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Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
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Dramatically changing how we manage and prevent heart failure in adults and children.
📢 Interested in cardiovascular health & digital innovation?

Join TRANSFORM HF for a morning of inspiring research focused on advancing equitable heart failure care!

🗓️ Nov 28, 2025 | 8:30AM–1PM EST
📍 Campbell Conference Facility
🎟️ Save your spot: transformhf.ca/event/2025-f...
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This #WorldStrokeDay, we’re shining a light on the amazing TRCHR scientists and clinicians exploring the heart-brain connection through projects like #UNEARTHCVD, helping us understand how stroke and heart failure are connected❤️🧠
October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Congratulations to Robert Lau, TRCHR Trainee working with Dr. Husain and Dr. Honjo, for winning the Basic Science Trainee Award at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Congress this past weekend! 🎉
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Don't miss this amazing event hosted by
@skcardprecisionmed.bsky.social
🫀💙 including workshops, exciting keynotes, and a chance to network with the leading minds in precision medicine and cardiology! Register today at t.co/BXe3rq05ug
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🚀 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 #ECHOPITCH! We're excited to announce that Yellowbird Diagnostics have secured $250K in funding to advance their innovation in cardiovascular health.

Congratulations to all the start-ups who made it to pitch yesterday, we're so inspired! 👏
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tomorrow’s the big day!!
Meet the judges who’ll decide which startup wins $250K at ECHO PITCH. We can’t wait to hear their insights — and see who claims the prize! 👀
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Meet Yellowbird Diagnostics, a biotech startup developing next-generation imaging dyes that reveal early signs of heart inflammation. Learn how the ECHO program helped shape their journey, and join us Oct 15 for #ECHOPITCH 2025!

🔗 Read more + register: tedrogersresearch.ca/2025/10/echo...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Mark your calendars and get excited for November 6 because
HeartLinks is hosting their annual Craft & Bake Sale to support heart transplant research at @uhnresearch.ca
Come out to buy a craft and a baked good to support an amazing cause! 🫀🍪
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We’re excited to welcome Veronika Katsiuk to the TRCHR community! Veronika joined the @sickkidsto.bsky.social Cardiac Genome Clinic in August to lead patient recruitment in one of their studies, helping them continue advancing heart research. Welcome aboard, Veronika! #TRCHRCommunity
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Meet Quthero Canada, a startup transforming heart disease treatment by reprogramming inflammation for regeneration. Learn how the ECHO program helped shape their journey, and join us Oct 15 for ECHO PITCH 2025!

🔗 Read more + register: tedrogersresearch.ca/2025/10/echo...
October 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
What an incredible day at the 10th Annual Heart Failure Symposium! A heartfelt thank you to our Gold Sponsor, @novonordisk.bsky.social, for their generous support in making this event possible.

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us yesterday. Stay tuned, photos from the day are coming soon! 📸
October 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
⏳ Just a handful of tickets left!

The 10th Annual Heart Failure Symposium is happening in one week from today. This is your LAST CHANCE to join leading experts and peers in the field.

🔗 Secure your spot today!
tedrogersresearch.ca/symposium/
September 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
⏳ Voting closes soon for the Best Cardiovascular Science of the Decade Awards! 🫀
Help us celebrate 10 years of groundbreaking research in cardiovascular science.
🔗 Cast your vote at tedrogersresearch.ca/best-cardiov...
September 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Join our symposium — Session IV: Heart-Brain Dialogue: Mental Health in HF 🫀🧠

Learn from our speakers:
✅Dr. Samuel Sears (psychology)
✅Dr. Douglas Lee (cognition and HF)

Register: tedrogersresearch.ca/symposium/

#HFSymposium #HeartBrain #MentalHealth #HeartReseach
September 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
💬 Sensitive topics? Dr. Mike’s got you.

Today’s question: heart failure & libido.
✨ Can meds lower sexual desire after transplant or with heart failure?
✨ What can help manage this?

🔗 See Dr. Mike's answers: ourhearthub.ca/sex-drugs-an...

#HeartFailure #AskDrMike #HeartHub
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📢 It's time for another #ECHO Spotlight, and this time we're interviewing Connor Haberl, founder and CEO at CardiAxis Medical. 🫀

📖Read the full story: tedrogersresearch.ca/2025/09/echo...
🎟️Register to join the LIVE pitch: tedrogersresearch.ca/echo-pitch/

#Startup #Entrepreneurship #HeartResearch
September 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Session III — #Cardiometabolic Crossroads: Inflammation & #Diabetes in HF

Tune in for our two keynotes by Drs. Katey Rayner & Sumanth Prabhu, joined by Dr. Subodh Verma to discuss the complex interplay between metabolic & inflammatory pathways in HF.

🔗 tedrogersresearch.ca/symposium/
September 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
⏳ Voting closes soon - have you cast your vote for the Best #Cardiovascular Science of the Decade #Awards?

Check your inbox & rank the top papers in:
🔬Basic Science
🩺Clinical Science
💡Translational Science / Invention

Learn about the nominees: tedrogersresearch.ca/best-cardiov...
September 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
💬 Talking about sensitive topics with your care team can feel awkward - and that’s okay.

Dr. Mike tackles the big ones, like HF & sex:
✨When is it safe to resume sexual activity after a heart transplant or with HF?
✨Is it safe with a VAD?

🔗 ourhearthub.ca/sex-drugs-an...
September 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Check out #HFSymposium Interactive Workshop B: Meet the Editors. 🔖

Learn from Drs. Silversides & Prabhu about what makes a strong manuscript, how peer review really works, and common pitfalls to avoid.

🔗Register: tedrogersresearch.ca/symposium/

#Publishing #TRCHR #HeartResearch
September 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🔍🫀 Meet AllStent, an #ECHO finalist using #AI and digital-twin modeling to ensure the best stent fit for each patient's unique anatomy. Their TEVAR-Twin tech could set a new gold standard in vascular surgery.

🔗Read the full article: ow.ly/SyEM50WUtxb

#Startup #Entrepreneurship #HeartResearch
September 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📢 Voting is now open for the Best Cardiovascular Science of the Decade Awards!

Check your inbox & rank the top papers in:

🔬Basic Science
🩺Clinical Science
💡Translational Science / Invention

Read the nominations: tedrogersresearch.ca/best-cardiov...

#TRCHR #HeartResearch #Awards
September 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨Three weeks to go for the 10th Annual HF Symposium!

Check out our interactive workshop on the 2025 Canadian Guidelines of Preserved Ejection Fractions with Dr. Michael McDonald & Dr. Natasha Aleksova.

Register: tedrogersresearch.ca/symposium/

#HFSymposium #HFpEF #TRCHR #HeartResearch
September 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Join our #HFSymposium session II for a dive into the science of cardiac regeneration, spanning cellular to whole organ engineering.

🎙️Dr. Chen - engineering larger biologic constructs
🎙️Dr. Vasconcelos - innovating vascular & cardiac tissue regeneration

🎟️https://tedrogersresearch.ca/symposium/
September 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It’s normal to feel nervous asking certain health questions — but no question is off-limits. 💬

Dr. Mike answers some of the most common ones on heart failure & pregnancy: prevention options, pregnancy safety with HF, VADs, or transplant.

🔗 ourhearthub.ca/sex-drugs-an...

#heartfailure #hearthealth
September 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM