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Making headway on head injuries

Canada Foundation for Innovation

McGill University’s Alain Ptito uses high resolution imaging equipment to get a closer look at how even minor brain trauma can have lasting effects. By Sharon Oosthoek As a young neuropsychologist, Alain Ptito was troubled by the sizeable number of his patients who suffered symptoms of traumatic brain injury after scans pronounced them recovered from their concussion. “Insurance companies would say this is a psychological problem; let’s treat it with therapy,” he recalls. But Ptito decided to

Montreal robot arm changing global lives

Kinova is featured in Innovation150’s national public awareness campaign. Learn more. Innovation runs in Charles Deguire’s family. While fighting muscular dystrophy, Deguire’s uncle Jaco built himself a robot arm out of a hot dog pincher, bicycle cables, a desk lamp arm and a variety of electronics. The crude manipulator convinced Deguire to become an engineer so he could help bring mobility to others like his uncle with the desire to have a better standard of living. “We’re constantly striving

Credit: Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance

Using Neutrons to Increase Bio-Compatibility Of Medical Devices

Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering

Neutron beams reveal the molecular mechanisms behind a new technology that could reduce the risk of complications and death from heart bypass surgery and dialysis. The same technology might soon help more women survive ovarian cancer. Professor Michael Thompson of the University of Toronto has developed surface coatings that are effective for ensuring that medical devices are compatible with the body fluids they contact. Now he is working with a spin-off company, Econous Systems Inc., to further

Teenage inventors

Teen could bring clean water to millions

Rachel Brouwer is featured in Innovation150’s national public awareness campaign. Learn more. Rachel Brouwer isn’t old enough to drive, but she’s got her own billboard, her own Wikipedia page, and an asteroid named after her. The asteroid dedication – in addition to a $1,500 prize – was for coming in second at the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair after winning a gold medal at the 2015 Canada-Wide Science Fair. It’s all because of an invention of Brouwer’s that could provide

Research helps companies discover new cancer-fighting drugs

Canada Foundation for Innovation

The Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer helps pharmaceutical companies develop new therapies that will reduce healthcare costs and save lives. This year alone, it is estimated that more than 190,000 Canadians will be diagnosed with some form of cancer. Arguably, it is one of the most worrying of modern diseases, along with cardiovascular and inherited illnesses. Pharmaceutical companies continue to invest billions in drug research and development and are increasingly turning to the

Dr. Gino Fallone

Engineering & Technology

Radiation Therapy Machine Revolutionizes Fight Against Cancer

ASTech Foundation

Founders of 2016 ASTech Awards Finalist for Applied Technology & Innovation MagnetTx Oncology Solutions have done what every innovator dreams of doing: they’ve made the impossible possible. Under the leadership of MagnetTx’s CEO, and University of Alberta professor, Dr. Gino Fallone, the Linac-MR Research Group at the Cross Cancer Institute and the University of Alberta has become the first group in the world to successfully combine a Linear Accelerators (Linac) and an Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Dr. Mayank Goyal

Dr. Mayank Goyal Improves Outcomes for Stroke Patients

ASTech Foundation

With over 800,000 cases occurring in North America every year, strokes are a huge health problem, which is why 2016 ASTech Award Winner for Technology Dr. Mayank Goyal is dedicated to discovering new and innovative ways to treat stroke victims. Two of his latest innovations are the multiphase computed tomography angiogram (mCTA) and the Brisk Recanalization Ischemic Stroke Kit (BRISK). These medical breakthroughs vastly improve the efficiency of stroke treatment, potentially saving thousands of

Dr. Ryan Lewinson

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Dr. Ryan Lewinson uses Entrepreneurship to Improve Biomechanics

ASTech Foundation

Becoming a national research leader and creating and running a successful company is out of reach for many in a lifetime, but 2016 Leaders of Tomorrow ASTech Award Winner Dr. Ryan Lewinson has done it all by the age of 27, while still a full-time medical student. Lewinson says his passions drive his success. “I love looking into different product development ideas; I love learning how our bones, joints, muscles and other tissues interact; and I love solving new problems,” he says. “So I

Research builds my children’s community

Research builds my children’s community

Canada Foundation for Innovation

Finding the genetic cause of her daughters’ illness was the key Samantha Knapp needed to tap into a community of parents going through the same thing. Having a sick child, and not knowing the cause of her illness was a frightening and isolating experience for Samantha Knapp, who has six children, two of whom have a rare genetic disorder that causes severe seizures in newborns and infants. Nearly twenty years ago, when Knapp’s eldest daughter Asia started having seizures as a baby, very little

University of Calgary

Social Science & Culture

Research builds our urban community

Canada Foundation for Innovation

The University of Calgary teams up with its home city to improve wastewater treatment methods. When we turn on the tap or flush the toilet, we don’t usually give much thought to where the water comes from or where it’s going. But municipal wastewater treatment can be extremely expensive, and the higher the level of treatment, the cleaner the effluent and the smaller the impact on the environment. Even so, Calgary treats its wastewater three times — more than many Canadian cities — before

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