clasped hands image from cover of reportWE-Spark Health Institute has released its quarterly report highlighting activities from November 2021 to January 2022.

Quarterly report details health institute accomplishments

WE-Spark Health Institute has released its Year 3, Q3 report highlighting key metrics from November 2021 to January 2022. The report communicates outcomes and provides accountability to its members and the Windsor-Essex community.

Highlights include:

  • Increased membership by 48 to 806 members;
  • Grew Student Volunteer Network to 24 students, logging over 900 hours this quarter;
  • Developed and launched a customized mobile and web app to support collaborative research projects;
  • Facilitated six clinical professor appointments and a professor of practice in the Department of Biomedical Sciences to support local physicians and healthcare providers build their research programs;
  • Launched the WE-Spark Engage Program to provide an easy way for community members to participate in health research;
  • Hosted a “mixer” event that paired medical students with researchers; and
  • Developed a plan that connects and grows industry engagement in health research in collaboration with Invest WindsorEssex.

Read the full 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 designed to take healthcare to the next level through research. All quarterly reports can be found on its website.