Seminars & Events

Monday, June 02, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
"Engineering Vision: iPSC-Derived Limbal Stem Cells for Corneal Regeneration"
Speaker: Dr. Albert Wu
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room 5225
Hosted by Dr. William Stanford 
Wednesday, June 04, 2025, 10:00-11:00
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
"New therapeutic targets regulating cancer associated inflammation and novel mechanistic biomarkers for improving anti-cancer T-cell therapy"
Speaker: Dr. Laszlo Radvanyi
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor, Room 5225
Co-hosted by the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Cancer Research Program and the University of Ottawa, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
Wednesday, June 04, 2025, 18:00-20:00
The Brain-Heart Interconnectome Program presents
Café Scientifique: Where the brain and heart meet: Building better care in your community
Speaker: Refer to Program
Location: 200 Lees Ave, Ottawa, or Online - link sent to those registered

Free to attend!  

  • Explore tools that empower patients to take charge of their healthcare
  • Understand the role of the brain and heart in health and disease
  • Refreshments will be served

To learn more click: https://www.uottawa.ca/research-innovation/bhi/events/where-brain-heart-meet-building-better-care-your-community

For more info:  bhi.events@uottawa.ca
Monday, June 09, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
"Hypothalamic neuroscience for addressing aging and complex diseases"
Speaker: Dr. Dongsheng Cai
Location: TOH General Campus CCW5th Floor Room 5225
Hosted by Dr. Hsiao-Huei Chen 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 15:00-16:00
The Health AI and Data Science (HAD) Program presents
TBD
Speaker: TBD
TBD
Location: Virtual via MS Teams. Meeting ID: TBD | Passcode: TBD

Please contact Emma Brown at emmabrown1@ohri.ca if you would like the meeting link.

NOTE: If you would like to be added to the HAD - Health AI and Data Science team on MS Teams (including the HAD JC seminar mailing list), please join the team using code: owfh55e. If you are external to TOH/OHRI and would like to be added, please email Emma Brown at emmabrown1@ohri.ca.

TBD
Monday, June 16, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
"Using Stem Cells to Explore the Genetics Underlying Brain Disease."
Speaker: Dr. Kristen Brennand
Location: TOH General Campus CCW5th Floor Room 5225
Hosted by Dr. Michael Rudnicki 
Thursday, June 19, 2025, 7:30-17:30
The Brain-Heart Interconnectome Program presents
Brain-Heart Interconnectome Summer School 2025
Speaker: Registration is now Open!
Program coming soon!
Location: University of Ottawa - Faculty of Social Sciences

Registration and Abstract Submission Form: Brain-Heart Interconnectome Summer School | Registration Survey

The BHI is pleased to be offering a free 2-day program for cardiovascular and brain research trainees across Canada. This program is designed to learn the latest concepts in brain-heart research and related areas and provide a venue for trainees to network with peers and faculty.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Transdisciplinary Brain-Heart Research
  • Innovation and Commercialization
  • Application of AI in brain-heart research
  • Career Pathways and Development
  • Trainee Presentations and Workshops

For more info:  bhi.events@uottawa.ca
Monday, June 23, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
TBD
Speaker: Dr. Jeff Molkentin
Location: TOH General Campus, CCW5th Floor Room 5225
Hosted by Dr. Lynn Megeney 
Monday, September 22, 2025, 15:30-16:30
The OHRI Seminar Series Program presents
"Insights into Immune Dysfunction in Endometriosis"
Speaker: Dr. Chandrakant Tayade
Location: TOH General Campus CCW5th Floor Room 5225
Hosted by Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden 

Please note that OHRI seminars are open to all members of OHRI and partner institutions. Members of the general public are asked to contact the communications office (jganton@ohri.ca) for more information about the research presented at OHRI seminars.