Arrhythmia biology, Cardiac Sciences, Cardioprotection, ER Smith Lectureship, Ischemia biology, James Weiss, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary
In Awards, Researchers on October 22, 2009 at 4:20 pm
The 3rd Annual Libin Research Day on November 2nd 2009 is just around the corner!
The ER Smith Lecture will be delivered by Dr. James Weiss, the Kawata Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Chief, Division of Cardiology at the University of California Los Angeles. The topic will be: Sudden Cardiac Death: The Chaos lurking within
Dr. Weiss’ current research utilizes systems approaches integrating experimental biology at the molecular to organ levels with mathematical modeling and nonlinear dynamics. His specific areas of engagement include arrhythmia biology and ischemia biology and cardioprotection.
Location:
- Theatre One, Health Sciences Centre, UCalgary
Program:
- Breakfast – 8:30am
- Research presentations – 9:00am
- Lunch and Poster viewing – 12:30pm
- Poster author presentations – 2:00pm
- ER Smith lecture – 3:00-pm
- Awards and Reception – 4:00pm
Cardiac Sciences, L. Brent Mitchell, Libin Cardiovascular Institute
In Celebrations on October 21, 2009 at 3:53 pm
On October 14 2009, the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and the broader cardiovascular sciences community in Southern Alberta celebrated the leadership contributions of Dr. L. Brent Mitchell. A gathering of over 180 individuals enjoyed stories, tall tales and several pictorial presentations covering numerous aspects, most in a particularly humorous manner, all complimented by live music and a fabulous meal.
Click on the thumbnails for larger views – all images by Rebecca Rowley:
Diabetes, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, READI Trial, Ron Sigal, University of Calgary
In Researchers on October 19, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta member Dr. Ron Sigal, Associate Professor at the UCalgary Faculty of Medicine, is leading a clinical research trial investigating whether weight training, when partnered with aerobic exercise, will help control the blood sugar of people with Type 1 diabetes.
“A 15 per cent drop in average blood sugar levels reduces the risk of blindness, kidney failure or amputations by 25 – 40 per cent,” says Dr. Sigal, an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medicine Research Senior Health Scholar, and the Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre at the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine. “Our hope for this study of people with Type 1 diabetes is that we will see similar results to our previous study of people with Type 2 diabetes.”
For more information about the Resistance Exercise in Already‐active Diabetic Individuals (READI) trial including who can participate and how, have a read of the full AHFMR press release.
Media coverage: 1, 2, 3, 4
Cardiac Sciences, Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Matthias Friedrich, Stephenson Cardiovascular MR Centre, University of Calgary
In Researchers on October 13, 2009 at 4:52 am
The Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta’s Stephenson CMR Centre was recently covered in an extensive article by the Calgary Herald.
Greg Ogrodnick, CEO of Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, left, and Dr. Matthias Friedrich of the Stephenson CMR Centre - Photo by: G Young, Cgy Herald
Article excerpt:
The Stephenson Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Centre at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta is Canada’s leading cardiac magnetic resonance facility and rated among the top five in the world. It’s here that director Dr. Matthias Friedrich pores over MRIs of patients’ hearts, carefully evaluating data collected from the images of heart muscle and tissue.
Helping the physician and researcher is a software program he started working on in Berlin. It was developed in Calgary and already is making waves in Europe and the United States as a diagnostic tool that is saving lives — and dollars.
The breakthrough technology is called CMR42, a takeoff of science fiction author Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in which the answer to life — as calculated by a supercomputer — is 42.
Read the rest of the Calgary Herald article – click here
Read about the Calgary CMR protocol that has been implemented around the globe – click here
Read more articles mentioning the Stephenson CMR Centre Director, Dr. Matthias Friedrich – click here
