PHRI Population Health Research Institute
Ashkan Shoamanesh is a Senior Scientist at the PHRI Population Health Research Institute, specializing in the Brain Health and Stroke Program and directing the Hemorrhagic Stroke Research Program since July 2015. Additionally, Ashkan serves as an Associate Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at McMaster University, holding the Marta and Owen Boris Chair in Stroke Research and Care, and directing the Stroke Fellowship Program since October 2014. As a Vascular/Stroke Neurologist at Hamilton Health Sciences, Ashkan has also chaired the CoHESIVE initiative since June 2017. Ashkan’s prior experience includes fellowships at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine, as well as residency training at The University of British Columbia. Ashkan earned a Doctor of Medicine from McMaster University and a Bachelor of Science from Western University.
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PHRI Population Health Research Institute
Global Health | Global Partnerships | Global Impact Research encompassing 1,500,000 participants in 102 countries on 6 continents. PHRI (Population Health Research Institute), a joint institute of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, is a world leader in clinical trials and large population health observational studies. PHRI is entering its third decade, still led by founder and Executive Director, Dr. Salim Yusuf. He and his team of now 300+ staff, senior scientists, scientists, investigators and research fellows, are asking important questions about cardiovascular disease, diabetes, PHRI’s research areas now also include perioperative and surgery; stroke and brain health; ACS and interventional cardiology; infectious diseases, GI, population genomics; thrombosis; heart failure; renal disease; obesity; childhood risk factors; and more. PHRI’s capacity to conduct several international studies concurrently, with tens of thousands of participants in each, is a capability very few organizations in the world can match. PHRI.ca/careers