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MMRI Expansion Plans and Profile

MMRI Looks to Add New Location, New Faculty Central New York Business Journal October 3, 2022 https://www.cnybj.com/mmri-looks-to-add-new-location-new-faculty/ (Click here for…

CNY Business Journal: Dr. Kontaridis Named Vice Chair of AHA Council

August 11, 2022: Dr. Maria Kontaridis, the Executive Director of the Masonic Medical Research Institute, is the new Vice Chair…

Revealing COVID’s Impact on the Heart

August 2, 2022 Heart damage has been noticed among many patients hospitalized with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2,…

Summer Fellows Celebrate 10 Weeks of Science Exploration

July 29, 2022 Ten weeks of intensive science work and exploration was celebrated with a graduation ceremony on Friday, July…

Dr. Kontaridis Elected Fellow of the International Society for Heart Research

June 30, 2022: Dr. Maria Kontaridis, the Executive Director of the Masonic Medical Research Institute in Utica, New York, has…

Nature: Molecular Heart Mapping and CRISPR Technology Create New Possibilities for Health Science

June 22, 2022: Imagine, if scientists had a map of the heart, so granular in its accuracy that it even…

WKTV: Unique Science Experience for Summer Fellows

June 22, 2022 Undergraduates in MMRI’s Summer Fellowship Program were interviewed about their experience by WKTV, an affiliate of NBC,…

$300,000 Goes to Autism and Cardiac Research in Utica

Dr. Adife Gulhan Ercan-Sencicek is an instructor at the Masonic Medical Research Institute, and Dr. Maria Kontaridis is its executive…

MMRI Studying Link Between Heart Defects and Autism

Scientists in Utica are studying if there a connection between autism and congenital heart defects. The research is being done…