PHRI Population Health Research Institute

Research encompassing 1,500,000 participants in 102 countries on 6 continents...PHRI (Population Health Research Institute), a joint institute of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, is a world leader in large clinical trials and population health observational studies.PHRI is entering its third decade, still led by founder and Executive Director, Dr. Salim Yusuf, with Deputy Director Dr. Hertzel Gerstein, one of the earliest researchers to join the institute. PHRI is internationally renowned for its large simple clinical RCTs, and large population health studies.Originally formed with a focus on cardiovascular disease and diabetes, PHRI’s research areas now also include perioperative and surgery; brain health, ACS and interventional cardiology; renal; infectious diseases, GI, population genomics; thrombosis; heart failure; renal disease; obesity; childhood risk factors; and more.Examining biological and genetic determinants of health, as well as social, environmental and policy factors, PHRI's research focuses on the prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other common conditions. PHRI’s capacity to conduct several international studies concurrently, with tens of thousands of participants in each, is a capability very few organizations in the world can match.