SRI Magazine 2018
Departments
Researchers target tough-to-treat brain diseases with focused ultrasound
Noninvasive imaging technique makes major gains in studies
Discovering the drawbacks of double-booking hip surgeries
Overlapping procedures prove problematic
Mutations in tumour-halting gene may be useful markers for prognosis
More active forms of gene linked to longer survival of people with cancer
MRI technique holds key to selecting patients for heart treatment
New method of identifying hard versus soft lesions shows promise for people with peripheral arterial disease
Study shines light on perinatal suicide
Pregnancy and the entirety of the first postpartum year demand attention
Local anesthetic after liver cancer surgery reduces opioid use
Patient-controlled analgesia also quickens recovery: study
What sends the body into calorie-burning overdrive after a burn?
Scientists discover immune system plays a critical role in hypermetabolism caused by burns
Targeted triage and more funding needed to improve heart procedure process
For trans-catheter aortic valve implantation surgeries, careful patient selection is essential
What determines the specific identities of brain cells?
Study zeroes in on the importance of two genes
Team develops hand-held device that can deposit wound-healing tissue directly onto severe burns
Will ultrasound be used one day to diagnose breast cancer?
Inexpensive imaging technique shows high potential to provide early, precise and noninvasive "acoustic" biopsy
Trainees
With PhDs in hand, two SRI alumni chart custom-fitted courses
Ask a scientist
Facts & stats
Q&A
Other features
Women in science: a lab of their own
Successful female scientists reflect on their journeys and offer counsel to the next generation looking to them and wondering: Is it possible to have it all?
What will it take to boost participation of women in engineering and physics, where gender imbalance is notably prominent? Contributing to the conversation, for starters
Messages from senior leadership
Getting discoveries to people
Messages from the President and CEO and Chair of the Board and from the Vice-President, Research
SRI Magazine 2018
Inventing the Future of Health Care
Editor
Stephanie Roberts
Design
SRI Communications
Art Direction
Stephanie Roberts
Writers
Alisa Kim, Matthew Pariselli, Stephanie Roberts, Betty Zou
Photographers
Kevin Van Paassen, Nation Wong
SRI Magazine is published annually by the office of the vice-president, research, Sunnybrook Research Institute and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Queries, address changes and requests for permission to copy or reprint material in this magazine should be directed to the editor at stephanie.roberts@sri.utoronto.ca.
