Heart & Stroke Foundation Awards Heart Institute Researchers with Grants-in-Aid Funding for 2019-20

April 4, 2019

Two Heart Institute researchers were recently awarded national peer reviewed Heart and Stroke Foundation Grants-in-Aid!

Dr. Katey Rayner and Dr. Peter Liu received operating grants in support of their important, novel research that will lead to improved heart health for Canadians.

Dr. Peter Liu is a Cardiologist and a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Peter Liu is the Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

Dr. Peter Liu was recognized for his project Exosomal Troponin in Heart Failure – A Biomarker and A Biomodulator?

 
Katey Rayner, PhD, is a Scientist and Director of the Cardiometabolic microRNA Laboratory at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Katey Rayner, PhD, is a Scientist and Director of the Cardiometabolic microRNA Laboratory at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

Dr. Katey Rayner was recognized for her project Balance of inflammatory cell death and resolution pathways in atherosclerosis

For more information, see the project descriptions.

Congratulations to Dr. Rayner and Dr. Liu!