Research & Development

TORONTO - Sciteline, a Canadian clinical trials technology company, has launched OntarioStudies Connect, a free public portal bringing approximately 15,000 clinical studies across Ontario into one searchable destination. The platform also lays the groundwork for enhanced recruitment capabilities at participating institutions and provincial analytics to help identify public interest in clinical research. Read More

TORONTO - A new, national data platform designed to advance research that improves outcomes for children with brain-based disabilities is being developed through a collaboration led by Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, with partners at the University of Calgary and CHU Sainte-Justine and with support from Brain Canada’s Platform Support Grants program. Read More

TORONTO - University Health Network (UHN) released From Discovery to Global Supplier, a national blueprint for converting Canada’s world-class research into Canadian-owned companies, high-value jobs and globally competitive industries. Read More

LONDON, Ont. - Children’s Health Research Institute (CHRI), part of London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute (LHSCRI) is now home to Canada’s first paediatric laboratory certified to use Olink technology, giving researchers a powerful new tool to better understand childhood disease and accelerate the development of earlier, more personalized treatments at Children’s Hospital, LHSC. Read More

OTTAWA - The Medical Council of Canada (MCC) has awarded a research grant to a team from the Wilson Centre to study the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled virtual patients in clinical assessment. Read More

HALIFAX - For decades, participation in medical research in Nova Scotia often depended on timing, geography, or chance. A patient might never hear about a clinical trial because their physician wasn’t connected to research. A willing participant might never be asked because they didn’t know opportunities existed. Read More

OTTAWA - On behalf of Evan Solomon, minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation and minister responsible for the federal economic development agency for southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), Mona Fortier, parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs and member of parliament for Ottawa–Vanier–Gloucester, announced an investment of just over $815,000 for Institut du Savoir Montfort (ISM) to expand the capacity of the Montfort Innovation Lab. Read More

TORONTO - University Health Network (UHN), the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are joining forces to lead a major international initiative to change how medicines are discovered using artificial intelligence (AI). Canadian partners have secured a $26-million grant through Horizon Europe’s Innovative Health Initiative, supporting the LIGAND-AI project - one of the largest global efforts in open-science drug discovery. Read More

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Horizon Health Network, one of Atlantic Canada’s largest integrated health authorities, has selected Infonetica’s Research Flow platform to connect and streamline its research administration – spanning funding applications, contracts, ethics reviews, institutional approvals, and clinical trial management. Read More