Research & Development

LONDON, Ont. – A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute will be the first to explore Canadian Veterans’ beliefs about confidentiality in mental health care and whether those beliefs act as a barrier to seeking treatment for a type of trauma known as moral injury. Read More

VANCOUVER – As scientists and governments grapple with new variants two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, an international research team led by the University of British Columbia’s Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) have unlocked a trove of data that could help prevent future pandemics. The project is called Serratus. “Our singular goal was to discover every coronavirus in the world,” said Artem Babaian (pictured), the project lead. Read More

TORONTO – Canada’s top 40 research hospitals, hospital networks and health authorities devoted a combined $3.06 billion to research in Fiscal 2020, a substantial gain of 5.8% over Fiscal 2019, according to Research Infosource Inc., which released its annual Top 40 Research Hospitals ranking. The overall research spending gain was led by a rise of 20% in research spending at national leader, Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN), where outlays expanded to $490 million. Read More

OTTAWA – The Government of Canada unveiled the results of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2020 Transformation stream competition. Administered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council under the strategic guidance of the Canada Research Coordinating Committee, the NFRF Transformation stream supports large-scale, interdisciplinary research projects focused on addressing major challenges with potentially far-reaching impacts, in terms of scientific breakthroughs and applied economic, environmental or health outcomes. Read More

MONTREAL – The Neuro-CERVO Alliance for Drug Discovery (NCADD), a new partnership between The Neuro at McGill University and the CERVO Brain Research Centre of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, affilitated with l’Université Laval, was awarded $7 million in funding over three years from the Ministry of Economy and Innovation, through its Fonds d’accélération des collaborations en santé, administered by the Quebec Biopharmaceutical Research Consortium (CQDM). This funding will be matched by private and philanthropic funds to bring the total amount of funding of the NCADD partnership to $15.32 million. Read More

MONTREAL – The Opal Health Informatics Group at the RI-MUHC is proud to announce the launch of an ambitious new project – the Quebec SmartCare Consortium. Thanks to generous funding from the Health Collaborations Accelerator Fund of the Quebec Ministry of Economy and Innovation and private partners Roche, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada, the McGill University Health Centre Foundation and the Cedars Cancer Foundation, this three-year project will bring together a powerful group of public and private healthcare organizations in Quebec, with the goal of demonstrating the efficiency of a solution to digitize all healthcare interactions and make all personal healthcare data accessible to patients by 2030. Read More

TORONTO – Dr. Crystal MacKay (pictured), one of West Park Healthcare Centre’s scientists, is at the forefront of research into virtual rehabilitation, and has been awarded a prestigious grant to further her work. Dr. MacKay is heading a study to determine how patients perceive and experience compassionate care in virtual rehabilitation – and she’s being supported with a grant through AMS Healthcare. Read More

TORONTO – Brain researchers, clinicians, and people interested in brain health are celebrating the launch of an innovative new research study employing the best of brain health assessment techniques and technologies, in the comfort of participants’ homes and communities. Read More

TORONTO – Basketball fans are invited to get in the game in support of leading-edge research as part of a new fundraising event by Sinai Health Foundation in partnership with the Toronto Raptors. The new signature event, called Raptors for Research, marks Sinai Health Foundation’s largest-ever public peer-to-peer fundraising event. The premier 3x3 basketball tournament takes place on March 20, 2022 and will see Canadians lace up their sneakers and get on the court in support of Sinai Health’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI). Read More

TORONTO – BrainFx, a wholly owned subsidiary of Highmark Interactive, announced its collaboration with Mayo Clinic to assess the impact of “Long COVID” or “Post-COVID-19 Syndrome” on cognitive function. Long COVID, according to recent studies, affects somewhere between 10 and 40 percent of people who have had COVID-19, even in those with mild or no symptoms. The most common symptoms of Long COVID include shortness of breath, cognitive dysfunction (or ‘brain fog’) and fatigue and can negatively impact a person’s ability to complete their daily activities, including work or school. Read More