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Today, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) named Diana Burns its vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer. The successor to Suzanne Dionne, Diana Burns will also oversee the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation and the University of Ottawa Heart

Scientists at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have demonstrated that autophagy, the body’s natural way of removing unnecessary or dysfunctional cell components through a lysosome-dependent mechanism, is highly impaired in vascular smooth muscle foam cells, suggesting that targeting

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) announced its award recipients for achievements in research in 2021. The awardees: The Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence – Erik Suuronen, PhD, Michel Le May, MD, and Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD. The UOHI Investigator of the Year Award –

Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have discovered gold nanoparticles and synthesized peptides restore function, contractility, and electrical conductivity to damaged heart tissue – a scientific feat which may one day be applied to save human lives. The breakthrough

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD, was named the 2021 UOHI Investigator of the Year – Clinical Science. This award recognizes Dr. Hibbert’s outstanding research achievements in the past year. Dr. Hibbert is appointed as an Interventional

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Mireille Ouimet, PhD, was named the 2021 UOHI Investigator of the Year – Basic Science. This award recognizes Dr. Ouimet’s outstanding research achievements in the past year. Dr. Ouimet is a Scientist and Director of the Cardiovascular

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Erik Suuronen, PhD, Michel Le May, MD, and Benjamin Hibbert, MD, PhD, have been selected as recipients of the 2021 Dr. Robert Roberts Award for Research Excellence. The Dr. Robert Roberts Award recognizes UOHI investigators who have

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to announce Katey Rayner, PhD, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Global Achievement Award. The Global Achievement Award recognizes a UOHI investigator who has made, or is demonstrating the potential to make, a global impact in their sphere

NanoOntario is recognizing Emilio Alarcon, PhD, of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute with an award for outstanding early-career achievements in nano-related research and development. The scientist will accept his award and present a virtual lecture about his research, “ From chemical kinetics

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. David Birnie as the new head of its Division of Cardiology. Appointed for a five-year mandate, Dr. Birnie succeeds Dr. Rob Beanlands. Dr. Birnie was educated in Scotland and received his medical degree (MB ChB) from