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Extensive consultation and an environmental scanning process, together with recommendations from an International Scientific Review, resulted in the Ottawa Region for Advanced Cardiovascular Research Excellence (ORACLE) Strategic Plan 2.0. Our research roadmap addresses four strategic goals: 1...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute and The Ottawa Hospital ranked fourth nationally for research activity among comparable hospitals
What we know about anxiety and heart disease is merely “the tip of the iceberg,” scientists say
The Office of Research Services provides broad-based support to all University of Ottawa Heart Institute researchers.
Our Research Teams are made up of scientists, clinicians, nurses, research coordinators, fellows and trainees to name a few. The most important members? Patients.
Roughly half of our risk of getting heart disease is due to our genetics. The other half is due to age, lifestyle and other environmental factors. Of the genetic half, some of the risk comes from rare genetic variants that have a big impact on a person’s individual risk. Some comes from the additive...
A research team at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute led by biochemist Yves Marcel, PhD, Director of the Heart Institute’s High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Biology Laboratory, has discovered a new function for a known cellular pathway: mobilization and exportation of cholesterol from cells.
For decades, researchers have known that the brain controls the diameter of the peripheral arteries, the vessels that carry blood to the arms, legs, hands and feet. Electrical impulses from the brain travel to these arteries through a network of nerves known as the sympathetic nervous system...
Eric Richer is an Elected Director of the Board of Directors at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Dr. Roth has experience in medical legal issues and risk management, complex health systems management, leadership training, board governance, and public speaking.
Andrea Roy is an Elected Director and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Marc Ruel, MD, is a professor and the endowed chair and director of minimally invasive cardiac research in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Markus Schwerzmann, MD, is a cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Almost no one complains about the food. It’s not that the food at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is better than at other hospitals. But, said Sharon Ann Kearns, the Manager of Quality and Performance Measurement, when people are satisfied with their care and feel they have been well...
You have seven minutes, Dr. Chow. You may begin. Dr. Benjamin Chow was told he had seven minutes to pitch his idea. Seven minutes to describe and convey the importance of a groundbreaking medical technique. To explain how using it would improve access to healthcare for thousands of heart patients in...
Special air quality statements and smog warnings have been issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada for many regions in Ontario and Québec, among other provinces and territories.
Our editorial team is working from home to bring you a series of articles about the coronavirus. In this article, the fourth and final issue in our series, we acknowledge and thank our community for their support and donations of hand-sewn masks during the pandemic. Hospitals around the world are...
Patients, their families and caregivers, and community partners are invited to learn about cardiac rehabilitation research outputs related to physical activity, mental health, personal relationships, and smoking cessation in a fun and interactive format.