
Kathryn Howe
@kat_howe
Vascular Surgeon-Scientist
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23-10-2012 20:58:11
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This #StrokeAwarenessMonth, a team led by Dr. Kathryn Howe from University Health Network’s Toronto General Hospital Research Institute reveals how blood vessels cells send tiny messages that may trigger plaque rupture and stroke, generating a first-of-its-kind model to help investigate further. 🔗 Read more: uhnresearch.ca/news/how-arter…


Massive thank you to amazing colleagues who enable the work to get done and stories told! UofT Vascular Surgery U of T Department of Surgery University Health Network Toronto General Hospital Research Institute Peter Munk Cardiac Centre UHN Research

I'm thrilled to share our new study out in Nature Medicine! We show that a blood test can estimate how aged or youthful one’s organs are and that these organ ages predict future disease and lifespan. Final paper from my PhD in the Tony Wyss-Coray lab. 🧵1/12 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4159…




Thank you ATVB: An AHA Journal for the opportunity to showcase our work as cover art in your July issue! Incredible to see this in print!

Congrats to an amazing team of scientists working on a critical health discussion! Thank you AdaWeinstock for sharing with us!

How to modulate biological aging (body-wide, epigenetic) —Obesity accelerates jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… —Exercise slows thelancet.com/action/showPdf… The Lancet w/ Prof Steve Horvath


We had a fun day with our high school summer students exploring different areas of research University Health Network. They learned about labs McEwen Stem Cell Institute, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Toronto General Hospital Research Institute as well as participated in workshops on Artificial Intelligence, Immunology and Presentation Skills. đź’ˇ


The Jason Fish and Kathryn Howe labs helping out again! Amazing way to showcase science to the next generation. Nicely done.

Excited to share a milestone published in Nature Medicine from our decade-long effort to build The Human Phenotype Project, a unique longitudinal cohort with unmatched depth of clinical and multi-omic profiling, enabling truly predictive, personalized medicine. Led together with



