What is Innovation Fund doing to fight COVID-19? ALL COVID-19 PROJECTS View All Project Titles (Alphabetically) 3D Printer Filter Attachment for 3M Reusable Respirators – Michael Dinsmore A Better Baby Monitor – Implementation of a novel two-way communication device to address current unique obstacles created by implementing closed rooms in the provision of care to patients with (or presumed) COVID-19 – Peter Glazer A low-cost reusable acrylic box to prevent transmission of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 during gastroscopy: a simulation-based study – Zane Gallinger A low-cost reusable acrylic box to prevent transmission of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 during gastroscopy: a simulation-based study – Samir Grover A novel and practical accelerated intermittent theta burst protocol as a substitute for patients needing electroconvulsive therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic – Daniel Blumberger A phase IV randomised, controlled, implementation trial of volatile based sedation in patients with COVID 19 (the ANACONDA study) – Katarzyna Jerath A qualitative research study to understand the lived experience and support needs of transitional age youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families in the face of the COVID- 19 pandemic – Laurie Green A Randomized Open Label Trial of Convalescent Plasma for Hospitalized Adults with Acute COVID-19 Respiratory Illness (CONCUR-1) – Alan Tinmouth Addressing the shortage of N95 and surgical facemasks during COVID19 – McNally Agent-Based Simulation of COVID-19 Transmission and Prevention Measures in Hemodialysis Units at University Health Network/Mt. Sinai (UHN/MSH) for Management, Rapid Training, and Education (HD-COVID-SIM) – Mohammad Shafiee Airway and systemic cellular and immune responses and lung mechanics in Covid-related acute lung injury – Parameswaran Nair An innovative, iterative, and integrated collaboration between public health, primary care, and patients to help our communities navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic – Joanisse Antibody testing in COVID-19 patients – Donald Arnold Assessing coagulation biomarkers to accelerate the discovery of effective therapies for COVID-19 and guide therapy (ACT-COAG study) – Noel Chan Association between ABO blood type and coronavirus illness or SARS: case-control study – Joel Ray Barriers and facilitators to virtual care in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey evaluation – J-D Schwalm Battle-buddies in COVID-19 care: Implementing a paired-clinician care model to improve the management of pateints with COVID-19 and support clinician wellness and safety – Peter Wu Cardiac surgery triaging tools to reduce mortality while maximizing intensive care resources during the COVID-19 crisis – Louise Sun Caring for Our Physicians and TeamUHN During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rapid Delivery and Evaluation of the Multi-Component Mental Health Support Program – Susan Abbey, Lindsay MacGillivray Coaching Healthcare Workers to Bolster Wellness and Resilience during a Pandemic – Mary Preisman CONvalescent Plasma for COVID-19 Research Trial (CONCOR-1 trial) – Janet Ellis Coronavirus infection of the ocular mucosa to model infection and systemic immunity – Martin Ten Hove Could Personalized Mobile Interventions “Flatten the Curve” of Stress, Anxiety and Depression among Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic at UnityHealth Toronto? – Venkat Bhat COVID 19’s “Second Wave” – Outcomes in patients with heart failure during the COVID19 pandemic. – Caroline McGuinty, Lisa Mielniczuk Covid-19 and diabetes: Clinical Outcomes and Navigated NEtwork Care Today: the CONNECT study – Catherine Yu, Andrew Advani, Gillian Booth COVID-19 and the Genetics of Mortality in Critical Care (GenOMICC) – Maslove/Rauh COVID-19 Coagulopathy: Understanding and Treating a Novel Entity – Paula James COVID-19 Social Resources for Health and Social Care Providers serving Canadians – Andrew Pinto COVID-19 Study of Children and Families: Reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 in Canadian Children and Parents – Jonathon Maguire COVID-19, consequences on psychiatric care and access to mental health services: A patients’ opinions survey – Templer Detection of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 in Children and Adults and Transmission Dynamics – Mohamed Eltorki Detection of COVID-19 virus from infection control surveillance specimens – Matthew Muller, Linda Taggart Developing an intervention to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on inner city families of children with developmental disabilities: A community-based formative study – Shazeen Suleman, Ripudaman Minhas Developing and implementing a Toronto Critical Care Research Hub (TCCRH) for conducting pandemic research to allow efficient and effective conduct for completion of pandemic research in critical care. – Karen Burns (PI), John Marshall, Claudia Dos Santos, Laurent Brochard, Matthew Muller Development and Validation of a Real-Time, Frailty-Focused, Risk Prediction Model for Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) in Canada – Sunita Mulpuru Development of a non-disposable N95 mask – Graham Roche-Nagle Development of a Novel Hood Shield to Enhance PPE Security and minimize COVID-19 transmission to front-line health care workers performing high-risk procedures. – Anahi Perlas Development of an Automated and Scalable Virtual Assistant to Aid in PPE Adherence and Clinical Protocols for Healthcare Worker Safety – Vincent W. Chan Development, and rapid implementation of a full face, Powered Air Purifying Respirator for protection of UHN employees participating in direct care of SARS-Cov-2 positive or high risk patients. – Ludwik Fedorko Equity in Access: Have telemedicine autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessments inadvertently disadvantaged children from marginalized populations? – S. Smile Establishing the true prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ontario reproductive age women through newborn blood spot antibody testing – Pranesh Chakraborty Evaluate arrhythmic vulnerabilities among all confirmed COVID-19 – Haffez Evaluating an ultra brief intervention for the treatment of COVID-19 related anxiety in pregnant women. – Sophie Grigoriadis Evaluating Telephone-Based Specialist Care Provided During a Pandemic to Inform Best Practice Guidance – Charles D. Kassardjian, Jeffrey Minhas Evaluation and management of viral shedding and transmissibility in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with COVID-19 – Rajeev Muni EVALUATION OF A RAPID-COVID TRIAGE ALGORITHM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITALIZED AND ELECTIVE PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CARDIAC ILLNESS DURING THE COVID ERA – John Graham, Shaun Goodman, Akshay Bagai, Claudia Dos santos, Alberto Goffey, Alun Aukery Evidence Hackathons: An alternative to academic conferences in the COVID-19 environment and beyond – Dayre McNally Examining the interaction between frailty and COVID-19 infection rates and health complications in older adults with cardiovascular disease – Andrew Pipe Exogenous Surfactant Administration for Patients with COVID-19: the LESSCOVID trial (the London Exogenous Surfactant Study for COVI19) – Lewis Extended Reality (XR) Simulation of Covid-19 Transmission Prevention Methods at UHN/MSH Intensive Care Units for Rapid Training and Education of Health Care Providers (XR-COVID-ICU) – Mohammad Shafiee Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Mother-Infant Postpartum Psychotherapy Group: Evaluation of a complex intervention for mothers with psychiatric illness and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) – Jovanna Martinovic Getting Ahead of the Curve: Predictive COVID-19 Case Identification Using an Interactive Propensity Score Modelling & AI Approach – Lise Bjerre Healthcare Worker seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies – Silverman Helmet noninvasive ventilation for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure – Damon Scales Hypercoagulation in SARS-CoV-2 infection – Conventional Coagulation Testing versus Point of Care Thromboelastography – Skaro, Brahmania Identifying atypical presentations of COVID-19 in older adults to enhance screening and detection – Dr. Terumi Izukawa Identifying atypical presentations of COVID-19 in older adults to enhance screening and detection – Jennifer Watt Identifying COVID-19 infection on chest radiography based on artificial