Hamilton Ecosystem to Accelerate & Leverage Trials of Health Innovation (HEALTHI)
Leverage up to $15,000 worth of services to work directly with the Research Administration groups at Hamilton Health Sciences or The Research Institute at St. Joe’s Hamilton to create the pre-trial protocols and documents required to undertake a commercialization project or clinical trial in one of Canada’s leading research hospitals.
HEALTHI BENEFITS
- Access world-class researchers, clinicians and facilities
- Accelerate your product commercialization timelines
- Opportunity to leverage up to $15,000 worth of services (*minimum $2,500 company contribution required)
Who Should Apply
- Canadian, incorporated companies
- Working on commercializing an innovative technology at TRL-6 (or above)
- Demonstrated commitment to commercializing innovation with a clear clinical application
- Interest in undertaking a clinical trial or collaborative project with a research hospital
Timelines
HEALTHI operates under a rolling application intake and will be accepting applications until March 31, 2023, or until funds are fully committed.
Applications: OPEN
HEALTHI GUIDELINES APPLY TO HEALTHI
Have a question? Contact us
Alex Muggah, Director
Synapse Life Science Consortium
905.667.2606 | [email protected]
HEALTHI Recipients
2021 COHORT
Hyivy Health creates smart pelvic rehabilitation for women with pelvic health conditions.
TEAM: Rachel Bartholomew, CEO | Kmyar Rouindej, CTO
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: HyIvy is launching a research study with Hamilton Health Sciences to track the effects of chronic pelvic pain for women with endometriosis.
PROVA Innovations is a medical technology company that specializes in smart wearable solutions for in-home GAIT training and rehabilitation.
TEAM: Matthew Rosato, CEO & Founder
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, PROVA’ goals include preparatory work for clinical study & evaluation, engagement with key stakeholders and decision makers through planed focus groups, and to identify collaborative funding avenues to finance upcoming clinical trials.
Able Innovations is developing advanced medical devices to tackle the pressing problem of patient transfer in healthcare.
TEAM: Jayiesh Singh, CEO | Phillip Chang, CTO | Pratheek Mishra, Operations & Development Manager
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, Able Innovations will reduce strain and burden on caregivers though the evaluation of the ALTA platform™ in high-impact clinical settings.
Tenomix develops novel medical technologies that address challenges in the pathology workflow, optimize cancer care and reduce healthcare costs.
TEAM: Saumik Biswas, CEO & Co-Founder | Eveline Pasman, COO & Co-Founder | Sherif Abdou, CBO & Co-Founder | Michael Lavdas, Director & Co-Founder
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, Tenomix will engage with pathology staff for early prototype feedback, as well as the development of a clinical study protocol.
Chirp uses ambient sensors to remotely monitor the health and wellbeing of aging adults.
TEAM: Justin Schorn, CEO | Shannon White, Head of Engineering | Parthipan Siva, Head of Research
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, Chirp’s in-home monitoring system will be evaluated for pre-emptively detecting declines in mobility and health for aging adults.
EmergConnect is helping streamline the patient experience through a digital front door that lets patients digitally triage, register, and get an individualized wait time prediction.
TEAM: Ron Galaev, CEO & Founder | Marina Gavrilov, CTO & Co-Founder | Ben Giller, Lead Software Developer & Co-Founder
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, EmergConnect will integrate and test their digital platform in a clinical scenario to collect and analyze health data.
Insight Medbotics is a health systems company that develops novel MRI-guided, minimally-invasive high-risk breast cancer diagnostics and biopsy system.
TEAM: Paul Chipperton, CEO & President
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Insight Medbotics will complete the final phase of their MRI- and product-testing to achieve US FDA510k clearance for their IGAR platform (image-guided automated robot).
SanteSuite is a social impact health technology company focused on transforming and strengthening immunization programs globally.
TEAM: Madeline Barber Dal Molin, CEO
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, SanteSuite will improve its platform’s user experience through development, testing and enhanced training materials.
Sensoreal is commercializing a unique, instrument-free microfluidic technology that will enable rapid testing in a variety of low-resource medical settings.
