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Filio Billia

ResearcherPhysiologyUniversity of Toronto

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Filio Billia

Researcher

Physiology

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
90 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 21 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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157

Publications

1,170

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Publications by year

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Research

Heart Failure Metabolism Cell Cycle Cardiomyopathy Hypertrophy Cardiovascular Disease Clonal Haematopoiesis East, South And West Asian Populations

Latest papers

De Novo Heart Failure in a 32-Year-Old Man From Congenital Ostial Left Main Coronary Atresia.
CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2026 · senior author
LVAD Therapy Improves Metabolic and Inflammatory State in the Heart.
JACC. Basic to translational science · 2026
Heart transplant outcomes with use of pediatric donors for adult recipients: Insights from the International PGD Consortium.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · 2026

All 157 publications

Latest funding

Evaluation of Novel Preservation Platforms to Prevent Primary Graft Dysfunction After Heart Transplantation
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
A Novel Targeted MRI Probe for Safe and Early Detection of Fibrosis
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$875,926
Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) as a Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Vulnerable Type 2 Diabetes Populations
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 14 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 157 publications.

De Novo Heart Failure in a 32-Year-Old Man From Congenital Ostial Left Main Coronary Atresia.

Wang G, Petropoulos T, Honjo O, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Luk A, Billia F

CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2025.12.001 PMID: 42422409

LVAD Therapy Improves Metabolic and Inflammatory State in the Heart.

Mury P, Dagher O, Noly PE, Ducharme A, Gramolini S, Billia F, Thorin E

JACC. Basic to translational science2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2026.101540 PMID: 42019320

Heart transplant outcomes with use of pediatric donors for adult recipients: Insights from the International PGD Consortium.

Dhingra NK, Leal VJ, Signorile M, Foroutan F, Hastenteufel L, Rodenas-Alesina E, Fan CS, Truby L, Henricksen E, Chih S, Farrero Torres M, Guzman-Bofarull J, Rivas-Lasarte M, Sabatino M, Potena L, Lerman JB, Devore AD, Han J, Kim G, Crespo-Leiro MG, Moayedifar R, Couto Mallon D, Luikart H, Segovia J, Takeda K, Hall SA, Khush KK, Zuckermann A, Farr M, Martin AK, Billia F, Rao V, Ross HJ, Rabi SA, Moayedi Y

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2026.08.021 PMID: 42697343

Ivor Lewis esophagectomy in a patient with left ventricular assist device.

Barbarino A, Peel JK, Fong KL, White ANJ, Kim JJ, Chen EX, Billia F, Rao V, Yeung JC

JTCVS techniques2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2026.102279 PMID: 41971893

Advanced physiological maturation of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes using an algorithm-directed optimization of defined media components.

Callaghan NI, Durland LJ, Chen W, Kuzmanov U, Miranda MZ, Ding Y, Mirzaei Z, Ireland RG, Reitz C, Gorman RA, Wang EY, Wagner K, Kim MM, Audet J, Santerre JP, Gramolini AO, Billia F, Radisic M, Mital S, Ellis J, Backx PH, Simmons CA

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-70550-9 PMID: 41916979

Comparative Strategies to Overcome Diuretic Resistance in Heart Failure: A Network Meta-Analysis.

Lima IG, Nunes JT, Luk AC, Brahmbhatt DH, Godoy LC, McDonald M, Billia F, Bocchi EA

JACC. Advances2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.102617 PMID: 41734413

The Role of MicroRNA Regulation on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Disease.

Alberga CA, Billia F, Chan CT

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN2026

DOI: 10.2215/cjn.0000001002 PMID: 41525147

The Canadian Heart Failure Society (CHFS) Workforce Committee Report 2024: Addressing the Challenges Facing the Heart Failure Physicians Workforce in Canada CHFS 2024 Heart Failure Workforce Report.

Almufleh A, Brahmbhatt DH, Billia F, Clarke B, Didi A, Nair P, Toma M, Anderson K, Mielniczuk L, Diepen SV, Boulet J, McDONALD M, Moghaddam N, Aziz H, Davis M, Zieroth S, Ezekowitz JA

Journal of cardiac failure2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.11.490 PMID: 41349596

Blood-based epigenetic instability linked to human aging and disease.

Basrai S, Nofech-Mozes I, Detroja R, Scolari FL, Bakhtiari M, Arruda A, Murphy T, Bratman SV, Chan SM, Minden MD, Sook Ahn J, Kim DDH, Kridel R, Billia F, Abelson S

Nature communications2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-69430-z PMID: 41690920

From the Bench to the Bedside and Back: Contemporary Applications of Basic Science to Innovations in Heart Transplantation.

Truby LK, Sharma G, Watson WD, Halloran PF, Hussain T, Madill-Thomsen KS, Esmailian G, Fung N, Peyster E, Moayedi Y, Rao V, Freed D, Bowles DE, Peltz M, Billia F

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.11.008 PMID: 41232766

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Filio Billia

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

De Novo Heart Failure in a 32-Year-Old Man From Congenital Ostial Left Main Coronary Atresia.

LVAD Therapy Improves Metabolic and Inflammatory State in the Heart.

Heart transplant outcomes with use of pediatric donors for adult recipients: Insights from the International PGD Consortium.

Ivor Lewis esophagectomy in a patient with left ventricular assist device.

Advanced physiological maturation of human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes using an algorithm-directed optimization of defined media components.

Comparative Strategies to Overcome Diuretic Resistance in Heart Failure: A Network Meta-Analysis.

The Role of MicroRNA Regulation on Clinical Outcomes in Kidney Disease.

The Canadian Heart Failure Society (CHFS) Workforce Committee Report 2024: Addressing the Challenges Facing the Heart Failure Physicians Workforce in Canada CHFS 2024 Heart Failure Workforce Report.

Blood-based epigenetic instability linked to human aging and disease.

From the Bench to the Bedside and Back: Contemporary Applications of Basic Science to Innovations in Heart Transplantation.

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Heather Ross

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Sharon Chih

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Kate Hanneman

Milica Radisic

Seema Mital

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BO WANG

Eitan Amir

Jane Maciver

George Tomlinson

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Anthony Gramolini

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Ren-Ke Li

Deepali Kumar

Sheila Riazi

Andrew Advani

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Mansoor Husain

James Ellis

Faizan Amin

Claudia Dos Santos

Deborah Siegal

Minna Woo

Anhar Alhussaini

Shaf Keshavjee

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Gordon Guyatt

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