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CONNECT WITH CANADA'S LEADING HEALTH INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM SYNAPSE LIFE SCIENCE CONSORTIUM

Innovation Starts Hamilton’s research institutions are
placing a growing emphasis on bringing

in Hamilton new research to market, supporting a
booming startup ecosystem.

A Place to Partner

Partnership is central to Hamilton’s The HEALTHI (Hamilton Ecosystem to
life sciences sector. Rather than operating Accelerate and Leverage Trials of Health
in silos, anchor institutions collaborate Innovation) program creates pre-clinical
closely to empower connections between trials connections between start-ups
world-class research institutions and and Hamilton’s two major hospital
commercial industry. networks: Hamilton Health Sciences
(HHS) and The Research Institute of
McMaster University and Mohawk College St. Joe's Hamilton (RSJH), the research
- academic powerhouses with a history of arm of St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.
deeply integrated partnership - opened To Sarah Howe, Executive Director of
the Centre for Integrated and Advanced the RSJH, these connections are worth
Medical Imaging (CIAMI) in August 2023. their weight in gold. “HEALTHI has a
Featuring an advanced MRI unit - the lasting impact on the future of St. Joe’s,”
second such unit in Canada - CIAMI spurs she says.
teaching and research in Hamilton.
The SOPHIE (Southern Ontario
Together with the Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical and Health Innovation
Accelerating Clinical Trials Consortium Ecosystem) program connects
(ACT) - which received $39 million in innovative start-up and scaling
2023 to build up and support Hamilton’s businesses with grant funding to
clinical trials network - CIAMI creates new support a collaborative project with
opportunities for Hamilton’s healthcare McMaster, Mohawk, St. Joe’s or HHS.
networks to build new partnerships with
emerging research and entrepreneurs. While these are concrete programs in
Hamilton, they are far from the only
Outside of the academic setting, Synapse way partnerships are forged in the city.
has powered major programs designed to Synapse exists to connect researchers,
build partnerships between business and entrepreneurs, business leaders, and
Hamilton’s research institutions. our top institutions, meeting needs

and filling gaps wherever they may be.

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