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As a teenager in an Iranian desert town, when Nazanin Dehghan gazed at the stars, she was captivated by the patterns and mysteries of the night sky. That early fascination with constellations eventually led her into the world of quantum photonics, an area where light behaves in even more astonishing ways. Now a PhD student in uOttawa’s Structured Quantum Optics group, Nazanin is the 2024 recipient...

In a world overflowing with data, how can we quickly identify the most relevant information? This question lies at the heart of Professor Aaron Smith’s work with the Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing (TIMC), a leader in data science and visualization. For over a decade, Smith has advanced computational statistics, helping to develop tools that summarize unstructured data and automatica...

We are happy to announce the 2025 Impact Grants Program recipients. We have successfully funded 10 projects to accelerate brain–heart (B–H) research that has the potential to quickly deliver important and timely outcomes, and contribute to sustainable long-term health, societal and/or economic impacts that are equitable in their process and impact. Below is the list of awardees along with their af...

We are pleased to share that Associate Director Viviana Fernandez has been appointed to the SAR Canada (SARCAN) National Steering Committee for a two-year mandate starting in November 2025.

As Movember shone a light on men’s prostate cancer, screening guidelines for the disease look widely antiquated as modern testing is shunned amid a reduction in the pace of decline of mortality rates.

The Canadian AI Safety Institute’s research program has selected a team including Prof. Karen Eltis and Prof. Jacquelyn Burkell to lead a two-year solution network dedicated to address the rising prevalence of synthetic AI-generated content in the justice system.

Le rapport annuel du CRCCF et les derniers balados sont maintenant disponibles!

The Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI) is a mission-driven research program that is dedicated to advancing the understanding of the intricate connections between the brain and heart. Recognizing that these vital organs do not function in isolation, the BHI is propelling cutting-edge research that explores how neurological and cardiovascular systems influence one another in health and disease.

As part of a major push to unlock more impactful contributions to spaceflight science, Dr. Guy Trudel and a top team of collaborators will seek to unlock how and why astronauts develop a common blood disorder in microgravity.

Dr. David Birnie, head of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, has co-led a groundbreaking international study that will transform the care of approximately one million patients worldwide who undergo catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation each year.