Research & Development

WHITBY, Ont. – A new partnership between Ontario Tech University and Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences will create a Clinical Demonstration Unit (CDU) at Ontario Shores to explore a wide range of innovative treatment options for patients with dementia. Read More

MONTREAL – The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, in collaboration with four academic centres in Quebec, announced support for the validation testing of two new healthcare innovations for older adults, specifically for those living with dementia. Read More

VANCOUVER – Amazon announced that that its Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) subsidiary will launch a Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at the University of British Columbia in early 2020. The UBC centre will focus on community health and wellbeing. Read More

NEW ORLEANS – The annual American Telehealth Association meeting, held here in April, was used by several vendors to announce the launch or imminent launch of new or upgraded platforms. As telehealth pivots from being proprietary hardware-based to hardware agnostic, the future battleground for vendors will be platforms. Read More

TORONTO – Thanks to a $25-million gift, the University of Toronto is creating the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children, which will develop innovative approaches to improving child health. Read More

TORONTO – The Joint Centres for Transformative Healthcare Innovation is pleased to welcome Humber River Hospital as a new member. Humber River Hospital will join the six founding members – Mackenzie Health, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Michael Garron Hospital, North York General Hospital, Southlake Regional Health Centre, and St. Joseph’s Health Centre in their ongoing commitment to fostering a culture of innovation in healthcare. Read More

HALIFAX – A PhD student at Dalhousie University has earned the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – PhD, awarded by Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada for business and academia. Lyna Kamintsky (pictured) applied machine learning and analysis of MRI images to demonstrate the direct correlation between blood vessel leakage in the brain and symptoms reported by patients. Read More

TORONTO – With its partner, Research Manitoba, the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) is pleased to announce the launch of the Accelerating Innovations for Aging and Brain Health Program. This program is an opportunity for health system providers in Manitoba to test and evaluate innovative technologies built by solution providers, in a real-world environment. Read More

TORONTO – Parkinson Canada, together with Brain Canada, is pleased to announce the creation of the Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN). The $2 million Platform Grant is intended to support the initial development and maintenance of a large-scale research network that is built on the foundation of the established and successful Quebec Parkinson Network (QPN), and involve multiple provinces, in the field of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. Read More

TORONTO – Research spending at Canada’s leading research hospitals, hospital networks and health authorities rose by a modest 4.1% to $2.65 billion in Fiscal 2017, according to Research Infosource Inc., which has released Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals 2018. In total, 28 hospitals increased research spending compared with 12 hospitals where research spending fell. Read More