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17吃瓜鈥檚 vice-president academic and research spoke recently at the inaugural Cardiovascular Research Day at the Ontario Veterinary College. In addition to his many duties at 17吃瓜, Dr. Robert Gilmour is also a prominent cardiovascular researcher. His lab focuses on the cellular mechanisms for the development and suppression of heart rhythm disorders, in particular ventricular fibrillation, which is the leading cause of death in developed nations. A collaborative multidisciplinary approach involving physiologists, physicists, computer scientists, and engineers, as well as human and veterinary cardiologists, is used to develop new and better methods of detecting and treating these life-threatening disorders. His talk was titled 鈥淐ardiac Defibrillation: It鈥檚 been a LEAP Year.鈥�

The inaugural research day for the  (CCVI) at the University of Guelph brought together more than 100 researchers, students, and research collaborators.