TRAINEE RESEARCH AWARD - BASIC SCIENCES

Friday, October 27, 2023

08:30 – 09:30 EST

Location: Palais, 513DEF

Co-Chair(s)

Kim Connelly, MBBS, PhD (he/him/his)

Executive Director, Keenan Research Center & Division Head, Cardiology
St.Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
University of Toronto
Santokh Dhillon, MD FRCPC (he/him/his)

Pediatric cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Program Director of Cardiology
CHRS/CPCA
Dalhousie University

Disclosure(s):

Kim A. Connelly, MBBS, PhD: Abbott: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); AstraZeneca: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Boehringer Ingelheim: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Eli Lilly: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Janssen: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Merck: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Novartis: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); NovoNordisk: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Sanofi: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Servier: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing)

Presentations:

08:40 – 08:50 EST

HEART FAILURE IMPAIRS BONE MARROW HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL FUNCTION AND RESPONSES TO INJURY
Presenter: Tina Marvasti, MD, PhD – University of Toronto
08:50 – 09:00 EST

SEX-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN CARDIAC ENERGY METABOLISM REGULATIONS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL TYPE 2 DIABETES MOUSE MODEL
Presenter: Keshav Gopal, PhD – University of Alberta
09:00 – 09:10 EST

CIRCULATING SEX-SPECIFIC IMMUNE AND HORMONE MARKERS OF CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE INSTABILITY
Presenter: Karina Gasbarrino, Doctorate Degree (she/her/hers) – McGill University
09:10 – 09:20 EST

FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTORS (IP3RS) IN THE REGULATION OF CARDIAC MYOFIBROBLASTS
Presenter: Urna Kansakar, PhD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine