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March 9, 2016
WINDSOR, Ont. – The provincial government is betting $2.7 million on a University of Windsor healthcare research group’s ability to identify innovative projects that will benefit the healthcare system and generate economic opportunities for Ontario companies.
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October 7, 2015
HALIFAX – A new collaboration between GE Healthcare Canada and BIOTIC will initiate a Halifax-based research and development and technology commercialization program with the aim of bringing software technology advances to medical imaging.
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September 16, 2015
TORONTO – Cogniciti Inc., the Toronto-based developer of a 20-minute online cognitive test for adults concerned about memory changes, has announced a collaboration agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to evaluate online screening strategies for early identification of dementia.
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September 2, 2015
TORONTO – AGE-WELL, the Aging Gracefully across Environments to Ensure Well-Being, Engagement and Long Life (AGE-WELL) network, a national research and innovation network, is pleased to announce the launch of its Core Research Program.
25 teams of researchers from across Canada have been funded to conduct cutting-edge research that will directly benefit older adults and caregivers – and the Canadian economy.
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September 2, 2015
TORONTO – Tectonic Advisory Services and Greythorn North America announced they are partnering to conduct a nation-wide survey of healthcare HI and IT professionals. Read More
May 6, 2015
NEW YORK CITY – IBM Watson Health announced it is collaborating with 11 leading cancer institutes to apply Watson to quickly translate DNA insights into personalized treatment options for patients. One of the institutes – the BC Cancer Agency – is Canadian. Read More
February 4, 2015
SURREY, B.C. – Minister of State for Seniors Alice Wong announced that the Simon Fraser University co-led AGE-WELL research network, launched in December 2014, will receive $36.6 million over five years as part of the federal government’s Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program. Read More
February 4, 2015
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Center for Integrated Diagnostics (CID) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is collaborating with InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, to help accelerate innovations in genomic research and clinical innovations. Read More
December 3, 2014
TORONTO – The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), University Health Network (UHN) and the University of Toronto (U of T) have announced the creation of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, funded by an unprecedented donation of $130 million from the Rogers family – the largest monetary gift ever made to a Canadian healthcare initiative. Read More
December 3, 2014
TORONTO – Three advocates of health research and health innovation were presented with the inaugural Research Canada Leadership Award. Dr. Michael Julius (pictured), Vice President of Research at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Russell Williams, President and CEO of Canada’s Research Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) and The Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia received the Research Canada Leadership Award at a ceremony held in conjunction with the Prix Galien Canada 2014 Innovative Drug Product award at the Health Research Foundation Gala. Read More