HLI’s 2024 Annual Report is now live! Read our report to explore research highlights, community partnerships, trainee milestones and how HLI is advancing science with impact. 🔗 hli.short.gy/24AR
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI)
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Innovative #Heart, #Lung, and #CriticalCare research to solve today’s greatest challenges. University of British Columbia & St. Paul’s Hospital. 🔗www.hli.ubc.ca
Congratulations to @heartlunginnov.bsky.social trainees Hacina Gill and Alexandra Schmidt for receiving presentation awards at the 2025 UBC Department of Medicine Research Expo! Read more about their projects: buff.ly/ZjRwVqv #research #awards #healthresearch
Congratulations to Our Award-Winning Trainees! – Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
Congratulations to Hacina Gill, a fifth-year PhD candidate, and Alexandra Schmidt, a second-year Master’s student – both in Experimental Medicine at the University of British Columbia – for…
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📢 NEW PROJECT: Printing human heart tissue! Dr. Zachary Laksman & Axolotl Biosciences are developing genomics-informed bio-inks to #3D-print heart tissue, improving models to study #HeartDisease & test drugs. #MedSky #EduSky #HigherEd @laksmanlab.bsky.social @axolotlbiosciences.bsky.social
🚨 PAID STUDY: HLI is recruiting adolescents (12–18) & adults (19+) for the CLOUD Study: #vaping effects on #LungHealth over time. Read more: www.cloudstudy.ca *Interacting with this post (ex, via likes/comments) can identify you with the research, impacting your privacy. #MedSky #VancouverBC
Providence Research honours #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay.We celebrate the many contributions of Indigenous Peoples to science and healthcare through their impact as researchers, doctors, nurses, social workers, support staff, and first line emergency personnel who work within our community.
We kicked off the start of summer early here at the @heartlunginnov.bsky.social! ☀️ Alongside the other trainee association co-chair, we hosted an icebreaker with treats, trivia & fun to welcome the summer students. Can’t wait for the next event! 😎 #GradLife #AcademicChatter #UndergradStudents
📢️May 6, 2025 marks World Asthma Day! This year’s theme “Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL” highlights the need for better access to lifesaving asthma care. Read more: ginasthma.org/wad-2025/ #AsthmaAwarenessMonth #WorldAsthmaDay #HeartLlungInnovation
World Asthma Day 2025 - Global Initiative for Asthma - GINA
In celebration of World Asthma Day 2025, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has chosen the theme “Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL”. GINA emphasizes the need to ensure that people with ...
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Today is #EarthDay 🌎 Read more about how Dr. Gurpreet Singhera and the Bruce McManus Cardiovascular Biobank team are taking action to make the lab greener and more #sustainable 🌱 ↓
On this #EarthDay, we highlight the work of Dr. Gurpreet Singhera, Research Associate with @heartlunginnov.bsky.social who is taking action to advance environmentally friendly practices within lab research and biobanking. www.providenceresearch.ca/en/hli-resea... #research #biobank #sustainability
New research from @heartlunginnov.bsky.social has identified the cause of pulmonary long COVID. The researchers used advanced imaging technology to make their findings. thedailyscan.providencehealthcare.org/2025/04/rese...
Research at St. Paul’s Hospital uncovers cause of lung long COVID - The Daily Scan
Researchers used xenon MRI and single-cell sequencing to identify inflammation in the lungs’ smallest airways as the cause of lung long COVID.
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🚨 Trending diets, long-term risks? A study by Drs. Iatan & Brunham found that “keto-like” diets may double the risk of heart attacks & strokes, especially for those with genetic risk. Now a Top 5 Most-Read in @jaccjournals.bsky.social for 2024. ➜ hli.short.gy/KETO #KetoDiet #Cardiology #MedSky
HLI Study on Diet and Heart Risks Among JACC: Advances’ Most-Read of 2024 – Centre for Heart Lung InnovationCentre for Heart Lung Innovation
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📢️ It's National #IndigenousLanguagesDay! Watch how Dr. Pat Camp and her team is making pulmonary rehabilitation culturally safe by incorporating Indigenous languages like Carrier (Dakelh) into their research. @patcamp.bsky.social #HeartLungInnovation youtube.com/shorts/MYxhT...
How Indigenous Language Shapes Culturally Safe Research and Care || Dr. Pat Camp
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Proud to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal for our work related to the equitable and culturally-safe delivery of respiratory health services.