February 23, 2023
Fostering a special puppy
When long-time PHRI employee Kirsten Grubic lost her beloved Aussiedoodle, Winston, in 2021 to sudden cardiac arrest, she had a...
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February 15, 2023
Delirium’s heavy burden
Postoperative delirium is experienced by as many as half of hospitalized patients 60 years or older. Serious consequences include: association...
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February 13, 2023
Drum roll, please!
When he got his first ever pay cheque from PHRI in 2009, Greg Kopoian went straight out and bought a...
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February 8, 2023
Help Turkiye, Syria earthquake survivors
PHRI is rallying support, through Canadian Red Cross, for the Turkiye and Syria earthquake appeal. Until Feb. 22 – every...
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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 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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