Doctor Peter Liu

Dr. Peter Liu is the Chief Scientific Officer and VP of Research of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Toronto and Ottawa. He is the former Scientific Director of the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and inaugural Director of the Heart & Stroke/Lewar Centre at University of Toronto. He received his MD from U Toronto, and postgraduate training at Harvard University. His laboratory investigates the causes and treatments of heart failure, role of inflammation and identification of novel biomarkers and targets for intervention in cardiovascular diseases. He has published over 430 peer reviewed articles in high impact journals, and received numerous awards. He has chaired scientific sessions of the Heart Failure Society of America, International Society of Heart Research and Human Proteomic Organization, amongst others.