

PHRI Deputy Director and Senior Scientist Hertzel Gerstein received the 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award, presented at...

June 1, 2022

In person again!

Coming together in-person as an organization used to be a regular occurrence for PHRI: research days, lectureships, symposiums and rounds...

May 30, 2022

Take it to the LIMIT

You know a vanguard study has been very successful when one of its key objectives – assessing recruitment potential – ...

May 25, 2022

COMPASS LTOLE supports dual pathway inhibition for vascular protection

PHRI’s COMPASS Long Term Open Label Extension (LTOLE) “further highlights and supports long-term use of [Factor Xa inhibitor anticoagulant] rivaroxaban,...

May 11, 2022

European Stroke Org’s young investigator award

PHRI Investigator Aristeidis Katsanos, a member of our stroke and brain health research program, has been given a Young Investigator...

May 9, 2022

Winners of transdisciplinary research grants

Three winners of the PHRI-based transdisciplinary research grant program in Hamilton, Canada (new this year) – called Transforming Tomorrow Today,...

May 3, 2022

PHRI pivotal in national heart failure research network

PHRI is one of six hubs of research in the new Canadian Heart Function Alliance (CHF Alliance) network launched today...

April 30, 2022

New cardiac defibrillator greatly reduced complications

ATLAS S-ICD RCT at PHRI led by Jeff Healey and Blandine Mondesert presented at Heart Rhythm 2022 found that S-ICD reduced lead-related complications for patients compared to TV-ICD.