WE-Spark Health Institute has released its third-quarter progress report highlighting key accomplishments covering the period November 2020 to January 2021.

Successes include:

• 18 local grants awarded totalling $346,725.00;
• 452 members, an increase of 209 per cent over its first year;
• the launched of a web-based question-and-answer program featuring local experts in healthcare, research, and education;
• a new research request portal for those seeking collaborators, assistance with research project and budget development, data management and analysis, equipment, facilities, or fresh tissue trials; and
• designed and launched a knowledge translation workshop series.

Read the report here.

WE-Spark Health Institute is a partnership between the University of Windsor, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare, St. Clair College, and Windsor Regional Hospital that brings together health research strengths, expertise, and infrastructure from across the Windsor-Essex region. Its mission is to enhance the health, well-being, and care of people through transformative research and knowledge translation.