intelligence – Anastasia Oikonomou Immune Phenotyping of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnant Women Admitted for Delivery in Hamilton Ontario – Judah Denburg Improving diagnostic and epidemiologic detection of SARS-CoV-2; A Validation Study – Lazo-Langner Individualized Automatic Lung Ventilation of Multiple Patients using Single ventilator – Azad Mashari Introducing and Evaluating Sepsis Advisor: A Clinical Decision Support Tool to Help Predict and Prevent Future Unexpected Deterioration of Patients with COVID-19 – Andrew Seely Long Term Care Virtual Emergency Department & Consult Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Michelle Welsford Manufacture and deployment of non-aerosolizing non-invasive positive pressure ventilation mask to reduce or eliminate the risk of exposure to aerosolized COVID-19. – Azad Mashari Maternal Placenta Growth Factor (PlGF) testing as a Novel Strategy to Improve Patient/Staff Safety and Redirect Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound Resources During COVID-19 – John Kingdom Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 Protein and RNA in Wastewater; Real-Time Measurement of Community Viral Load – MacKenzie Measurement-Based Virtual Care for Major Depressive Disorder during COVID-19 Pandemic – Stefan Kloiber Mindfulness Meditation to Improve Resilience for Pandemic Medical Workers – Jennifer Hirsch Mobile Reporting of Adverse Events from a Pandemic COVID-19 Vaccine – Kumanan Wilson Mortality among patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Samir Grover, Amol Verma, Fahad Razak Multi-centre randomized clinical trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for COVID-19 – Sylvain Boet Natural Evolution of Serum Antibodies in Children and Adults with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 and Household Contacts – Maala Bhatt, Roger Zemek Non-invasive ventilation and dexmedetomidine in critically ill adults: a pragmatic pilot randomized controlled trial (inDEX trial) – K. Lewis North America COVID-19 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Registry (NACMI) – Akshay Bagai Novel Salivary Testing for Rapid and Safe at Home Testing of SARS-CoV-2 – Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki NOVEL TELEMONITORING SOLUTIONS FOR REMOTE VIDEO AND O2 SATURATION MONITORING OF HOSPITALIZED COVID-19 PATIENTS – Shaf Keshavjee Pandemic Acceptance & Commitment to Empowerment Response Intervention for Frontline Healthcare Providers (PACER-HCP) – Kenneth Fung Pandemic Ontario Women’s Equity Reporting (POWER) Project: Measuring women’s health impact during COVID-19 – Innie Chen Persistence of Immunity in Children with SARS-COV-2 and Household contacts (PITCH Study) – Anne Pham-Huy Post Discharge After Surgery Virtual Care with Remote Automated Monitoring Technology (PVC-RAM) Trial – Manoj Lalu, Gavin Hamilton Prevention of Severe Respiratory and COVID-19 Infections with the Innate Immune Vaccine IMM-101 in Immunosuppressed Cancer Patients: Predicting Response with a Rapid Functional NK Cell Assay – Rebecca Auer Prone positioning for patients on the ward with COVID-19: A multicentre, international, pragmatic randomized trial [COVID-PRONE] – Lee Fidler, Jonathan Zipursky Prone positioning for patients on the ward with COVID-19: A multicentre, international, pragmatic randomized trial [COVID-PRONE] – Amol Verma, Fahad Razak Propranolol as an anxiolytic to reduce the use of sedatives for critically-ill adults receiving mechanical ventilation: an open-label randomized controlled trial (PROACTIVE) – Allison Fox-Robichaud Protecting Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Improving Safe Usage of Personnel Protective Equipment by Video Feedback – Sylvain Boet Protecting the operating room team: SARS-CoV-2 in surgical smoke during abdominal surgery – Allan Okrainec Rapid Risk Assessment: Coronavirus 2019 – Mohammad Qadura Reusable Face Masks – Denyse Richardson Risks to medical teams caring for COVID-19 Obstetrical and Surgical patients: Is SARS-CoV-2 virus present in the female reproductive tract, the peritoneal surface, surgical smoke and/or surgical masks? – Patricia Lee Risks to mental health in older adults with remitted depression, mild cognitive impairment, or normal cognition during