TEAM: Pooya Saberi, CEO | Dr. Roozbeh Safavieh, CSO | Kate Turner, CTO
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, Sensoreal will be engaging various stakeholders in clinical practice to provide feedback on device design and biomarker panel, preparing a clinical study roadmap.
2022 COHORT
Qidni Labs is developing a first-in-kind dialysis system that is nearly waterless and portable, making dialysis globally accessible and sustainable.
TEAM: Morteza Ahmadi, Founder & CEO
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Qidni Labs is working to complete clinical trials and help bring the company’s novel dialysis system to market.
AmacaThera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a novel local drug delivery platform to improve patient outcomes across multiple therapeutic areas including post operative pain management and oncology.
TEAM:Mike Cooke, CEO | Molly Shoichet, CSO | Mike Foorer, VP of Business Development and General Manager
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, AmacaThera aims to better understand the health economic impact metrics of non-opioid products to manage post operative pain that are most important to clinicians.
to market.
AiimSense develops portable brain scanners to turn expensive head scans with specialized procedures into real-time monitoring routine and preventative care at patient’s bedside.
TEAM: Atefeh Zarabadi, CEO and co-founder |
Mohammad Chavoshi, CTO and co-founder
LinkedIn | Twitter | Website | Email
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, AiimSense aims to engage with stakeholders to gain insightful prototype feedback, while working towards developing clinical study protocol.
Black & Blue Foods is a medical company that uses a science-based approach to formulate health promoting products to treat chronic medical conditions.
TEAM: Andrew Hyman, MD, MBA, CEO & Founder
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Black & Blue Foods aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of its all-natural proprietary pain-relieving formulation to treat acute and chronic pain.
A.I. VALI is a SaaS medical device company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to detect the early stages of diseases such as cancer. Their first product, AIDREA, is an artificial intelligence platform that provides clinicians with more than 95% accuracy in diagnosis through real-time image analysis and generates an instant patient report at the end of an endoscopy procedure (Health Canada approved).
TEAM: Azar Azad, CEO & Founder | David Armstrong, CIO & Co-Founder | Claude Ricks, Office of CEO
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, A.I. VALI is using its AI-powered platform to support clinical trials through improved efficiency and workflow.
EMN is a scale-up life sciences company that builds clinical nutrition products to help patients prepare better and recover faster from surgery. These products are powders reconstituted in water and consumed as a drink or via a feeding tube. EMN is currently market-active, selling innovative products in Canada and the U.S.
With a mission to improve outcomes through evidence-based nutrition, EMN has developed a seamless, targeted nutrition program for patients undergoing surgery. This program contains 2 medical food products backed by multiple clinical research trials to reduce muscle loss, improve wound healing, and support a better patient experience. The surgeon recommends that patients follow the program 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after their surgery. EMN’s initial market launch is in orthopaedic surgery (knee/hip/spine).
TEAM: Eric Zimmerman, CEO
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, EMN will evaluate the feasibility and patient acceptance of their nutritional prehabilitation program and subjective, functional, nutritional and biochemical outcomes.
At Vessl Prosthetics Inc., our mission is to make fulfilling lives more comfortable by empowering amputees and their champions to overcome obstacles and realize their full potential. Our first product, an automatically adjusting prosthetic socket, allows amputees to walk around all day comfortably. Poor socket fit is a leading problem in the prosthetics industry, characterized by a misfit between an amputee’s residual leg and their prosthetic socket. Just like wearing a pair of shoes that is a size too big, poor fitting prosthetic sockets can be painful and ultimately lead to blister formation. Blisters take a long time to heal and amputees cannot wear their prosthetic leg during that time, which is frustrating and debilitating. Thankfully, Vessl’s socket overcomes that challenge. Our socket automatically adjusts to changes in leg size, providing continuous comfort and allowing amputees to focus on what makes their lives more fulfilling.
TEAM: Sydney Robinson, Co-founder & CEO | Oleksiy Zaika, Co-founder & COO
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, EMN will evaluate the feasibility and patient acceptance of their nutritional prehabilitation program and subjective, functional, nutritional and biochemical outcomes.
