July 28, 2021
Community participation in COVID-19 vaccine townhall
The COVID-19 vaccine confidence virtual townhall was back by popular demand last night. The second session featured a new crop...
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July 23, 2021
Welcome, new Research Fellows!
A warm PHRI welcome to our newest Research Fellows starting their time with us this month. We’re excited by the...
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July 14, 2021
Six Nations joins COVID vaccine study
The First Nations of the Grand River community in southwestern Ontario is joining PHRI to investigate vaccine hesitancy, immune response...
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July 13, 2021
Surgical backlogs addressed by joint virtual command centre
PHRI research is at the heart of a joint effort by Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton...
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July 5, 2021
COMPASS analysis yields practice game-changer
For patients with chronic atherosclerosis, adding a small dose of rivaroxaban to aspirin not only reduces the risk of major...
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July 1, 2021
Canada Day 2021 message of hope
Canada and the world has come through a really difficult period with COVID and we are fortunate to live in...
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June 28, 2021
Safe cardioprotective drug for type 2 diabetes patients
The findings of a global study on the cardiovascular and renal outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes receiving a...
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June 25, 2021
Research Fellows extraordinaire
The future of health research is in good hands – as evidenced by PHRI’s Research Fellows. Isabelle Johansson, Research Fellow...
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June 17, 2021
Townhall on vaccine confidence
An online townhall featuring a panel of medical experts from McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, as well as Canada’s...
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June 7, 2021
Road map to closing gender gap in cardiovascular trial leadership
A tactical road map on how to close the gender gap in cardiovascular clinical trial leadership, with PHRI Scientist Harriette...
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June 3, 2021
RHD genetics
An exciting discovery sheds light on the genetics of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in Black Africans, through the collaboration of...
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June 3, 2021
South Asian Canadians and the COVID-19 vaccine
A new study at PHRI investigates the immune response of the COVID-19 vaccine for the high-risk South Asian community in...
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May 28, 2021
OMICS and epidemiology
From COVID-19 to childhood cancer, from asthma to IBD, nutrition to depression – how ‘OMICs can be applied to clinical...
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May 28, 2021
Atrial fibrillation roadmap 2020: WHF
Three years after the original roadmap for atrial fibrillation (AF) organized by the World Heart Federation, leaders in the global...
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May 15, 2021
Left atrial appendage occlusion prevents stroke: LAAOS III
PHRI researchers have shown that surgical left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) during cardiac surgery prevents ischemic strokes in patients with...
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