• International
• Product Development
• Quality Control
• Regulatory Support
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation

The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Inc. (BNMC) is a non-profit organization formed in 2002 to facilitate collaboration and address shared issues among member institutions that form the 120-acre Medical Campus and our surrounding neighborhoods in Buffalo, NY.

Our team builds on the assets of our world-class Medical Campus – known for its clinical care, research, and education – to support its mission of furthering economic growth, igniting urban revitalization, and building a strong, thriving community.

We do this through fostering conversation and collaboration among our member institutions, partners, and the community and take a proactive approach to leverage opportunities and to help to solve challenges faced by our overall community so that we can create a better future for all.

• Hamilton
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation

CanChild is a non-profit research and educational centre located within the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University. Research programs at CanChild concentrate on children and youth with disabilities and their families within the context of the communities in which they live. The focus of research conducted by CanChild is broad, and includes children and youth with physical, developmental, and/or communicative needs who require rehabilitation services, as well as their families.

Founded in 1989, CanChild is a world leader in the field of childhood disability. Our cutting-edge research and active strategies for making findings easily accessible to a wide range of audiences make CanChild the premier source for childhood disability information. CanChild has developed strong collaborative research partnerships, creating an alliance between families, world-class scientists, and established research organizations in Canada and internationally. These partnerships are vital to CanChild’s future growth and success.

CanChild’s multidisciplinary team includes researchers from pediatrics, rehabilitation medicine (physiatry), occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language pathology, kinesiology, social psychology, epidemiology and biostatistics.

• Hamilton
• Research

The Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) is an interdisciplinary research centre that is committed to producing high-quality, original, socially relevant research in health economics and health policy analysis. CHEPA seeks to disseminate research evidence to decision makers in the health sector.

• Home to one of the largest concentrations of health economists and health policy analysts in Canada
• 27 faculty members from 3 Faculties, 2 Schools and 6 University Departments
• Talented, discipline-based and inter-disciplinary researchers who address a broad range of health and social system problems through independent and collaborative research programs
• Pioneers in the fields of knowledge transfer, economic evaluation, health technology assessment and public, patient and community engagement
• Notable contributions to health human resources, needs-based and primary care funding models
• An incubator for new graduate training programs in health policy, health economics and health services research

• Hamilton
• Research
• Training

McMaster University launched the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research in 2017. The Centre is dedicated to conducting research on medical cannabis, curating, analyzing and sharing evidence-based information, and creating an active and productive network of medical cannabis scientists.

• Clinical Trial
• Hamilton
• Product Development
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation

The Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation (CSii) is a National Centre of Excellence research accelerator committed to enhancing the quality and access to healthcare for all Canadians through the development and commercialization of innovative medical robotic technologies and novel techniques. CSii is leveraging Canadian expertise in minimal access surgery and space technology to build a legacy industry that will create high tech jobs, strengthen the economy and create better medical outcomes.

• Hamilton
• Research

The Chanchlani Research Centre is dedicated to understanding the genetic and environmental causes of common diseases among diverse cultural groups, women and the socially disadvantaged while providing innovative training to the next generation of health researchers.

We have the infrastructure both human and physical to undertake large scale genomics projects as related to chronic diseases. The Centre provides an ideal training group for students in statistics, epidemiology, and medicine and by investigating how genomics intersects with health, some of our researchers consider the socio-cultural and clinical application of such information.

• Hamilton
• Research

CLARITY represents the formal alliance of a group of researchers who have enjoyed a long-standing and fruitful collaboration. Through formal collaboration, Clarity’s clinical advances through research and information translation has been pivotal in creating a renewed sense of spirit, vision and commitment.

CLARITY faculty include 9 clinician researchers united through a common vision of evidence based health care through: advancing research methods transformative clinical research innovative knowledge translation pioneering education

The researchers associated with CLARITY include: Mohit Bhandari Jason Busse Deborah Cook PJ Devereaux Gordon Guyatt Alfonso Iorio Maureen Meade Bram Rochwerg Michael Walsh

• Clinical Trial
• Hamilton
• Product Development
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation

Escarpment Cancer Research Institute (ECRI) brings together well-established and successful cancer research groups, as well as emerging groups, from McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, and the Juravinski Cancer Centre. ECRI will be a national leader of innovative and sustainable solutions that will put research into action for the benefit of people affected by cancer.

