Mental health is increasingly being recognized as a key component of elite athletes’ overall functioning and sport performance. Globally, research on antecedents (e.g., sport culture) and consequences (e.g., athletic performance) of mental health and illness in elite athlete populations is growing. However, little is known about the relationship between mental health, mental illness, sport culture, […]

Le risque de développer un cancer du sein chez la femme au cours de sa vie est de 11%. Chaque année dans le monde, environ 1 675 000 femmes reçoivent un diagnostic de cancer du sein. D’ici 2020, le coût total des soins pour leurs patients atteindra plus de 2 milliards de dollars par an […]

Cataract surgery is one of the most common surgeries performed worldwide. The surgery consists on the implantation of a prosthetic lens in order to replace the opaque human crystalline lens. Alcon is the leader in the field developing lenses, surgical instruments and pharmaceuticals that are used pre or post-operatively. The aim of this collaboration is […]

This exploratory research will seek to answer the primary question generally asked by many industry professionals- “how to evaluate the economic assessment of projects (using Human Centered Design (HCD) philosophy)”. This research will explore how to create an ROI/cost benefit analysis tool to measure economic impacts of the specific type of projects. This report will […]

Persons with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) have high rates of liver disease-related symptoms and poor health-related quality of life – amongst the lowest of all chronic liver diseases. Patients and the Canadian PBC Society have identified the need for self-care tools to manage symptom burden. Building upon a previously developed online wellness program for inflammatory […]

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the most common type of kidney cancer, is characterized by heterogeneous tumor biology and clinical outcomes. Due to the indeterminate behavior of RCC and the absence of routine biomarkers, it is difficult to identify individuals at risk to develop RCC, and patients who are at high-risk of relapse. There are also […]

Premenopausal women typically have lower blood pressure responses to static exercise compared to age matched men despite similar relative exercise intensity. Some research attributes this difference to an innate effect of biological sex due to differences in metabolism and sympathetic transduction, but work from our lab shows that matching for muscle strength abolishes within and […]

Le projet se déroulera à Fortaleza, une ville au nord-est du Brésil et fera partie d’un projet de recherche plus large portant sur la mobilisation communautaire en but de contrer la propogation de la dengue dans cette ville. De plus, le projet fera objet d’un stage de maîtrise et visera à évaluer les défis quant […]

Culture of cells in three-dimension (30) allows cells to interact with their surrounding and grow in all directions and behave in a manner that is more closely associated to how they would in vivo as long as their nutrient and environmental requirements are maintained. In this context, bioprinting offers an advantage over 20 cell cultures […]

Many of St.Amant’s services are shifting to provide the most inclusive, supportive, community-based services with the intention of enhancing health, accessing to healthcare, and improving the quality of life of persons supported and that of their families and caregivers. As part of its vision statement, St.Amant is supporting a number of persons with intellectual and […]

Research into wearable systems, functional nanomaterials, 3D printing, flexible microfluidics, and commercial thermoplastic polymer (TP) microfluidics, is reported daily. However, much of this research is hindered by difficulties in integrating structures, devices, and systems realized using different materials platforms. While polymers such as SU-8 and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) are popular with academics, TPs such as optically […]

Infectious diseases from a variety of pathogens can lead to serious health conditions such as sepsis. To improve the prognosis and decrease the mortality rate of infectious diseases, point-of-care testing (POCT) of blood biomarkers is a critical approach. Testing of biomarkers such as C-reactive protein, IL-6 and procalcitonin could help identify the type of pathogen […]