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October 10th 2024
MaRS Discovery District, Downtown Toronto
Inaugural in 2024, this exclusive event will bring together nearly hundreds of industry leaders and decision-makers, offering a platform to showcase the latest initiatives in innovation, and partnership opportunities within the life sciences sector, fuelled by Canada’s leading research hospital and medical commercialization centre – University Health Network.
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Accelerator Fund Announces Inaugural Recipients

August 27, 2024

Accelerator Fund Announces Inaugural Recipients

We are pleased to announce Drs. Sarah Crome, Pamela Ohashi and Shin Ogawa receive a total of $750,000 in internal funding through the Innovation Accelerator stream to further advance their work towards commercialization:

Dr. Sarah Crome (TGHRI) is focused on advancing cell therapeutics to improve clinical outcomes for stem cell transplantations.

Dr. Shinichiro (Shin) Ogawa (McEwen) is developing a novel stem cell-based liver regenerative therapy for patients with liver failure.

Dr. Pamela Ohashi (PM) seeks to develop and validate a novel cell therapeutic agent to improve immunotherapy for cancer patients.

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Dr. Frances Chung named Inventor of the Year for her novel sleep apnea clinical tool

December 5, 2023

Dr. Frances Chung, a clinician investigator at UHN's Krembil Brain Institute, is the winner of the 20th annual UHN Inventor of the Year Award for her work re-imagining the standards of care for patients living with sleep apnea through the development of the STOP-Bang clinical questionnaire.

A screening tool originally created to identify patients with undiagnosed sleep apnea for the prevention of critical incidents during surgery, STOP-Bang has broadened its adoption as a global standard diagnostic tool within 40 geographic regions and 500 institutions across a wide range of industries, informing preventative care and treatment for sleep apnea.

"It was curiosity and perseverance that led to the development of the STOP-Bang tool, and today, it is saving and improving lives around the globe," says Dr. Chung.

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