Kim
Connelly
Keenan Research Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto,
Canada
Dr. Kim Connelly is a Cardiologist and Scientist who is both
nationally recognized as an expert in echocardiography, cardiovascular
MRI and the impact of diabetes upon cardiac function and ventricular
remodeling. Dr. Connelly runs a basic research laboratory at the
Keenan Research Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital where he focuses upon
basic mechanisms of disease – primarily around the role of
pathological extracellular matrix accumulation with a focus upon
translating discoveries into therapies in humans.
He has an H-index of 48 and i10-index of 158 (Google scholar), and
his work has been cited >8100 times, with publications in journals
such as the NEJM, Circulation, Journal of the American college of
Cardiology, Circulation Research, Diabetes, Cell Metabolism and Lancet
Endocrinology and Diabetes. His work is diverse covering clinical
guidelines statements, clinical trials, and preclinical studies along
the themes of ventricular remodeling, diabetes, magnetic resonance
imaging and echocardiography. He is a member of the editorial board of
various journals such as The Canadian Journal of Cardiology and
Cardiovascular Diabetology. He has received funding from the Heart and
Stroke Foundation Canada, CIHR, Canadian Foundation of Innovation,
Ministry of Ontario and industry sources, totally >$5 million as
principal investigator. As a co-investigator, he has been part of
>$20 million in funding, from the Ministry of Ontario, HSF, CIHR,
CFI and industry sources.
Dr Connelly has been recognised for his contributions to science by
being awarded a HSF clinician scientist award, a CIHR New Investigator
Award, an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Ontario, the SC
Verma award and the Insulin 100 emerging leader award to celebrate 100
years since the discovery of insulin at University of Toronto, as well
as Canadian Cardiovascular Congress YIA 2012. He is current chair of
the Canadian Cardiovascular guideline and was chair of the
macrovascular complication section for Diabetes Canada CPG 2018.
Dr. Kim Connelly is the director of the Keenan Research Centre for
Biomedical Science and holds the Keenan Chair in Research Leadership.