Over 50 of Canada’s top researchers in heart failure and healthcare technologies met virtually, this past February, with trainees and patients to pool our collective intelligence to tackle the grand challenge of inequity in health care.
HeartLife Day E3 - Engage, Educate, Empower is designed to bring lived experience together with medical expertise to promote awareness and understanding of the patient journey. By attending HeartLife Day E3 @ Heart Failure Update 2021 you will: Gain understanding of the value and need for a national standard of heart failure care. Be informed about current trends and future possibilities for heart failure therapies and treatments. Gain practical and emotional insights into the patient journey to enable greater acceptance and better patient outcomes. Gain an understanding of the multidisciplinary care model and the impact it can have on a patient’s quality of life. Register for free at: heartlife.ca/events
The Canadian Heart Failure Society is bringing together a global audience for this exciting and interactive event focusing on the theme, Rebooting Successful Heart Failure Care in 2021. This year, the conference will be held virtually on May 7-8 2021. Who Should Participate: Healthcare professionals involved in heart failure care: Cardiologists (community & academic) Internal Medicine Specialists & Hospitalists Nurses & Allied Health Professionals Trainees The Canadian Heart Failure Society is delighted to announce that they will be jointly presenting sessions with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC, the Heart Failure Society of America and JACC: Heart Failure. These will feature live online panel discussions, Q&A and an interactive chat so be sure not to miss out! Choose from an array of online workshops and Corridor Consult sessions, attend symposia and connect with colleagues and faculty through CHFS’s social networking platform. 2021 Program Highlights: New HF Guidelines! Dedicated ACUTE HF track – attention hospitalists! What’s new in HF: AI, Imaging, HR control and more… HFpEF: Diagnosis & treatment: 5 things to know about each Environmental effects on the failing heart Online workshops including virtual monitoring, goals of care & POCUS CHFS is pleased to offer free on-demand content to CHFS members following the conference. To view rates and register visit https://www.hfupdate.ca/registration.
Dr. Heather Ross on “Test Your Limits – The best views come after the hardest climb and other stories to inspire.” Heather is Head, Division of Cardiology at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network and the Loretta A. Rogers Chair in Heart Function. All welcome to join. Link to join: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/902632437
Deadline to apply for a TRANSFORM HF Trainee Award today at 5 pm EST.
Title: "Apelin Analogs as Novel Biologics for Cardiovascular Disease” Who: Dr. Gavin Oudit, founder, PEARKO Therapeutics Date: Tuesday, June 15 Time: 11 a.m. – Noon Pre-register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqc-GqqjIiH9XHnsx3G6KM0FXUTbmBcfTH * ECHO is an entrepreneurship training program, funded and organized in a partnership between the Translational Biology and Engineering Program (TBEP), the University of Toronto component of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, and the Health Innovation Hub (H2i).
On Friday, June 25th, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research will hold their first-ever Trainee Day, in a virtual capacity. It will feature: Poster presentations: Trainees will showcase their intriguing new multidisciplinary projects in five minutes. There will be prizes! Workshops: Professionals will conduct 15-minute practical talks on subjects hand-picked by their committee of trainees. Areas include career planning, conducting collaborative research, and how to break in with industry. It is open to all interested cardiovascular trainees across Canada who work in both labs and clinics. Visit the event page to register and to submit a poster abstract.
Please join us at our next lab meeting where we will explore emerging science within the Centre’s ecosystem. Special guests next week: Daniel Franklin, Ted Rogers Chair in Cardiovascular Engineering: Wearable and implantable devices for continuous hemodynamic monitoring” Dr. Jay Udell, clinician-scientist, Women’s College Hospital and UHN: “Analyzing risk factors for COVID-19 and adverse outcomes” Date: Tuesday, June 29 Time: 4 – 5 p.m. Webinar link: https://uhn-etms.zoom.us/j/99249922789?pwd=SlBOUFJzcFpLRHVWUnFTNkN2NkVWQT09 Following the Lab Meeting, join us for the Ask the Professor series June 29 @ 5 p.m. This month we welcome Dr. Jay Udell, clinician-scientist at Women’s College Hospital and UHN. This is a closed session where trainees can learn from their professor information on their career journey and ask any questions as they navigate their own career paths. Date: Tuesday, June 29 Time: 5 – 5:30 p.m. Register: Contact Disha Acharya to confirm as space is limited
Founded in 2018, ECHO is a 12-month online training program led by high-calibre entrepreneurial industry, policy, regulatory and clinical experts. It comprises a unique combination of five complementary modules. ECHO is a specialized experiential training program with the main objectives to: Provide entrepreneurship training, mentorship, networking and funding opportunities for early ventures in the cardiovascular health sector Aid in transferring research innovations and intellectual property from academic and hospital institutions into the economy Create more start-ups in the cardiovascular health sector REQUIREMENTS Ventures accepted into ECHO are required to: Participate in each online program module for 12 months beginning October 2021 Attend a minimum of 80% of all virtual workshops and seminars Become an H2i member and engage with H2i mentors Participate in ECHO PITCH 2022, a final pitch competition, for the opportunity to win start-up funding ELIGIBILITY Any Canadian-based clinician, researcher, student and/or entrepreneur developing advanced cardiovascular technologies and innovations is eligible to apply. This is an ideal opportunity for researchers, postdoctoral fellows, clinical trainees and graduate students who are self-starters and want to refine their career path in a knowledge-based economy while retaining the opportunity to work in an innovation-based environment. For more information and to apply visit […]
