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

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

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