June 1, 2023
The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (Heart & Stroke) named four researchers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute recipients of project funding through its Grant-in-Aid Program.
The Grant-in-Aid Program provides operating funds to support important, pertinent, novel research in the areas of heart disease and stroke.
Congratulations to all our researchers!
- Thomas Lagace, PhD
Project: Role of PCSK9 Proteolytic Processing in Inflammation
Funding: $278,775 over three years - Jennifer Reed, PhD
Project: Exercise Training in WomEn with HEart Disease (EXCEED) Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
Funding: $275,915 over three years - Benjamin Rotstein, PhD
Project: Imaging Cardiac Autonomic Function in Heart Failure
Funding: $261,000 over three years - Alexandre Stewart, PhD
Project: Macrophage Growth Factor that Protects Against Endotoxin-induced QT
Funding: $300,000 over three years
Learn more about Heart & Stroke grant programs for researchers.
To coordinate an interview with any of the recipients listed above, please contact the media liaison below.
Media contact
Leigh B. Morris
Communications Officer
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
613-316-6409 (cell)
lmorris@ottawaheart.ca