The Institute has three core programs of research: Clinical Trials, Quality Health Care and Knowledge Translation (‘bench to bedside’) research

ECRI brings together scientists representing many disciplines, including anatomical pathology, clinical chemistry, nuclear medicine, immunology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, gynecological oncology, nursing, psychology, health policy, cancer epidemiology, and biostatistics. ECRI has an integrated research agenda which encompasses translational research, clinical trials, quality health care and knowledge translation, all focused on the rapid transfer of research to patient care, system design and health care policy.

• Clinical Trial
• Hamilton
• Product Development
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation

Since its foundation in 2013, the Geriatric Education and Research in Aging Sciences (GERAS Centre) has emerged as an international leader in fractures, frailty, and dementia research.

We are at the forefront of several innovative research initiatives focused on maximizing the resilience of vulnerable older adults. With our rapidly aging population, and with more people living with chronic disease, our work has never been more important. We have been working hard towards our goal to enable people to age with dignity and independence.

The Centre, based out of St. Peter’s Hospital (SPH) in Hamilton, aims to advance health care through education and research. This aim is operationalized by linking research, practice, and education to realize point-of-care improvements for seniors.

Strong partnerships with the St. Peter’s Centre for Healthy Aging, the Health TAPESTRY primary care initiative, Osteoporosis Canada, Medical Pharmacies Group Ltd., and many others support the success of the GERAS Centre’s activities.

• Hamilton
• Research

Officially established in 2017, GUIDE is an academic group providing methodological support to clinical practice guidelines developers. The group is comprised mostly of critical care physicians and experts in the field of clinical practice guideline development and systematic reviews.

GUIDE is comprised of experts in the field of clinical practice guideline development and systematic reviews, mostly, critical care clinicians with methodology expertise. Guide experts can provide methodological support to your guideline development and other evidence synthesis, and conduct onsite or remote education and training.

GUIDE trainees are mentored under our expert methodologists and are offered opportunities to participate in a variety of activities; including various stages of the guideline development process, educational activities, and other methodological projects.

• Clinical Trial
• Hamilton
• Research

Since its inception, the Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research (HCKR) has become one of the premier research centres in Canada combining expertise in both basic science and clinical research. Our mandates are to translate our world class biomedical research into clinical practice to prevent and treat progressive kidney disease in children and adults across all walks of life, and to define best approaches to treat kidney disease and its complications.

In affiliation with the Division of Nephrology, HCKR members investigate key aspects of kidney function and disease, including fundamental and translational research in hypertension, vascular calcification, glomerulonephritis, transplant rejection, diabetic nephropathy, genetic studies of chronic kidney disease and complications of dialysis. The resulting genetic targets and seminal discoveries uncovered by researchers at the HCKR represent the foundation for the development of novel medicines and treatment approaches for chronic kidney disease and its complications.

• Hamilton
• Research
• Training

The Health Leadership Academy strives to have a transformative impact on global healthcare by nurturing a community of future leaders.

Thanks to our interdisciplinary and forward-thinking approaches to education, these leaders will be prepared to succeed in a number of fields – from informing government policy to developing and supporting health innovations.

The Health Leadership Academy proudly supports collaboration and showcases new projects and pedagogy in health innovation within the McMaster community and surrounding area. We promote and endorse interdisciplinary research that shows strong potential for training and development of tomorrow’s health care leaders and transforming Canada’s health care system, with a focus on leadership and one or more of:

In addition to offering world-class academic programs and informative public events, we encourage innovations with the potential to revolutionize healthcare as we know it.

• Hamilton
• Research
• Training

Encompassing an array of technologies, disciplines and specialties, the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (IPRC) is exploring the causes of a number of different types of pain, developing new strategies for its prevention, diagnosis and management, and innovative care for patients.

