Successful health tech projects to be featured at Health Ecosphere event  

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TORONTO, March 26, 2019 – Health technologies to help young people manage their mental health, patients return home more quickly after surgery, and just about anyone improve their self-care will be featured at a wrap-up event for the federally-funded Health Ecosphere Innovation Pipeline Project on Wednesday.

Academic and healthcare sector partners will celebrate the advances made and acknowledge the important contribution of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), which provided $15 million for the project in 2016. Since then, collaborations between public and private partners have resulted in dozens of new health technologies and services.

WHAT: Health Ecosphere Innovation Pipeline Project wrap-up event

WHEN: Wednesday March 27, 2019 (technologies on display from 9 a.m., speakers at 10 a.m.)

WHERE: Second Student Centre, 15 Library Lane, York University Keele Campus

SPEAKERS:

Rob Haché, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, York University
Ali Ehsassi, Member of Parliament for Willowdale
Rhonda Lenton, President and Vice-Chancellor, York University
Rob Bull, VP Finance, Technology and Innovation, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, Southlake Regional Health Centre
Dr. Joseph Cafazzo, Lead, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network
Suzanne Rochford, Director, User Experience, TELUS
Harvey Skinner, York University professor and Principal Investigator, Health Ecosphere Innovation Pipeline Project

Examples of projects on display include:

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Media Contact:
Janice Walls, Media Relations, York University 416 455 4710, wallsj@yorku.ca