TRANSFORM HF

📣 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...

The aim? Using these signals to derive clinically meaningful hemodynamic variables – including blood pressure, cardiac output, and systemic vascular resistance – that can support remote patient monitoring and expand access to care beyond the clinic. 🫀

Rawad’s research is focused on the development of a discrete wearable device for continuous hemodynamic monitoring. He’s conducting human trials on healthy and heart failure cohorts and developing software to process signals such as ECG, PPG, and ICG.

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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!

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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

Carbon and Travel Cost Reduction From Remote Medication Titration for Advanced Heart Failure: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Optimization of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) often requires frequent in-person visits, contributing to patient burden and health ca...

💡 We found that remote guideline-directed medical therapy titration reduced travel, carbon emissions and costs – all while maintaining care quality.

Read more: onlinecjc.ca/article/S082...

📢 🫀 #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. 👇

YouTube video by Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research Introducing The EHMRG Calculator

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

📣 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...

🫀 From smartwatches and rings to medical sensors, digital devices are everywhere, and it can be tough to know what’s what.

Enter: Gadgets, Gizmos and Great Care with Dr. Heather Ross!

Learn how these different technologies support #hearthealth and how you can get involved: ourhearthub.ca/gadgets/

OPPORTUNITY | Applications are open for the BRN IGNITE Grant 5.0. The grant awards $5K - $15K towards professional development, research dissemination and research support. Application deadline: January 12, 2026.

Applications are open for the BRN IGNITE Grant 5.0!

The grant provides $5K - $15K to support interdisciplinary research through professional development, research dissemination and other research-related expenses.

Deadline: Jan. 12, 2026 💡 buff.ly/Q4qhPiv #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

📢 Our 2026 Collaboration Starter Grant Competition is open!

That's up to $10K awards to support new research projects and partnerships that advance heart failure outcomes through digital innovation & health equity.

⭐ Apply by Feb. 1, 2026: transformhf.ca/opportunitie...

💙 Thanks to everyone who joined our 2025 Fall Network Event! We heard inspiring updates in heart failure research, from community-driven approaches to AI-enabled digital innovation.

A big shout out to our speakers, moderators, trainees & judges for an energizing day. Let's keep the momentum going!

Over 10 weeks, participants from across 🇨🇦 will have the chance to gain insights into the commercial potential of their academic #research, hear from leaders in the field & develop a new way of thinking.

🗓️ Tuesdays 2-4PM ET, Feb. 10-April 14, 2026
🔗 Apply by Jan. 12, 2026: www.lab2market.ca/discover

📢 Now OPEN: Lab2Market Discover Cardiovascular Program!

ECHO Discovery – our #entrepreneurship in cardiovascular research program – looks a bit different this year.

We’ve teamed up with @uoftmedicine.bsky.social to deliver a new Lab2Market Discover program focused on #cardiovascular health!

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📢 Interested in cardiovascular health & digital innovation?

Join TRANSFORM HF for a morning of inspiring research focused on advancing equitable heart failure care!

🗓️ Nov 28, 2025 | 8:30AM–1PM EST
📍 Campbell Conference Facility
🎟️ Save your spot: transformhf.ca/event/2025-f...

Black Research Network: TRANSFORM HF 2025 Fall Network Event TRANSFORM HF is thrilled to bring together its diverse network of clinicians, scientists, trainees, people with lived experience, industry reps,...

🫀 Interested in heart failure research? Join @transformhf.bsky.social for its 2025 Fall Network Event on Nov. 28!

Learn about research from the TRANSFORM HF community – covering everything from smart garments to cardiac care solutions co-designed with equity at the forefront.

⚾ 🫀 Even watching from the couch can get your heart racing! Dr. Mali Worme, cardiologist and TRANSFORM HF member, shares insights on the link between sports excitement and a fan's heart rate. Take a look:

Join us for our 2025 Fall Network Event! 🍂

⏰ Nov. 28 | 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST
📍 Campbell Conference Facility

Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your network, learn from fellow TRANSFORM HF members, and shape the future of heart health, together.

👉 Register here: transformhf.ca/event/2025-f...

Tomorrow’s the big day!!
Meet the judges who’ll decide which startup wins $250K at ECHO PITCH. We can’t wait to hear their insights — and see who claims the prize! 👀

Mental Health Our Heart Hub Mental health refers to a person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It is a vital aspect of overall health. How we think, feel, act, and make decisions all play a role in our mental he...

Living with heart failure can take a toll physically and mentally❤️🧠
Fear, frustration, and worry are normal parts of the journey, but supports are available. Learn how to care for your heart and mind this #WorldMentalHealthDay by visiting ourhearthub.ca/mental-health

🫀 A big thank you to Dr. Husain for leading another insightful Heart Failure 101 session for our new CaRDM Eq trainees! Together, we explored the physiology of #heartfailure, emerging research frontiers & the importance of health equity in care.

CaRDM Eq is a NSERC CREATE funded training program.

NEW workshop for patients, caregivers & family members with lived experience of cardiovascular disease!

On Nov. 18, join us with @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social for a session on building confidence & critical thinking when engaging with #AI related research.

➡️ Learn more: transformhf.ca/event/ai-res...

Registration is OPEN for our 2025 Fall Network Event!

Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your network, learn from fellow TRANSFORM HF members & shape the future of heart health, together.

🗓 Nov. 28 | 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM EST
📍 Campbell Conference Facility
🔗 Register: transformhf.ca/event/2025-f...