Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
Widely regarded as one of the preeminent basic cardiovascular research programs in the world, St. Boniface Hospital Research’s Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, led by Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, is a leading force in the fight against heart disease at the cellular and molecular levels.

Srivastava from Dhingra lab earns prestigious CIHR Postdoc Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Abhay Srivastava with the Cardiac Regeneration and Tissue Engineering Program, ICS, who was recently awarded the highly competitive CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship worth $135,000 over three years. Srivastava’s application received an impressive...
Arya Awarded Nancie J. Mauro Scholarship in Oncology Research
Congratulations to Vibhuti Arya, who has been recommended to receive the Nancie J. Mauro Graduate Scholarship in Oncology Research. Arya, who immigrated to Winnipeg in 2016, graduated with a BSc. (hons.) Cell, Molecular Biology, from University of Manitoba and...
Leadership Training Vital to Success
Sikta Chattopadhyaya, a PhD student with the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, is one of 13 award recipients funding women’s leadership training through the Winnipeg Foundation’s Martha Donovan Leadership Fund. The $250,000 fund was established in 2019 to provide...
Tantalum Carbide MXene Quantum Dots Potential Game-changer for Heart Transplant Patients
For patients needing heart transplants in the future, a recent discovery by Dr. Sanjiv Dhingra and his team of researchers in the Cardiac Regeneration and Tissue Engineering Program here at St. Boniface Hospital Research, may mean they never have to take...
ICS Graduate Students Recognized for Excellence
Congratulations to two graduate students with the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences who were recently recognized for exceptional accomplishments, by the University of Manitoba’s Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology. Arun Surendran PhD student, supervised by...
AJP lists SBRC paper as one of 2021’s Top Cited articles.
The American Journal of Physiology recently listed a paper published by a group of researchers out of St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, as one of the top four papers cited in 2021. AJP publishes hundreds of papers annually and has an impact factor of five. The...