March 23, 2023
HRS 2023: ATLAS S-ICD echo sub-study
PHRI Scientist Darryl Leong will present at Heart Rhythm 2023 on an echocardiogram sub-study of the ATLAS S-ICD trial, titled:...
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March 21, 2023
Cultivating clinical trial biostatisticians
A biostatistician and clinical investigator at PHRI are pairing up this year to provide guidance to a Fellow of the...
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March 16, 2023
Rising star in nutritional sciences
We are proud of PHRI Associate Scientist Russell De Souza, for his recognition by the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) as...
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March 14, 2023
Removing financial barriers to publishing research
For researchers – early career researchers in particular – a new arrangement at McMaster University makes it easier to disseminate...
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March 9, 2023
Building tomorrow’s health workforce
Asking questions and meeting role-models provide a meaningful way to help guide young people’s careers. High school students in the...
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February 27, 2023
PHRI research at CRT 2023
At the interventional cardiology meeting, Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT 2023) this past weekend in Washington, DC., the UNIVERSAL vascular closure...
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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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