Welcome to our new Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategic Training Program in Vascular Research in Ontario, Canada. This program is partnered by Robarts Research Institute, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of Waterloo.

Students admitted to this Program will be known as CIHR Strategic Training Fellows and will be allowed to use this designation on their Curriculum Vitae.

Some of the key objectives of the CIHR Strategic Initiative in Health Research Training are to:

	Build a culture of creativity, innovation and transdisciplinary research within the next generation of health researchers.
	Increase the capacity of the Canadian health research community through the training and support of research talent.
	Encourage and enable highly motivated individuals from Canada and abroad to undertake training in health research in Canada.
	Support the development of innovative, effective, and competitive transdisciplinary training programs in health research in Canada.

One of CIHR's core objectives is to encourage transdisciplinary, integrative health research, by the training of new young researchers, and to increase the capacity of Canada`s health research enterprise to address important research questions in all areas of health research.

Training Program Objectives

To achieve our mission, our key objective is to develop trainees with the capacity and expertise appropriate to lead future transdisciplinary research in vascular medicine by:

(i) Integrating the expertise of well-established scientists in the fields of inflammation, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, vascular imaging, computer science, physics, biomedical engineering and genomics to establish an integrated transdisciplinary training program in vascular medicine.

(ii) Creating new capacity by training future scientists with academic backgrounds in disciplines urgently needed to help advance vascular research from computer science and engineering to cell and molecular biology relevant to vascular disease.

(iii) Training new scientists with strong backgrounds in medicine, genetics, cell and molecular biology in vascular medicine research projects where physics and mathematical/computational sciences are critical to research project outcomes and discovery.

If you are excited by the possibilities of a career in vascular research that spans disciplines, please contact us to explore your options of working with an accomplished team of scientists who are committed to transdisciplinary research.

Please visit the CIHR website for more information on this important enterprise:

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/news/7993.shtml