2024 Health Research BC-Mitacs Industry

2024 Health Research BC-Mitacs Industry-Based Opportunity

The Health Research BC-Mitacs industry-based funding opportunity supports graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across British Columbia to gain experience working within BC’s life sciences sector.

Dylan Goode

Host institution

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Partner(s)

Summit Engineering Solution

Project title

The proposed novel passive hand tremor attenuator for Parkinson's patients

Kara Flanagan

Host institution

University of Victoria

Partner(s)

RAD Research

Project title

Shaking in the Wings: Creating a Drama-based Curriculum Derived from Actor Education to Address Music Performance Anxiety

Daniel Andrews

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

CereCura Nanotherapeutics Inc

Project title

LNP-mRNA as a treatment for neurological dysfunction of Gaucher Disease

Olga Pacios Santamaría

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Resolve Nanotherapeutics Corp

Project title

Development and validation of in vivo models of acute bacterial infections for use in novel drug development

Haisheng Fu

Host institution

Simon Fraser University

Partner(s)

Altumview Systems Inc.

Project title

Privacy-Preserving Human Activity Recognition for Healthcare using Large Vision-Language Models

Andisheh Saliminezhad

Host institution

University of Northern British Columbia

Partner(s)

Northern Health

Project title

Changing Patterns of Retirement in Northern BC - Implications for Health Policy and Planning

Bobby Ryane

Host institution

University of Victoria

Partner(s)

Ryane Innovative Research Lab Inc.

Project title

Innovating Water Purification: Electrophotocatalytic Technologies for PFAS Removal

Olivia Ferguson

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Isocapnic Technologies Inc

Project title

The effects of isocapnic respiratory muscle endurance training on the multidimensional components and neurophysiological mechanisms of exertional breathlessness in healthy adults

Nina Radisavljevic

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

CereCura Nanotherapeutics Inc

Project title

In vivo testing of LNP-mRNA therapeutics in an animal model of Gaucher Disease

Robert Bruce

Host institution

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Partner(s)

Melius Microbiomics

Project title

Non-invasive gut mucus analysis to functionally characterize the effects of GEMM and afford new IBD biomarkers.

Maryam Mirlohi

Host institution

University of Victoria

Partner(s)

RepliCel Life Sciences

Project title

Developing Xeno-Free Media for Scalable Production of Dermal Sheath Cells

Maad Ebrahim

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Torus Biomedical Solutions Inc.

Project title

A Machine Learning Method for Automated Intraoperative Assessments in Total Hip Surgery

Ali Salehi

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Amphoraxe Life Sciences Inc.

Project title

Safety Assessment of Antimicrobial Peptides

Amir Eskandari

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Torus Biomedical Solutions Inc.

Project title

A Pose-Correction Method for Intraoperative Measurements in Total Hip Surgery

Shang-Wen Lin

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

GeneStar Bioscience

Project title

High throughput tissue distribution study of polymer-lipid nanoparticle formulations using DNA barcode technology

Po-Yu Chou

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Sinedore Bioscience

Project title

Design and screen novel cell-penetrating peptides for intracellular delivery of proteins

Team members

Fraser Douglas

Project title

Improving the Robustness and Consistency of EMG using High-Density Electrode Arrays – Electrode Shift Analysis

Mehdi Cina

Project title

Integrating Cognitive Architecture into ADAS for Enhanced Decision-Making in Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles

Corina Stewart

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Identifying and functionally characterizing transcriptional drivers of esophageal cancer progression for nucleic acid-based therapeutic development

Timothy Wong

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

A super-resolution platform for in situ molecular analysis of receptor co-localization mediated by co-stimulatory trispecific antibodies

Ramya Kannan

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Dionamix Scientific Inc.

Project title

High throughput fabrication and characterization of a novel lipid nanoparticle library

Mahdokht Akbari Taemeh

Host institution

University of Victoria

Partner(s)

Dionamix Scientific Inc.

Project title

Develop plant-based microcarrier compositions for expanding DSCs and fibroblasts in dynamic culture