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Bay Area Health Trust Invests in Hamilton Based Medical Device Company Mariner Endosurgery

Contributing to the latest round of Mariner Endosurgery, Bay Area Health Trust shows strategic support for local health care businesses and ecosystem. HAMILTON, Ontario — Bay Area Health Trust (bayareahealthtrust.com), a Hamilton, Ontario based company that operates life science businesses with the goal of returning value to its…

October 17, 2019 | Alex Muggah

VoxNeuro to Receive $249k in Innovation Support From the Government of Canada

VoxNeuro is excited to announce that the company will receive up to CA$249,000 in research and development funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). Obtaining NRC IRAP funding not only serves as recognition for VoxNeuro’s focus on innovation, but will serve as a catalyst for the…

September 27, 2019 | Alex Muggah

Five McMaster Faculty take Highest Honour in Canadian Health Sciences

Five professors of the Faculty of Health Sciences have been elected fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, considered one of the highest honours for members of the country’s health sciences community. Click here for the full article They have all been chosen through peer review for their demonstrated leadership, creativity,…

September 20, 2019 | Alex Muggah

McMaster University Ranked 72nd in the World

For the first time since 2012, McMaster is ranked among the top 75 universities in the world. The university is ranked 72 in the internationally respected 2020 Times Higher Education rankings released today in Switzerland, advancing five spots over last year and one of only four Canadian universities in the world’s top 75. It’s the […]

September 11, 2019 | Alex Muggah

Versant Ventures Enables Launch of Vensana Capital to Focus on Medtech Sector

Since it was conceived, Versant Ventures has provided enabling support for the design and launch of an independent new venture capital and growth equity investment firm dedicated to the medtech sector. Today Vensana Capital debuted with the closing of its inaugural fund, Vensana Capital I, with $225 million in committed capital. The fund was…

September 4, 2019 | Alex Muggah

Future of Health Summit – Summary Report

Thank you again to all who participated in the inaugural Future of Health Summit 2019 presented by Hamilton Health Sciences. HHS would also like to thank the delegates who provided their valuable feedback. We have summarized our reflections in the attached Future of Health (FOH) Summit Report 2019

August 28, 2019 | Alex Muggah

Hamilton and Burlington health providers apply to be first in Ontario to reinvent care

Proposed Ontario Health Teams will transform how local care is provided under sweeping changes coming into effect as part of Conservative health care reform Hamilton and Burlington organizations want to be among the first to adopt a major overhaul of the health care system by the Progressive Conservative government. Health and social…

July 19, 2019 | Alex Muggah

Summit will focus on taking innovation to market

Hamilton and area voices will play a key role in the second annual gathering, writes Keanin Loomis. World attention was focused on Toronto last month as the city hosted Collision, North America’s fastest-growing tech conference. The event provided a platform for Canada’s top startups and entrepreneurs to showcase their talents…

June 10, 2019 | Alex Muggah

Hamilton philanthropists Charles and Margaret Juravinskis gift researchers with $100 million legacy fund

The endowment, which will be used to create the Juravinski Research Centre, will provide $5 million a year for research. Hamilton’s medical research community is abuzz with a $100 million gift from local philanthropists Charles and Margaret Juravinski. The gift is a legacy endowment fund, which means the money will be given out once the…

May 29, 2019 | Alex Muggah