MONTREAL – The federal government’s ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Brain Canada have announced a $10.17-million grant to establish the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP).
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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.
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TORONTO – Ontario has announced a new round of grants for 12 new projects through the Health Technologies Fund, which supports the development of Ontario-based health innovations.
The investments were selected for their potential to improve patient outcomes and bring value to the healthcare system. Twelve grants were awarded ranging from about $294,000 to $500,000 each, totalling $5.5 million.
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TORONTO – With a transformational gift of $20 million to the Toronto Rehab Foundation, Walter and Maria Schroeder (pictured), along with their family, have established The Walter and Maria Schroeder Brain Institute. This donation represents the largest ever made to a rehabilitation hospital in Canada.
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TORONTO – The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is home to Canada’s first positron emission tomography (PET) centre dedicated to mental illness research, and has a long-standing track record of pioneering new brain imaging agents. CAMH’s legacy in this field will now be powered through the creation of a new research centre, the Azrieli Centre for Neuro-Radiochemistry.
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TORONTO – Canada’s leading research hospitals, hospital networks and health authorities spent a total of nearly $2.53 billion on research in Fiscal 2016. The total spending represents a gain of 4.1% over the prior year, on the heels of a -0.3% decline during Fiscal 2015.
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ST. JOHN’S – Memorial University of Newfoundland and Toronto-based Janssen Inc. have announced a partnership that will leverage research to inform health system decision-making and bring healthcare improvements to clinical providers, patients, and the residents of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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VICTORIA, B.C. – A five-year project to integrate leading-edge research and care for patients living with dementia and other cognitive health issues on Vancouver Island was announced at Royal Jubilee Hospital.
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TORONTO – Twenty-six new projects are receiving an investment of more than $8.3 million from the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) to accelerate solutions that can help improve the quality of life and care for older adults with dementia and cognitive health issues.
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TORONTO – The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has announced the creation of the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, a facility that will accelerate global collaborations in brain science using the power of big data, artificial intelligence and brain modelling to fundamentally change how mental illness is understood.
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