Heart Institute researchers funded to pursue projects on atherosclerosis, acute cardiac events and open science
November 7, 2024
Ottawa, November 7, 2024 - The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (Heart & Stroke) has awarded three researchers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute with project funding available through the organization’s 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!
Dr. Kelly Cobey is a scientist at the UOHI, where she leads the Metaresearch and Open Science Program, and an associate professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at uOttawa. Her research interests are the implementation of open science, the reporting quality of research, data management and sharing best practices, research reproducibility, and patient engagement in research.
Principal investigator:Kelly Cobey, PhD Project: Implementing Open Science in the Cardiovascular Research Community Funding: $261,235 over three years
Dr. Mireille Ouimet is the director of the Cardiovascular Metabolism and Cell Biology Laboratory at the UOHI and associate professor in the uOttawa Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology. Her research program aims to determine the role of autophagy in macrophage foam cell metabolism, inflammation and cholesterol trafficking and its linkage to the development and progression of atherosclerosis.
Principal investigator:Mireille Ouimet, PhD Project: Enhancing Lipophagy to Reverse Atherosclerosis Funding: $289,057 over three years
Dr. Heather Tulloch is a clinical, health, and rehabilitation psychologist, and scientist. She is the director of the Cardiovascular Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Laboratory at the UOHI and an associate professor in the uOttawa Department of Medicine. Her research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Principal investigator:Heather Tulloch, PhD Project: Survey of Life After an Acute Cardiac Event: SOLACE Study Funding: $267,251 over three years
