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VT-19: Continuous Calibration-free SPO2 Monitoring for COVID-19 Using Deep Learning

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses and COVID-19 is a new disease from this family that has not been previously identified in humans [1]. Those who are infected with COVID-19 may have little to no symptoms and may take up to 14 days to appear after exposure to COVID-19 [2]. It’s possible to detect this disease early by measuring the heart rate, blood oxygenation (SpO2), body temperature and heart rate variability and isolate the person to prevent the spread of the virus. VitalTracer has developed a medical wrist device that continuously tracks bio-signals in real-time. The purpose of this study is to present an algorithm that translates collected bio-signals from a non-invasive, low cost, and convenient wearable device (VT-19) into reliable blood oxygen saturation estimate. Applications of such a system range from false alarm suppression to improving estimates of derived physiological parameters such as heart rate and oxygen saturation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hilmi Dajani

Student:

Zahra Zangenehmadar

Partner:

VitalTracer Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Development of numerical algorithms to customize acoustic treatment

Dymedso, a Canadian-based medical device SME specialized in pulmonary disease therapeutic and treatment equipment is a patented pioneer in using sound (acoustics) to treat patients requiring airway clearance such as Cystic Fibrosis COPD and the coronavirus family, SARS, MERS and naturally the COVID-19. The company’s Frequencer® has FDA, Health Canada, European CE, and UL (North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand) approvals and has been used in hospitals since 2010 with an established base of more than 600 devices in operations around the globe.
Dymedso continues to explore ways to improve its product by conducting research aiming development products to treat wider range of patients requiring airway. The goal of Dymedso (Richard Boudreault) and the University of Waterloo (Yuri Leonenko) partnership is to investigate the possibilities to improve performance of Frequencer and improve the product’s ability to treat COVID-19 patients who require airway clearance.
Currently Dymedso is increasing the supply of its devices to Montreal hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients. Most patients using the Frequencer will never require an ICU bed nor a ventilator.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yuri Leonenko

Student:

Abiola Obembe

Partner:

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Real-time Transcription and Knowledge Extraction of Video Consults

Dialogue is Canada’s leading telemedicine provider, founded to improve well-being by using technology to deliver excellent care. Dialogue is a pioneer of virtual health care dedicated exclusively to organizations that want to improve the health and well-being of their members and families. We provide effective health solutions through outstanding health care experiences and a focus on patient safety.
The project consists of the following:
Build a production application that will be able to do real-time transcription of the video consultations in Dialogue’s systems (video and EMR).
Build a knowledge extraction model (entities and intents) that is run against this real-time transcription to structure the data, filter it and store it in the proper section of the EMR.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Siva Reddy

Student:

Raed Abdo

Partner:

Dialogue Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Impact of Bioavailable Peptides Generated from Collagen Hydrolysates on Bone Remodeling

Genacol Canada Corporation Inc. manufactures a collagen hydrolysate (CH) product, sourced from bovine (Genacol® Original Formula), that has shown promising and positive results in three clinical trials for decreasing joint pain, as well as having a positive effect on articular cartilage. Following digestion, and first pass metabolism, CHs release peptides that have been shown to be the health promoting component of the supplement. New research trends have suggested that joint pain is a multi-tissue disease, and not only attributed to articular degradation. The bones that meet at are
still unclear. For this reason, our proposed study aims to identify the effects that CHs have on bone remodeling and inflammation using osteoblast and osteoclast cell culture. This approach will help establish the health promoting properties of Genacol CH and will also aid in the development of more potent and targeted product in the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stan Kubow

Student:

Christina Elizabeth Larder

Partner:

Genacol Canada Corporation Inc

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Bioorthogonal spin labeling approaches for high sensitivity electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy – Part 2

In order to investigate proteins in their natural environment one can attach tiny reporter molecules to them that can be traced with appropriate instruments. However, these small reporter molecules may often cause strong perturbations to the functionality of the proteins, or cannot be seen due to experimental restrictions like low concentrations. Bioorthogonal chemistry aims to eliminate such experimental restrictions by using as inert molecules as possible to see how proteins really work. We want to test novel bioorthogonal strategies for attaching reporter molecules that can be detected with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, a powerful magnetic resonance method that is able to detect changes in structure and function of proteins. As we also have a unique and highly sensitive, state-of-the-art EPR device at hand, together with new bioorthogonal strategies we are convinced that we will bridge the gap to a new world of applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Oliver Ernst

Student:

Alycia Ai Woon Yee;John Boyuan Liu

Partner:

High Q Technologies LP

Discipline:

Biochemistry / Molecular biology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Novel, Low-Cost COVID-19 Point of Care Monitoring and Triaging Device

Testing for COVID-19 is a major strategy to manage the pandemic and one of the most important criteria and measures that are needed to restart the economy in Canada (First Ministers’ statement on shared public health approach to support restarting the economy, April 28, 2020). Two types of diagnostic devices are commonly used: 1) Lab-based devices and 2) Point of Care (PoC) devices, which are mobile solutions that can be used at homes, in doctors’ offices and long-term care homes. Only one nucleic acid-based PoC device is authorized by Health Canada to date. While this device focuses on COVID-19 diagnosis, there are still no mobile health-based (mHealth-based) tools that are inexpensive and can be used to collect real-time vital signs related to COVID-19. These signs are important for early assessment and monitoring of potential cases (people in self-isolation), false-negative cases (cases that test negative but require further monitoring), or groups at risks such as elderly people living in long-term care homes. To support these important demands, our goal is to mobilize a simple, accessible and cost-effective PoC COVID-19 self-assessment and monitoring system. This goal will be achieved by rapidly reconfiguring our existing mHealth-based PoC system, called NewPneu…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ed Sykes;Tarek El Salti