The institute places a special emphasis is on thalamic pain. This type of pain is centred in the thalamus of the brain and may cause sufferers to experience numerous forms of discomfort. Michael DeGroote himself has suffered from a severe form of thalamic pain after experiencing a stroke.

• Hamilton
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation

The LIVE (Large Interactive Virtual Environment) Lab is a unique 106-seat Research Performance Hall designed to investigate the experience of music, dance, multimedia presentations, and human interaction.

The space includes Active Acoustic Control; Sound Recording Equipment; and measurement of Behavioural Responses, Movement (motion capture), Brain Responses (EEG), Muscle Tension (EMG), Heart Rate, Breathing Rate, and Sweating Responses (GSR).

The aims include:

• A neuroscientific understanding of how performers interact, what moves audiences during a performance, and the cognitive, social and emotional impact of these experiences;
• Incorporating technology and real-time audience feedback into creative performances;
• Development and evaluation of new technologies for health (e.g., hearing aids, dance for Parkinson’s) and artistic expression;
• Neuroscientific evaluation of human responses (e.g., market research; defining important aspects of culture) and what makes for successful human interactions (e.g., educational techniques, group problem solving).

Research in the LIVELab is aimed both at theoretical understanding and applications to business, health, education public policy, and artistic creation.

• AI / Machine Learning
• Hamilton
• Research

• Hamilton
• Research
• Training

• Hamilton
• Research

Researchers at the McMaster Child Health Research Institute are looking beyond medical treatments of individual conditions to explore the deeper connections between childhood illness and long-term health. The mandate of the MCHRI is to foster collaborative research and educational efforts dedicated to understanding the forces and experiences that shape human development and health as children and youth with complicated lives and their families move through the life-course.

The MCHRI is comprised of internationally recognized child health research programs organized under a common umbrella. Our research partners have significant research expertise in child and youth mental health, childhood disability, childhood cancer, obesity, exercise and nutrition, bone and muscle disorders and child maltreatment. Working together, they share knowledge and address the common themes of children and families with complicated lives.

The MCHRI brings a fresh and innovative perspective to child and youth health, and expects to learn lessons that will benefit children and families everywhere.

• Clinical Trial
• Hamilton
• Product Development
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation
• Training

McMaster University is a recognized leader in aging research, and is building on its infrastructure and expertise in this area through the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA).

MIRA was created to stimulate and facilitate interdisciplinary research in aging, as well as to develop innovative educational programs for students within the academic and clinical realms. The Institute’s approach is to conduct research in cross-Faculty teams and engage the older adult community, their families, healthcare providers and other key stakeholders through every stage of the research process, from design to evaluation and implementation of interventions and technologies.

At MIRA, we examine biological, behavioural, technological and environmental factors ​that affect how people age. Our approach is interdisciplinary, and we combine the following strategies:

• A coordinated, collaborative research agenda between academics and clinicians from all faculties.
• The use of design thinking to generate human-centred solutions.
• Ongoing interaction with a diverse group of stakeholders, such as policymakers and older adults.

Research at the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging is intended to generate solutions that are practical, readily implemented, and that promote aging in place

• AI / Machine Learning
• Clinical Trial
• Hamilton
• Product Development
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation

An innovative, exciting initiative at McMaster University has came to life, bringing Medical Imaging together with a range of disciplines such as Medicine, Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, e-Health, Nuclear Medicine, Statistics, and Psychology.

The Medical Imaging Informatics Research Centre at McMaster University ([email protected]) is the result of efforts of the radiologists at Hamilton Health Sciences, and the researchers and scientists at McMaster University and the University of Waterloo, along with other prestigious Canadian and International universities.

[email protected] brings together radiologists and engineers in order to bridge the gap between clinical studies and computer sciences and to solve specific issues in Medical Imaging. Its goal is to provide a nurturing environment to the researchers interested from McMaster or other institutions, match the adequate skills and resources, and facilitate access to grants and industry partnerships.

