Research & Development

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

TORONTO – Dr. Kullervo Hynynen (pictured), director of Physical Sciences at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI), was awarded $4 million from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science through its Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence program. Read More

CALGARY – It is the most common congenital heart defect: bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), a genetic condition in which patients are born with two flaps in their aortic heart valve instead of the usual three, and yet there isn’t a personalized approach for preventing the complications resulting from this defect. Read More

TORONTO – The Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) has officially opened its door as an Innovation Broker for the Office of the Chief Health Innovation Strategist with the Province of Ontario. In this role, CAHO and its members are connecting innovators and removing barriers so that innovations are brought into our hospitals and the healthcare system faster, improving patient care and benefiting the Ontario economy. Read More

OTTAWA – Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital Breast Health Centre and the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Center (OICC) have opened the Ottawa site of the Lead-In to the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST). The Breast Health Centre is one of three clinical trial sites to launch the Lead-In in Canada. It is expected that shortly this trial will be integrated into a larger U.S./Canada TMIST, managed by the ECOG-ACRIN Cooperative Clinical Trials Group. Read More

FREDERICTON, NB – Jon Sensinger (pictured), associate director of University of New Brunswick’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, was recently named 2016 Young Health Researcher of the Year by the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) after careful consideration from a national peer review committee. Read More

WINNIPEG – A next generation research centre will be built at Seven Oaks Hospital in upcoming months, now that three quarters of the cost has been pledged by private donors. The $1.2 million centre will bring together three clinician scientists and their team of 10-12 research coordinators, biostatisticians and data specialists. Read More