January 6, 2021
LAAOS III called out as a 2021 highlight
The PHRI trial that confirmed left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) decreases stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation has been...
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January 6, 2021
‘Gaming’ for equity and diversity in medicine
Soon after Sonia Anand, Senior Scientist at PHRI, was named Associate Chair, Equity and Diversity, Department of Medicine, McMaster University,...
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December 31, 2020
Access for whom?
We are all entering 2021 blind to a large extent; how we’ll interact with our colleagues post-pandemic remains to be...
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December 24, 2020
Helping our most vulnerable neighbours
When were unable earlier this month to hold our annual company-wide celebration of the contribution milestones of our employees, we...
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December 17, 2020
Welcome, new PHRI researchers!
Jason Roberts joins PHRI as a Scientist, where he is collaborating with Jeff Healey and Stuart Connolly on the arrhythmia...
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December 11, 2020
It was the best of teams at the worst of times
We got to thinking about what literary reference might best sum up the year 2020; and our twist on the...
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December 8, 2020
Celebrating staff contributions
Every year, we celebrate members of the PHRI family who have reached 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of...
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December 4, 2020
AHA20 Canadian perspective
PHRI researchers organized The Canadian Perspective: Breaking News from AHA 2020 with iMedicus, Canada’s livestream CME channel. PHRI Senior Scientist...
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December 1, 2020
Goodbye to early member of PHRI family
PHRI is turning a new chapter in our finance department with the retirement of Beena Cracknell, our long-time Director, Financial...
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November 30, 2020
2020 Highly Cited Researchers
PHRI Senior Scientists Stuart Connolly, PJ Devereaux, John Eikelboom and Salim Yusuf are again in the top 1% by citations...
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November 26, 2020
Racism and colonialism in medicine and public health
PHRI Senior Scientist Sonia Anand joined Ellen Amster, of the McMaster University Departments of Family Medicine and Religious Studies, in...
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November 23, 2020
Movember 2020
This Movember, members of PHRI are marking Men’s Health Month by publishing results on depression as it is associated with...
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November 17, 2020
First Canadian ICH guidelines
The first Canadian guidelines on the management of spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) was published online this week by the International...
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November 13, 2020
TIPS-3 at AHA 2020 and in NEJM
TIPS-3, PHRI’s phase 3 of The International Polycap Study, was presented on November 13th at the American Heart Association’s (virtual)...
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November 3, 2020
The late, great Dr. Peter Sleight
The world of cardiovascular research has lost a great collaborator, innovator, teacher and friend with the passing of Dr. Peter...
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