COVID-19 and the Future of Our Health Research and Innovation System
Life Sciences Ontario, in collaboration with Shift Health, is convening an online session, “COVID-19 and the Future of Our Health Research and Innovation System” on May 28 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm EDT. Speakers include: Dr. Jim Tartaglia, Vice-President R&D, Global Head of Projects, Sanofi Pasteur; Connie Côté, CEO, Health Charites Coalition of Canada; CIHR’s Institute of Infection and Immunity; Bogi Eliasen, Director of Health, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies; and Dr. Ryan Wiley, President, Shift Health. More details are available here. To read “COVID-19 and the Future of Health Research and Innovation”, a recent report published by Shift Health, please click here.

The Canadian Cancer Society, the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research, and Brain Canada Foundation have committed a total of up to $2.4M over one year to jointly fund Spark Grants at up to $150K each, focused on Novel Technology Applications in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection. The intent of this program is ...