The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), formerly Ottawa Health Research Institute, is a non-profit academic health

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located in the city of

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. It was formed in 2001 following the merger of three Ottawa hospitals. The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is the research arm of

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and affiliated with the

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. As of 2022, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute houses approximately 2,200 scientists, clinician investigators, students, research fellows, and support staff. It has five research programs: Cancer Therapeutics; Chronic Disease; Clinical Epidemiology; Regenerative Medicine; and Neurosciences. Its researchers are studying more than a hundred different diseases, conditions and specialties with an overall focus on translating discoveries and knowledge into better health. Ronald G. Worton was the research institute's founding CEO and Scientific Director in 2001. In 2007, Duncan Stewart, formerly Chief Cardiologist of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and Director of Cardiology of

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, took over as CEO and Scientific Director.

Notable Discoveries and Accomplishments

* Dr. Harold Atkins and Dr. Mark Freedman pioneered the use of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. * Dr. Michael Rudnicki was the first to characterize adult skeletal muscle stem cells. * Dr. Ian Stiell developed the

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. * Dr. David Moher led the development of the

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reporting guidelines for clinical trials and the PRISMA reporting guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. * Dr. Doug Manuel develope
ProjectBigLife
a life expectancy calculator that helps educate people about healthy lifestyle choices. * Dr. John Bell and his colleagues demonstrated for the first time that an intravenously-delivered viral therapy can selectively infect and spread within tumours in humans. * Dr. Dean Fergusson and Dr. Paul Hebert discovered that aprotinin is associated with an increased risk of death compared to other drugs routinely used to prevent blood loss during heart surgery. * Dr. Annette O'Connor pioneered the use o
Patient Decision Aids
* Dr. Natasha Kekre is leading the first clinical trial of made-in-Canada CAR-T cells for the treatment of cance

Notable Faculty and Alumni

John Cameron Bell John Cameron Bell (born July 10, 1953 in Ancaster, Ontario) is a senior cancer researcher at the OHRI. He currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario with his wife Sheila. Education John received his Bachelor's degree and Ph.D. from McMaster University ...

Dean Fergusson

Ian Graham

Jeremy Grimshaw
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David Moher David Moher (born April 17, 1957) is an Irish epidemiologist and senior scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), where he is also Director of the for Journalology, and the Canadian EQUATOR ...

Annette O'Connor Annette Marie Cormier O'Connor (born 1950) is a distinguished professor and professor emerita at the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She is a Ti ...

Michael Rudnicki

References

External links

Official Site
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