[email protected]’s vision is to foster seamless integration of medical images in the daily world of healthcare professionals with appropriate delivery of relevant content and decision support, and to educate the new world of imaging and Electronic Health Records (EHR) professionals. [email protected] seeks to establish McMaster, Ontario and Canada as leaders in image enabling the EHR and driving utility from regional and national imaging infrastructure.

[email protected] is a joint initiative of the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering, leverages engineering, clinical and business expertise to identify and bring together the skills required to solve a specific problem.

• Hamilton
• Product Development
• Testing & Evaluation
• Training

Technology has become the newest member of the healthcare team. The Medical Technologies Innovation Centre (MTIC) supports research initiatives that strengthen the innovation of existing and emerging medical technologies and advance patient and community care by creating pathways to adoption within our healthcare system through community and industry partnerships.

MTIC provides an interactive collaborative space for research and innovation. In partnership with industry, the community and experts in engineering, education and health, MTIC supports quality patient care in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

• Hamilton
• Research
• Training

The Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre (MGD NPC) was established in 2010 and draws on McMaster’s expertise in evidence-based medicine to identify, collate, review, revise, update and develop clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of chronic pain. Guidelines will then be disseminated, using best practice techniques of knowledge translation.

Mission. The mission of the MGD NPC is to improve the management of pain through the dissemination of best practice information.

• Hamilton
• Research

Research at the Offord Centre for Child Studies is focused on child development and finding scientific solutions that will improve the lives, health and development of children and youth.

The Centre hosts a multidisciplinary group whose work falls into a number of themes: (1) child mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders; (2) influences on child health and development arising from early experience, families, schools and neighbourhoods; (3) services and interventions for children with mental health needs; and (4) knowledge translation, community connections, and partnerships.

Through collaboration across fields such as child psychiatry, psychology, epidemiology, pediatrics, policy development, social work, and nursing, the Centre’s aim is to better understand children’s mental health problems with the overall goal of improving the lives of children and youth.

• Hamilton
• Product Development
• Research

• Clinical Trial
• Hamilton
• Research

Program for Health Economics and Outcome Measures (PHENOM) is an academic research group that is aimed to support clinical and coverage decision making through collecting and synthesizing evidence. Our primary approach to generating new evidence is randomized clinical trials, observational studies, and population preference elicitation.

We also use systematic literature review, meta-analysis and economic modeling for synthesizing existing evidence. Our research can be used to address individual clinical and/or economic questions and to support coverage policy making. We are actively involved in educational activities related to research methodology for graduate training and knowledge exchange in health economics and patient-reported outcome measures.

• Hamilton
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation

The Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute was established in 2003, led by the world renowned Bernie O’Brien, and a group of researchers, including Ron Goeree, the current Director of PATH. PATH is based at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, but has strong affiliations with McMaster University as well. The PATH Research Institute conducts and promotes evidence-based evaluations of the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing health care technologies.

Over the years, both groups had contributed heavily in guiding the healthcare expenditures of our federal and provincial governments.

PATH has extensive expertise in conducting literature reviews, evidence synthesis, biostatistics, economic evaluation, costing, budget impact analysis, decision analytic modelling, policy analysis, health systems impact analysis, and techniques of research translation and knowledge uptake for new policy formation. PATH is particularly well suited to assist program, service and policy makers, at all levels of decision making, in making difficult decisions about efficient and equitable health care resource utilization.

• Clinical Trial
• Hamilton
• Product Development
• Research
• Testing & Evaluation
• Training

The Thrombosis & Atherosclerosis Research Institute (TaARI) is located in the David Braley Research Institute, which they share with the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) .

The core research programs at TaARI include:

• The Experimental Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis (ETA) Program, which conducts fundamental research on the interplay of thrombosis and inflammation in the context of thrombosis, atherosclerosis, diabetes, cancer, and sepsis.
• The Clinical Thromboembolism Program (CTP), which performs optimal prevention, diagnosis and treatment of patients with thrombotic problems, translating current research into clinical practice.
• The Comparative Medicine Group, which supports the research of an interdisciplinary group of faculty veterinarians, physicians, and basic scientists who study animal models of human disease. The research is dedicated to the enhancement of human and animal health via research, training and services.