Student:

Javier Nievas;Warren Zajac

Partner:

Tech4Life Enterprises

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Sheridan College

Program:

Accelerate

COVID-19 and System Responses to Homelessness

This project will build on system mapping that has been started by our partner organization, The Alliance to End Homelessness (Ottawa), to understand the impact that COVID-19 has had on the homeless population in Ottawa, including gaps in services and barriers in accessing services, and innovations that are happening to enable more effective services.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jacqueline Kennelly;Benjamin Roebuck

Student:

Joshua Hawley

Partner:

Alliance to End Homelessness

Discipline:

Anthropology

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

Program:

Accelerate

CAN-BIND12: Effects of Probiotics on Symptoms of Depression (EPSD)

This study will look at changes in the heart rate variability and electroencephalogram (EEG) signals in individuals receiving gut supplementation for depression. This is to see if the vagus nerve (a major nerve connecting your brain and gut) is affected by this therapeutic, and how that results in changes in your brain. This work will provide insight into the mechanism of action for these supplements and contribute to a great understanding of major depressive disorder and possible avenues for advancement in the realm of gut microbiome targeting MDD treatments. This will be beneficial for the partner organization as they will gain a better understanding of how their therapeutic works, and possible ideas for how they can improve its efficacy in the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roumen Milev

Student:

Evan Forth;Caroline Wallace

Partner:

Lallemand Health Solutions

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Inventory optimization model to support customer needs while meeting business targets

Manufacturing is a $174 billion industry in Canada, representing over 10% of total GDP and 68% of merchandise exports. Inventory is the largest spend and asset for manufacturing companies, and efficient inventory management is a proven strategy to increase profitability in the manufacturing sector. The aim of inventory management is to achieve satisfactory levels of customer service while minimizing inventory costs in order to maximize profitability. The proposed research will create an inventory optimization model to assess factors influencing inventory of a Canadian electronics manufacturer and predict optimal levels of inventory to support customer needs while meeting business targets. This predictive model will provide significant cost-savings and improve customer satisfaction, supporting the company’s continued growth and creating high-quality jobs for Canadians.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brent Clemens

Student:

Manik Jandial;Carly Warren

Partner:

Creation Technologies (ON)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other

University:

Durham College

Program:

Accelerate

ALS in a dish: development of an in vitro human 3D model of the neuromuscular junction with functional readouts

In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the communication between motor neurons and skeletal muscle is lost, resulting in weakness and degeneration of muscle tissue. ALS animal models fail to reproduce the complexities of the disease, which is thought to account for the failure of new drugs in clinical trials. At The Neuro, human blood samples are obtained to generate pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), which are able to give rise to all the cell types of the human body. Our goal is to generate motor neurons from the PSCs of healthy controls and ALS patients to grow them with skeletal muscle in 3D in a special dish created by eNUVIO. This platorm will facilitate the acquisition of functional readouts similar to those obtained from electromyography and nerve conduction velocity, studies used for ALS diagnosis purposes. Furthermore, the model at the endwill be scalable for high-throughput drug screening purposes to facilitate the identification of lead compounds in our human NMJ on a dish platform.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Durcan

Student:

Maria Castellanos Montiel

Partner:

Enuvio Inc.

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Rapid Implementation of a Shared COVID-19 Tracking and Response Platform for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Populations in Canada

As COVID-19 rapidly spreads across Canada, the morbidity and mortality rates are likely to follow the same patterns as H1N1, and be significantly higher in First Nation, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) populations compared to non-Indigenous Canadians. Thus, there exists an urgent and currently unmet need to track and respond to incidences of COVID-19 in these populations. Any effort to do so will need to bridge persistent gaps in Indigenous health information system infrastructure while also acknowledging distinct, nation-based FNIM data sovereignty. With these core requirements and key challenges in mind, this project will build on existing networks of Indigenous health information partnerships with FNIM, Indigenous, federal, provincial/territorial (P/T) and allied governing bodies to rapidly implement a shared COVID19 tracking and response platform for FNIM populations in Canada. This research will, 1) rapidly implement the development of a FNIM COVID-19 database, visualization platform and modelling of predicted FNIM case surges and service needs; and 2) progress rapid application of emerging FNIM COVID-19 evidence to content and scope of FNIM community responses, advance quality and comprehensiveness of databases and engage and support FNIM who are hospitalized with COVID-19.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janet Smylie;Jennifer Walker

Student:

Christine Skura;Miranda Lesperence

Partner:

Canadian Institute of Health Information

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Co-designing the Governance of Natural Climate Solutions in Canada’s Agriculture Sector

The project will focus on setting out the enabling conditions for nature-based climate solutions. Within this objective, the team will develop a portfolio of opportunities for — and a discussion of the implications of — (i) new policy tools and modifications to existing laws and regulations and (ii) market-based approaches, all to enable and accelerate adoption of practices that show promise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in Canada’s agriculture sector. This is an important step to take in advancing the agriculture sector’s role as a solutions provider in climate change mitigation. This research will contribute to a wider initiative in Canada to identify, enhance, and accelerate natural environments such as croplands, grasslands, forests, wetlands, and peatlands capacity to contribute to cost-effective solutions to climate change mitigation, playing a key role in meeting the Paris Climate Agreement and keeping global warming below 2°C.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ben Bradshaw

Student:

Lisa Ashton

Partner:

DeMarco Allan LLP.

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

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