🚨 Registration is open for our 11th Annual Heart Failure Symposium! Join us for a day of keynotes, a poster session, an interactive workshop, and insights from people with lived experience, exploring new targets, tools, and treatments in heart failure care. 🔗 tedrogersresearch.ca/symposium/

Earlier this year, a team of TRANSFORM HF members headed north to explore key research priorities with our partners at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority & local community members, spanning questions from technology-enabled care tools to environmental monitoring. ⬇️

Designed to spark new partnerships, our Collaboration Starter Grants provide crucial early-stage funding for research & project proposals. 👋 Meet TRANSFORM HF's 2026 Collaboration Starter Grant recipients who are working to advance equitable heart failure care: transformhf.ca/novel-paths-...

Novel Paths to Equitable Cardiac Care - TRANSFORM HF

Designed to spark new partnerships and kickstart innovation, our Collaboration Starter Grants provide crucial early-stage funding for research and project proposals. Meet our 2026 recipients who are w...

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Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Spring Network Event! We're grateful to our amazing speakers, moderators, and demo booth participants for their impactful sessions. 💙 We're feeling inspired by our community & look forward to building on the momentum. See you in November for the next one!

👋 Join us in giving a warm welcome to the students in our 2026 Undergraduate Summer Research Program! This summer, they'll be working alongside our multidisciplinary community of researchers to help address inequity in heart failure care. Meet the cohort: transformhf.ca/funded-under...

Did you know more than 800,000 Canadians live with heart failure, and that figure keeps increasing each year? Join us this #HeartFailureWeekCan in helping to spread awareness and make a difference! Visit heartfailure.ca to learn more ❤️

#Heartfailure doesn’t just affect the heart – it can also impact memory, thinking, and focus. A NEW resource on The Heart Hub helps patients understand cognitive changes and what to do next. ⬇️

Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research@trogersresearch.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Heartfailure doesn’t just affect the heart. It can also impact memory, thinking, and focus. Our new resource on The Heart Hub helps you understand cognitive changes and what to do next. Read More: ourhearthub.ca/cognition/ #HeartFailure #BrainHealth #HFAW2026

Heart failure rates in northern Ontario are twice the provincial average — in part because of how far patients have to travel for specialized care. Dr. Heather Ross is trying to fix that with portable ‘hospital in a Pelican case’ she can carry to remote communities: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...

Dr. Heather Ross Is bringing portable cardiac care to northern Canada

How world-renowned cardiologist Dr. Heather Ross uses a portable "hospital in a box" to bring UHN’s specialized medical tools to remote Canadian communities.

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Last week, Prof. Leyla Soleymani joined our CaRDM Eq trainees for a short technical course exploring the world of biosensors! We covered biosensing components and technologies aimed at enabling sensitive and convenient sensing interfaces for applications in healthcare, environment & more.

📢 You’re invited! Join us on May 29th for an exciting morning of research presentations, technology demos, and networking with our community. 📍 Campbell Conference Facility ⏰ 8:30AM - 1:00PM 🎟️ Register today: thf2026springnetwork.eventbrite.ca

📢 Calling patients, caregivers, and family members who want to get involved in research! Join us for a workshop exploring why AI is used in health research, how these tools are applied, and how patient partners can help guide responsible innovation. Apply by April 19: transformhf.ca/event/ai-res...

⌚ A new study from @uhn.ca, featuring TRANSFORM HF researchers, shows that smartwatch data can detect early signs of worsening health in people living with #heartfailure – often days to weeks before unplanned medical care is needed. A huge congrats to the research team for this incredible work! 👏

University Health Network@uhn.ca · 5mo ago

Can a smartwatch detect early signs of heart failure? A UHN‑led study published in @natmed.nature.com found that smartwatch data can flag worsening heart failure risk days to weeks before unplanned care, opening the door to earlier, more responsive treatment. Read more: https://bit.ly/4dGnczH

📌 Save the date! Our 2026 Spring Network Event will take place on May 29th from 8:30AM-1PM at the Campbell Conference Facility – and you won’t want to miss it. Get ready for an exciting morning filled with innovative research presentations, tech demos, and networking. Registration opens soon! 👀

📢 The @trogersresearch.bsky.social Education Fund is now accepting applications for projects supporting collaborative, heart failure–focused research across TRCHR partner institutions! ⭕ PhD Awards: $25,000 ⭕ Post-Doc Awards: $40,000 Apply by March 30, 2026 tedrogersresearch.ca/education-fu

🔔 Happening this Wednesday! Haven't registered yet? Save your spot: transformhf.ca/event/resear...

