As commentaries on radiation go, Peter Parker likely summed it up best: “With great power comes great responsibility.” Although no one at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute has had to deal with the complications of acquiring superpowers from a radioactive spider, the staff is profoundly aware...
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Jennifer Reed, PhD, is the Program Chair of Cardiac Rehabilitation, a Scientist in the Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation and Director of the Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Health Laboratory at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. She is also an Associate Professor in the...
Physicians can refer patients to the Heart Institute in the following ways. You may also do so by contacting one of our staff physicians Diagnostic Tests Clinical Referrals Prevention & Rehabilitation Clinical Trials
The 9p21 risk variant is the strongest known common genetic risk factor for heart disease in Caucasians and Asians. Beginning with the discovery of 9p21 in 2007, studies have consistently shown that having one copy of a genetic variation in 9p21 increases a person’s risk of heart disease by 15 to 20...
The Regenerative Therapies Laboratory develops innovative methods to restore needed blood flow to patients with severely compromised hearts while minimizing the physical impact of surgery. Our research includes the investigation of stem and/or progenitor cell therapy for a regenerative approach to...
The Heart Institute has developed a variety of innovative regional and national programs for treatment, prevention and rehabilitation. Many are recognized as models of excellence in patient care.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a medical emergency which is associated with an extremely high incidence of death. 1 Moreover, neurological damage is often found to be a prevalent, enduring consequence resulting in significant loss of function and quality of life in these patients. 2 In an...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Regional Program equips and supports staff of partnering hospitals in the care of cardiac patients in the Champlain region. News and update The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) has updated its NSTEMI (non-ST elevation) protocol (PDF) from 2014...
Details Join us to learn more about valvular heart disease and updates with the management of heart failure patients. The symposium will feature speakers from the UOHI multidisciplinary team. Download the agenda (PDF) Learning objectives Describe the etiology, pathology, and natural history of...
Registration Fees *Trainee includes: undergraduate, masters, PhD, post-doc, medical students, residents and fellows with proof of status. If no proof is provided onsite, the regular attendee rate will apply. Early Bird Fee ( On/before Mar. 3 ) Regular Fee ( after Mar. 3) Regular Attendee $225 $275...
Ottawa’s Dr. Jodi Edwards and a team of Canadian experts have produced the first set of recommendations on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as an adjunct treatment to standard rehabilitation in clinical trials to help restore hand and arm use after stroke. The recommendations are...
In accordance with the Public Hospitals Act of Ontario, a patient has the right to request information related to their health record. Health records include clinical and medical records, lab results, CT scans and more.
The research of the Centre focuses on designing and analyzing clinical trials, developing and assessing outcome measures, assessing genetic statistical methods and procedures, conducting systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and developing and evaluating decision support technologies. As an analysis...
Research Administration consists of: Research Services, Finance, Human Resources, Legal Affairs and Clinical Research Compliance and Support. These five offices aim to aid researchers and research support staff, at all stages of their career, by enhancing grant success, providing operations...
Research and Publications on or Related to Healing Hearts Together Lalande, K., Greenman, P. S., Bouchard, K., Johnson, S., & Tulloch, H. (in press). The Healing Hearts Together randomized controlled trial and the COVID-19 pandemic: A tutorial for navigating the transition from an in-person to a web...
To provide research assistant support for clinical research projects at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) and the UOHI Foundation have established a $1M research chair to improve care and experiences for hundreds of thousands of patients who require life-saving heart surgeries and procedures each year. The J. Earl Wynands Associate Chair in Cardiac...
Katey Rayner, PhD, of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, has been named chairholder of the University Research Chair in Vascular and Metabolic Inflammation at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa). In addition to concurrent sources of external funding, the chair will receive $125,000 over five...
Robust research data management is a longstanding priority for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). Supporting it encourages scientific trustworthiness, reproducibility, usability, and high quality research outputs. The UOHI’s research data management strategy is aimed at fostering best...
The Ottawa Cardiovascular Research Day 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.