Business Strategy Consultant

The mobile health industry is rapidly changing. SmartMom requires expertise to build on their BC success by developing partnerships with other Canadian provinces and territories in a sustainable business model. Through this internship, it will assist them to develop marketing strategies to extend our reach to other countries where they would have to adapt content […]

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Developing a protocol for single cell Hi-C sequencing in human post-mortem brain

The purpose of the proposed research travel is to co-develop a working protocol for high-throughput chromatin conformation capture (Hi-C) sequencing using human post-mortem brain tissue at the single-nucleus level. I will be traveling to the lab of Schahram Akbarian (MD, PhD) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Dr. […]

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Prediction of Heart Failure Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Validation of the TRS-HFDM Risk Score

Diabetes affects approximately 4 million Canadians. Diabetes is associated with increased risk of heart failure, which is also substantially more common after a heart attack. Patients with diabetes are particularly vulnerable due to the combination of these risk factors. As a result, risk models that can identify diabetes patients who are at the greatest risk […]

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AttentionTrip: a gamified tool for measuring the networks of attention

Attention is an important part of everyday functioning. We use it to interact with the world around us and take in new information. ‘AttentionTrip’ is a sophisticated tool that allows clinicians and researchers to measure the different components of attention, while it feels like you are playing a videogame. With this tool, we can see […]

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Marketing Internship for Hyivy Health

As Hyivy Health heads into 2021 with multiple strategic initatives, we have been seeking oversight in strategy discussions in all areas of marketing, content and market access discussions. We are developing content for our brand tone of voice, building community and digital marketing strategy, we are crafting messaging and positioning based on competition and market […]

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BSI Application Claudia Griffin

The WinSETT Centre is a national not for profit organization working to retain and support women in SETT across Canada. Portions of our flagship leadership program are being converted for online delivery. There are six of the twelve 90 minute modules have been converted and piloted, and the remaining six will be converted and piloted […]

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Hector Aguilar Hernandez BSI Project

Key Assets has been in operation in Newfoundland and Ontario since 2009 and is affiliated with an international network operated by the Martin James Foundation which provides services to children, youth and families. To achieve greater synergy and economies of scale, Key Assets developed a shared services approach to managing infrastructure in Canada. The Shared […]

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Market Analyst

Act as a Market Analyst to carry out: – quantitative and qualitative research using modern and traditional methods – analyze and interpret patterns, solutions and opportunities informed by accurate data and research – formulate plans, strategies and opportunities for presentation to senior management – remain informed on market trends – evaluate market and business opportunities […]

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Transfer Learning for precise detection of individual cells in multimodal microscopic image data

Automatic segmentation and detection of cells is a fundamental task in relevant medical fields such as histopathology, hematology, and cytopathology. Deep Learning methods show promising results, but often require excessive amounts of data, which is a major barrier to entry, especially for experimental cellular imaging data. This project aims to develop a state-of-the-art cell detection […]

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Automating sleep stage classification using Contactless BCG Sensor

It is estimated that 5.4 million Canadian adults have chronic sleep abnormalities. Symptoms are not visible to patients because they happen during the night. Hence, they remain undiagnosed. Besides, sleep abnormalities can cause different chronic health problems, that is sleep apnea, diabetes, stroke, brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. Thus, measuring sleep behavior […]

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