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Hude Quan, professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, has been selected as a Killam Annual Professor. File photo, O'Brien Institute for Public Health

'I cannot say enough about his humble strength and visionary abilities'

University of Calgary researcher Shelagh Coutts says the findings of the study call attention to potential missed opportunities for prevention of stroke and other adverse vascular events such as heart attack or death in women. Photo by Adrian Shellard for the Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Women are less likely than men to be diagnosed with minor stroke

Study finds South Asians with atypical heart attack symptoms take longer to seek emergency care

Student exchange trips are a unique aspect of the nursing education at the University of Calgary in Qatar. University of Calgary in Qatar photo

How 20 nursing students used health care to cross cultural barriers

Kinesiology student Janna Newton measures oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide elimination in study participant Sasa Cigoja. Photo by Stephanie Vahaaho, University of Calgary

Markin undergrad looks at link between exercise intensity and prevention of cardiovascular disease

Chance discovery motivates scientist to consider sex differences in her heart research

Research explores risk factors behind maternal obesity

Stephen Wilton strives for far-reaching impact on lives of those affected by cardiovascular disease

The Beat Goes On Gala raises $900,000 for cardiovascular research

Referring to themselves as the “Bicuspid Boys,” these three friends share the love of cycling and a heart defect known as bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). BVA is the most common congenital heart defect which effects mostly men (4:1). From left: Rick Lewis, Ken Lewis, and Phil Mittertreiner. Photo courtesy Phil Mittertreiner

$3-million grant brings precision medicine to heart patients