About the Award
In collaboration with the Heart and Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research (HSRLCE), the academic/teaching hospitals from the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (i.e. Hospital for Sick Children, St. Michael’s Hospital, Sinai Health Systems, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the Women’s College Hospital, the University Health Network and University of Toronto’s Translational Biology and Engineering Program) host a Cardiac and Vascular Collaborative Innovation Competition annually.
The goal is to spur innovation and collaboration between institutes with the aim of improving quality of care within cardiac and vascular programs. The purpose of the award is to provide seed funding for novel ideas aimed at cardiovascular disease management, emphasizing collaborative research and development at multiple sites within the TCLHIN and initiated by at least one investigator from within the LHIN. Priority is given to ideas with a pathway toward commercialization within 5 years.
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS
2019 Recipient
| PI: | Dr. Robert Hamilton |
| Co-Applicants: | Drs. Benedict Glover (Sunnybrook), Anthony Gramolini (UofT), Danna Spears (UHN) |
| Research Site: | The Hospital for Sick Children |
| Proposal: | Investigation of a Sensitive and Specific Biomarker Profile for Brugada Syndrome |
| Award: | $114,500 |
2019 Recipient
| PI: | Dr. Mitesh Badiwala |
| Co-Applicants: | Dr. Yu Sun (UofT) |
| Research Site: | Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network |
| Proposal: | Development of an ex vivo heart perfusion system with non-invasive heart functional assessment capability |
| Award: | $88,000 |
2018 Recipient
| PI: | Dr. Robert Hamilton |
| Co-Applicants: | Drs. Danna Spears (UHN), Paul Dorian (SMH) |
| Research Site: | The Hospital for Sick Children |
| Proposal: | Validation and application of a biomarker identifying arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy |
| Award: | $112,500 |
2018 Recipient
| PI: | Dr. Paul Dorian |
| Co-Applicants: | Drs. Sheldon Cheskes (Sunnybrook), Paul Angaran (SMH) |
| Research Site: | St. Michael’s Hospital |
| Proposal: | The “AED on the way” project: Getting automated external defibrillators to the scene of cardiac arrest |
| Award: | $115,000 |
2017 Recipient
| PI: | Dr. Andrew Dueck |
| Co-Applicants: | Drs. Graham Wright (Sunnybrook), Trisha Roy (UofT), Thomas Forbes (UHN), Mark Wheatcroft (SMH) |
| Research Site: | Sunnybrook Research Institute |
| Proposal: | Development of a novel image analysis software program to plan peripheral vascular interventions (PVI) for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) |
| Award: | $150,000 |