TRANSFORM HF@transformhf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

On Feb 25th, join us for a research seminar on Wearables & Remote Monitoring in #HeartFailure! Hear from @utoronto.ca’s Prof. Hani Naguib & JVPLabs' VP of Technology Michele Roberts, followed by a plenary Q&A. 📍 UofT Campus | 9:45-11:30AM ☕ Networking 🔗 Register: transformhf.ca/event/resear...

Calling heart function #patients & #caregivers in the Greater Toronto Area! We're offering a free workshop series to train & empower people with lived experience to engage in cardiovascular research. 🗓️ Session 1: March 19 🗓️ Session 2: April 9 Apply by March 1: transformhf.ca/event/2026-f...

On Feb 25th, join us for a research seminar on Wearables & Remote Monitoring in #HeartFailure! Hear from @utoronto.ca’s Prof. Hani Naguib & JVPLabs' VP of Technology Michele Roberts, followed by a plenary Q&A. 📍 UofT Campus | 9:45-11:30AM ☕ Networking 🔗 Register: transformhf.ca/event/resear...

We’re starting the new year strong in CaRDM Eq – our NSERC CREATE training program in designing #digitalhealth solutions for equity. ⤵️

📣 The #Climate Crisis and #AI for #Health 🗣️ Dr. Loïc Lannelongue 📆 Today • 4pm to 6pm ET 📍 Hybrid 🔗 https://ow.ly/Lik050XII0S #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech #Enviro

📢 NEW Research Seminar Series! Join us on Feb. 25th for our first session focused on wearables & remote monitoring in #heartfailure. Hear from @utoronto.ca's Hani Naguib & JVPLabs' Michele Roberts, followed by a plenary Q&A. 📍 U of T Campus, 9:45-11:30AM 🔗 Register: transformhf.ca/event/resear...

A TRANSFORM HF team is braving −35°C in #MooseFactory to spend time with Weeneebayko Area Health Authority partners. We’re here to listen and learn about how digital innovation can support access to care, and how climate change is shaping health and daily life. Grateful to be guided by community.

📢 Applications are OPEN for our Undergrad Summer Research Program! Spend 16 weeks gaining hands-on experience alongside members of our multidisciplinary network who are tackling inequity in #heartfailure care through digital innovation. ⏰ Apply by March 1 🔗 Details: transformhf.ca/opportunitie...

Designing for equity is at the heart of CaRDM Eq—our training program which aims to empower trainees to drive the next generation of innovation in #cardiovascular health. 📍 We recently visited CaRDM Eq trainee Rawad Alkallas at the Franklin Research Lab to see this work in action! ⬇️

Join us in person on April 10, 2026 for the second Clinical Cardiology & Critical Care Update, a one-day conference for clinicians working across cardiac care! 🕗 8:30 AM–4:30 PM EST 🎟️ Early bird open until Jan 31, 2026 🔗 Learn more & register: c4uconference.com

📣 Call for applicants! Lab2Market Discover Cardiovascular is a NEW program for #researchers, #clinicians & #trainees across Canada who are interested in exploring how to translate their research into impact. 📌 Tuesdays, 1–2:30 PM ET 📆 Feb 10 – April 14 ⌛ Apply by Jan 21: www.lab2market.ca/discover

📢 🫀 #NewResearch! Optimizing heart failure care often requires frequent in-person visits, contributing to patient burden & healthcare-related carbon emissions. Research by Dr. Michael Elfassy and team explores carbon and travel cost reduction from remote patient management. 👇

New year, new clinical tool! 🚑 Meet the EHMRG score calculator, helping ER doctors quickly assess short-term risk in heart failure patients and guide safe discharge vs. admission decisions. Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZONb... @peter-munk.bsky.social @transformhf.bsky.social @uhnresearch.ca

Introducing The EHMRG Calculator

YouTube video by Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research

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📣 The #Climate Crisis and #AI for #Health 🗣️ Dr. Loïc Lannelongue 📆 Jan. 28, 2026 • 4pm to 6pm ET 📍 Hybrid 🔗 https://ow.ly/Lik050XII0S #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech #Enviro

A new study from the #UNEARTHCVD team is looking at how using a digital assessment can help assess cognitive decline in patients with HF. Hear from lead author Joann Varickanickal and read more: tedrogersresearch.ca/2025/12/expl... @uhnresearch.ca @transformhf.bsky.social

Looking to kickstart a research project or partnership? We're offering Collaboration Starter Grants to support TRANSFORM HF members in forming collaborations with new partners – within or outside our network – on early-stage projects. 🔗 Learn more: transformhf.ca/opportunitie...