Associate dean (research)
College of Pharmacy
Apotex Centre, 750 McDermot Ave. W.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T5
Phone: 204-480-1455
Fax: 204-798-3744
hope.anderson@umanitoba.ca
Hope Anderson, PhD, B.Sc.
College of Pharmacy research theme(s)
- Biotargets and mechanisms of disease
- Translational pharmacotherapy and practice
Research affiliations
- Principal Investigator
- Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine
- St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre
Keywords
- (Endo)cannabinoid
- Atrial fibrillation
- Cardiac hypertrophy
- Cardiac myocytes
- Pressure myography
- Resistance arteries
Research Summary
The goal of Dr. Anderson’s research program is to understand how risk factors for cardiovascular disease, especially hypertension (high blood pressure), cardiac hypertrophy (abnormal growth of the heart), and diabetes promote the development of heart failure. Her ultimate aim is to identify new therapies that prevent or slow the onset of heart failure. To achieve this aim, Dr. Anderson’s laboratory uses several models of cardiovascular disease of escalating complexity ranging from cultured heart muscle cells, to isolated hearts and arteries, to hearts and arteries in vivo.
Biography
Dr. Hope Anderson is a professor and associate dean of research at the College of Pharmacy. She is also vice-dean of graduate studies for Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.
She holds a cross-appointment in the department of pharmacology and therapeutics and is a principal investigator in the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) at the St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre.
Prior academic appointments include associate dean for the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Dr. Anderson is published extensively in the research areas of cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, vascular disease, cardiac hypertrophy.
Education
- PhD from the department of pharmacology and therapeutics, University of Manitoba, 1997
- Two post-doctoral fellowships at the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal and at the University of California at San Francisco
Awards
- CIHR New Investigator Award
- New Investigator Award from Hypertension Canada (referred to as the Canadian Hypertension Society at the time)
Contact us
College of Pharmacy
Apotex Centre
750 McDermot Avenue West
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T5 Canada
204-474-9306
204-789-3744