MEDIA ADVISORY - It's a new day for research in Hamilton and around the
world: Grand Opening of the David Braley Cardiac Vascular and Stroke Research
Institute Thursday March 11, 2010 at 9 am

TORONTO, March 9 /CNW/ -

    
    What:  Members of the media are invited for a tour and event in
           celebration of the grand opening of the David Braley Cardiac,
           Vascular and Stroke Research Institute.

    When:  Thursday, March 11 at 9 am

    Where: David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute
           Hamilton General Hospital Campus, 237 Barton Street East

           The Research Institute is located directly north of the hospital
           between Copeland Avenue and Birge Street - entrance to the
           Research Institute is on Copeland Avenue

    Who:   Speakers (in order of appearance)

           Mr. Murray Martin, President and CEO, Hamilton Health Sciences
           Mr. Mark Rizzo, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Hamilton Health
           Sciences
           The Honourable Tony Clement, Federal Minister of Industry
           Mr. David Braley, President Orlick Industries
           Dr. Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO, Canada Foundation for
           Innovation
           Dr. Alain Beaudet, President and CEO, Canadian Institutes for
           Health Research
           Mr. David Sculthorpe, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
           Dr. Salim Yusuf, Vice-President of Research and Chief Scientific
           Officer at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Executive Director of the
           Population Health Research Institute
           Dr. Jeffrey Weitz, Director of the Thrombosis & Atherosclerosis
           Research Institute
    

This new modern Institute is home to two world-renowned research teams led by Dr. Yusuf and Dr. Weitz. Together, these teams are finding new solutions to global health problems and impacting the lives of millions of individuals around the world.

Hamilton Health Sciences is a family of six unique hospitals and a cancer centre, serving more than 2.3 million residents of Hamilton and central west Ontario. It is affiliated with McMaster University and Mohawk College.

For further information: Lillian Badzioch, T: [phone] ext. 76090, BB: [phone], E: [email protected]; Jennifer Kramer, T: [phone] ext. 76088, BB: [phone], E: [email protected]