May 24th, 2022
WE-Spark Health Institute has released its fourth quarter report, highlighting key accomplishments from February to April 2022, wrapping up its third year.
Highlights include:
- added 54 new members for total of 860;
- doubled its Student Volunteer Network to 54 students logging over 800 hours this quarter;
- launched a local grant competition with 30 Letter of Intent submissions;
- hosted two think tanks with 86 participants;
- facilitated four adjunct appointments to the UWindsor Department of Biomedical Sciences to support local physicians and health-care providers to build their research programs;
- hosted “Cheers to Hope” event to feature local research and raise support for grants programs; and
- initiated an environmental scan into Health Innovation Parks, working closely with the new Windsor-Essex hospital system project to align infrastructure planning.
WE-Spark quarterly reports communicate outcomes and provides accountability to its members and the Windsor-Essex community. The 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.