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.
Araujo and Manson named 2021 Vanier Scholars
Congratulations to Daniel Schwade Araujo and Anne Manson, PhD students here at St. Boniface Hospital Research, who were both named 2021 Vanier Scholars. Araujo, studying at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, will undertake a PhD in Applied Health...
St. Boniface Investigators attract over $300,000 in NSERC funding
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) recently awarded two significant grants to support the work of Dhingra and Moghadasian respectively. Dr. Mohammed Moghadasian, Principal Investigator of the Pathology Research Laboratory, Canadian Centre...
Molecular Cardiology Program publishes exciting finding on why SKI acts as a ‘scaffold’ inhibiting fibroblast activation.
On behalf of the Molecular Cardiology Program under the direction of Dr. Ian Dixon, we are very pleased to announce the exciting publishing news of their paper, “SKI activates the Hippo pathway via LIMD1 to inhibit cardiac fibroblast activation”. The paper...
Dhingra Lab Publishes Work on Next Generation Biomaterial in High Impact Nanotechnology Journal
Data indicates potential game-changer, extending implantable medical device battery-life up to 20 years. Researchers in the Cardiac Regeneration and Tissue Engineering Program at St. Boniface Hospital Research have synthesized a next-generation bio-compatible...
St. Boniface PhD Student Earns Two Major Canadian Student Health Research Awards
Congratulations to Mihir Parikh, who took home two of the most prestigious prizes at the recent Canadian Student Health Research Forum — The E. L. Drewry Memorial Award, the highest honour conferred upon a senior doctoral student of Max Rady College of Medicine, as...
Dhingra elected Fellow of American Heart Association
Congratulations to Sanjiv Dhingra, elected as Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) conferred by the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS). Fellowship recognizes and awards premium professional members for excellence, innovative and sustained...