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...
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The Research Coordinator will provide evidence- based behavioural coaching and education to individuals who use nicotine, helping them progress towards cessation while participating in clinical research. You will play a key role in participant engagement, data quality, and study integrity. This position is ideal for professionals with experience coaching patients or clients and a passion for improving health outcomes through research.
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.
Ottawa Health Science Network Research Ethics Board ( OHSN-REB) Research is defined by the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans ( TCPS2 - 2018) as “an undertaking intended to extend knowledge through a disciplined inquiry or systematic investigation.” The...
We rank in the top 3% of worldwide research institutions based on the quality and impact of our scientific publications, according to SCIMAGOInstitutions Rankings 2014, the most comprehensive ranking in this area.
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 2023 Research Infosource rankings highlight a strong research and innovation sector in Ottawa, with five local hospitals, two universities, two colleges and multiple corporations making the list of the top institutions in Canada for research and development. The Ottawa Hospital / University of...
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
A high-impact paper co-authored by Benjamin Rotstein, PhD, of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Ryland J. Lundgren of the University of Alberta, is published in Nature Chemistry, a monthly journal dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that describe the most significant and cutting...
The Office of Research Services provides broad-based support to all University of Ottawa Heart Institute researchers.
Today’s Research Is Tomorrow’s Treatment The Heart Institute is alive with discovery, ingenuity, insight and invention. As a patient here, you have the opportunity to contribute to improving the quality of care by participating in clinical research studies. Why does the Heart Institute conduct...
Our Research Teams are made up of scientists, clinicians, nurses, research coordinators, fellows and trainees to name a few. The most important members? Patients.
We focus on opportunities for transdisciplinary and translational knowledge exchange and research collaboration among leading investigators as well as other prominent institutions in Canada, the United States and around the world.
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.
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) may be just as efficacious as moderate-to-vigorous-intensity continuous training (MICT) when it comes to improving functional capacity and quality of life of patients with persistent and permanent atrial fibrillation, a new study has found. Researchers at the...
An analysis of more than 6,700 clinical trials conducted and completed in Canada between 2009 and 2019 revealed widespread non-compliance in registration and reporting best practices, a new study led by researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) has found. The research is...