2020-21 Endowed Fellowships and Scholarships
STRATEGIC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
The Strategic Research Fellowship provides stipend for a two-year term to a postdoctoral or clinical fellow working in an area of research that aligns with the current Research Strategic Plan.
- Robert Avram, MD, Fellow in Interventional Cardiology
Supervisors: Derek So, MD and Aun-Yeong Chong, MD
Prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events & bleeding events post-discharge in patients with STEMI using electronic health record data & deep learning
- Marcelo Muñoz, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Emilio Alarcón, PhD
”On the spot” 3D bioprinting of small blood vessels
- Ramana Vaka, PhD, Incoming Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Darryl Davis, MD
Extracellular vesicle-based therapy for atrial fibrillation
DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
These Fellowships provide stipends for up to two years to postdoctoral or clinical fellows conducting research in the Division of Cardiology.
Whit and Heather Tucker Fellowship
- Kevin Chung, MD, Clinical Fellow
Supervisors: Alexander Dick, MD and Derek So, MD
Poor outcome predictors in patients undergoing TAVI (POP-TAVI)
Vered-Beanlands Fellowship
- Laura Petruescu, MD, Clinical Fellow
Supervisor: David Messika-Zeitoun, MD, PhD
Progression of MAC (Mitral Annulus Calcification)
LAWRENCE SOLOWAY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN CARDIAC SURGERY
The Lawrence Soloway Fellowship provides stipend for up to two years to a postdoctoral or clinical fellow conducting research in the Division of Cardiac Surgery.
- Hiroki Takaya, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Erik Suuronen, PhD
Electroconductive cardiac patches for treating myocardial infarction
JAN & IAN CRAIG RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN PREVENTION & REHABILITATION
The Jan and Ian Craig Fellowship provides stipend for up to two years to a postdoctoral or clinical fellow conducting research in the Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation. This year, the Fellowship is being shared by two recipients.
- Tasuku Terada, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Jennifer Reed, PhD
Examining the roles of high-intensity interval training on glucose variability and atrial fibrillation symptomatology: A novel approach for patients with atrial fibrillation and diabetes?
- Karen Bouchard, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Heather Tulloch, PhD
Caring for Caregivers: The impact of a relationship-education program on cardiac caregivers’ wellbeing
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA CARDIAC ENDOWMENT FUND AT THE HEART INSTITUTE
These awards provide stipends for up to a two-year term to postdoctoral fellow(s) and graduate student(s) based at the Heart Institute and registered with the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine.
- Zhenkun Hu, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Thomas Lagace, PhD
Effect of LDL association on PCSK9 activity in vivo
- Aizhu (Alice) Lu, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Wenbin Liang, MD, PhD
Novel mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction
- Mohammad Al-Khalaf, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Peter Liu, MD
Genotoxic Stress & Downstream cGAS-STING Pathway Activated Senescence in Rodent Models & Human Hearts with HFpEF
- Zhe (Claudia) Li, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Jodi Edwards, PhD
Investigating the utility of markers of left atrial cardiopathy for the estimation of dementia risk in aging adults
- Maxime Munch, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Benjamin Rotstein, PhD
Bimodal PET/NIRF imaging of atherosclerosis at various disease stages for vulnerable plaque identification
- Victrine Tseung, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Jodi Edwards, PhD
Developing a Population-Based Brain-Heart Multimorbidity Prediction Tool for Quality of Life in Heart Failure
- Cagla Eren Cimenci, PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Erik Suuronen, PhD
Biomaterial Therapies that Target Methylglyoxal for Treatment of the Infarcted Heart
- Nadya Morrow, PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Erin Mulvihill, PhD
Post-prandial Regulation of Intestinal Lipoprotein Secretion
- Leah Susser, PhD Candidate
Supervisor: Katey Rayner, PhD
Mitochondrial dynamics directs macrophage polarization during atherosclerosis: implications for disease regression
- Dominique Boucher, MSc Candidate
Supervisor: Mireille Ouimet, PhD
Investigating the effects of age-associated dysfunctions in macrophages on atherosclerosis regression
- Cassandra Locatelli, MSc Candidate
Supervisor: Erin Mulvihill, PhD
Evaluating the role of carbohydrate restriction and ketosis on the reversal of hepatic steatosis and islet hormone secretion in obese mice