207 - RESEARCH FUNDING OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR CV RESEARCH TRAINEES

Saturday, October 29, 2022

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EDT

Location: Room 202

Target Audience: Research Trainee, Networking Trainee

Co-Chair(s)

Marcelo Munoz, PhD Chemistry (he/him/his)

Postdoctoral Fellow
University Of Ottawa
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ramana Vaka, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
University Of Ottawa Heart Institute
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Presenter(s)

PL

Peter Liu, MD

Chief Scientific Officer and VP Research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa Heart Institute
University of Ottawa Heart
Ontario, Canada
DM

Dan Madularu
Cate Murray (she/her/hers)

President & CEO
Stem Cell Network
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Michael J. Strong

President
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Western University

Planning Committee Member(s)

Nicholas Grubic, BScH MSc

Methodologist
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Planning Committee Chair(s)

Sanaz Hatami, MD, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Planning Committee Member(s)

Khalil Khalil, MD (he/him/his)

PGY-1 in Cardiac Surgery
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Kalai Mangai Muthukumarasamy, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Montreal Heart Institute
Montreal Heart Institute, Quebec, Canada
Nariman Sepehrvand, MD, PhD

Research Associate, Canadian VIGOUR Centre and Department of Medicine,
University of Alberta
Canadian Heart Failure Society
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dominique Vervoort, MD (he/him/his)

PhD Student
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

have a big picture of available fellowship/scholarship opportunities for CV trainees;
prepare successful scholarship/fellowship/grant applications; and
find out research opportunities outside Academia.

This session will provide cardiovascular research trainees with

various funding opportunity resources, and

advice on navigating a successful research training

The session hosts a speaker panel comprising of prominent research leaders from academia, government, and non-profit research organizations. This one-hour session will consist of short speaker presentations followed by 20 min Q&A session. The audience will have an opportunity to ask questions during Q&A session.