Koble is a digital health and well-being platform for new and expecting parents that provides support & educational resources throughout fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and return-to-work.
TEAM: Swati Matta, Founder & CEO | Muriel Haldenby, Head of Product Design | Dr. Yolanda Kirkham, Chief Medical Officer | Bryan Bell-Smith, Head of Engineering
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Koble is evaluating reduction in perinatal anxiety by integrating their service as a bridge between prenatal visits and increased access post-discharge.
DAZL Innovations has developed the Lifty, an all-in-one, portable, lightweight tool that provides an alternative to removing IV or injection medication caps with thumbs or fingers. We are proud to provide a high quality device that meets hospital cleaning standards. The Lifty can be used by various Healthcare professionals and can be placed in Hospitals, Labs, Pharmacies, Medical Supply Companies, Private Infusion Clinics and Pharmaceutical Companies worldwide. DAZL Innovations is committed to helping you live your best life one Lifty at a time.
TEAM: Laura Bosch, Founder & President | Arron Bosch, Founder & Vice President
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, DAZL Innovations aims to bring the Lifty to end-users in order to obtain feedback on user engagement and the device itself.
Neovero Systems is a software company that specializes in healthcare maintenance and management software. We develop software solutions for clinical engineering, hospital maintenance, infrastructure maintenance, and equipment management. Our clinical engineering software helps hospitals track and manage their medical equipment, reducing downtime and ensuring the most optimal functionality. Our maintenance management software enables healthcare facilities to schedule and track maintenance tasks, manage work orders, and track maintenance history. Neovero Systems’ equipment management software helps healthcare facilities manage the procurement, maintenance, calibration, and disposal of medical equipment. Our software solutions help healthcare facilities manage their equipment and maintenance tasks more efficiently, improving the quality of patient care and reducing costs.
TEAM: Reinaldo Picone, Founder & CEO | Miguel Boto, Commercial Director | Makary Nasser, Business Development Manager
Website | Email | Twitter | LinkedIn
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, Neovero Systems is working to validate & integrate their solutions into the Canadian market through iteration and insights from user feedback.
Home Health Systems/Rowebots is a medical device & digital health management company that is developing real-time, remote vitals monitoring to minimize risk to seniors, at a low cost, while saving lives and creating peace of mind for patients & their care providers.
TEAM: Kim Rowe, Founder & CEO | Yujia Mao, Finance Manager
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Home Health Systems/Rowebots is proceeding with clinical trials to test the practicality and functions of their devices.
Lactiga is an award-winning, venture-backed biotherapeutics company committed to restoring mucosal immunity in patients with rare immunodeficiency diseases.
We are unlocking the full therapeutic value of IgA antibodies developed from human milk to create the next generation of anti-infectives to fight debilitating pathogens including SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.
Lactiga holds 3 granted patents in support of its LCTG-001 program to prevent life-threatening, respiratory mucosal infections in patients with immunodeficiencies like common variable immune deficiency (CVID) and its NIH-funded program LCTG-002 to develop an airway therapeutic to reduce hospitalizations and infections from COVID-19 and its variants in vulnerable populations.
TEAM: Rikin Mehta, Co-founder & CEO | Viraj Mane, Co-founder & CSO | Igor Gonda, Chief Development Officer
Website | Email | Twitter | LinkedIn
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, Lactiga is developing novel immunoassays to quantify specific activities in biological samples.
FirstHx is a Canadian-based health technology company on a mission to transform the medical history process. FirstHx provides an adaptive, knowledge-based interview platform that empowers patients to tell their medical story before seeing the clinical team.
TEAM: Beth Gerritsen, Head of Partnerships | James East, Head of Product Development | Chris O’Connor, CEO
Website | Email | Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram
HEALTHI COLLABORATOR: Hamilton Health Sciences
HEALTHI PROJECT: In partnership with Hamilton Health Sciences, FirstHx aims to implement their solution to increase efficiencies and patient-engagement, while providing a novel, patient-generated dataset for use in AI.
HEALTHI services are supported in part by funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)
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