the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – Mah Role of BCG-induced innate immune memory in the protection against coronavirus – Rob Siemenss Screening for Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Resource-Limited Setting of the COVID-19 Pandemic (SPARE Study) – Sherri Katz, Refika Ersu Sedation Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine versus Midazolam in Critically Ill Ventilated Children – Fraser Shelter Health: Pre-empting outbreaks in Homeless Shelters – Timothy O’Shea Social Support, Tracking Distress, Education and Discussion Community (STEADY) Staff Wellness Program: Mitigating Post Traumatic Stress Injury in Sunnybrook Staff During COVID-19 – Janet Ellis Stem cell solutions for COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome – Darryl Davis Supporting the Mental Health of Palliative Cancer Patients and their Caregivers through a Pandemic and Beyond: Feasibility of a Virtual Patient-Reported Outcome Model of Care – Jennifer Croke Surgical Protective Barriers for Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures (AGMP) in the Head and Neck Region for SARS-Coov2 and Similar Respiratory Pathogens – R. Jun Lin Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in the Built Hospital Environment – Caroline Nott, Derek MacFadden Surveillance of Critical Care Outcomes During Implementation of Ontario’s ICU Triage Recommendations During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Peter Tanuseputro, James Downar Synthesis and preclinical testing of novel small molecule therapies for COVID-19 – Stephen Archer TELE-COVED – Utilizing telemedicine and virtual care to manage the COVID19 surge in the emergency department. – Sameer Masood Telemedicine Clinics in Cardiac Surgery: Assessment of a Social Distancing Solution in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Bobby Yanagawa The application of metabolomics to enhance detection of COVID-19 and predict disease severity: A proof-of-principle study – Stephen Vanner The Coronavirus Registry (COREG): A Hamilton-wide COVID-19 Hospital Case Registry Platform – Terence Ho The Effects of the Health System Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chronic Disease Management: Comfortable Past, Challenging Present and Desired Future – Tetyana Kendzerska The Impact of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak on Physicians in Ontario – Garg The Impact of Telemedicine On Management of Chronic Pelvic and Pudendal Pain: Lessons From the Covid Pandemic – N Lemos The RESPECT Study: A UHN-Wide Research Platform to Screen and Protect our Front-Line Healthcare Workers – Deepali Kumar The UHN-SHS COVID-19 Bootcamp for Reassigned Health Care Workers – Peter Cram The Virtual Emergency Department (VIRTUE) Project: Improved access and reduced costs for emergency services through virtual emergency department consultations – S. Masood Thinking outside the box: comparing a frame and tarp sstem against a clear plastic box enclosure in preventing aerosol spread during intubation – Joseph Choi Using Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Ayal Schaffer Virtual Assessment of Praxis as a Predictor of Basic Activities of Daily Living in Dementia – Morris Freedman Virtual Emergency Department Mental Health Consultations for Children and Youth: Virtual visits to reduce non-essential Emergency Department visits during COVID-19 and beyond – Clare Gray Virtual Family-Centered Rounds: a collaborative necessity during COVID-19 and beyond – Melanie Buba What are essential community psychiatry services? – A Delphi study to guide adjustments and innovations at a time of Covid-19 adversity – Sam Law Which is the best tool to combat Social Isolation and Loneliness – a secure, user friendly video-conference solution or cost-effective telephone support? – Jacques Lee View All Project Titles and All Project Leads (By Governance Organization) Association médicale universitaire de l’Hôpital Montfort / Hôpital Montfort Academic Medical Organization AHM-21-002 – Evaluate arrhythmic vulnerabilities among all confirmed COVID-19 – Haffez AHM-21-003 – COVID-19, consequences on psychiatric care and access to mental health services: A patients’ opinions survey – Templer AHM-21-004 – An innovative, iterative, and integrated collaboration between public health, primary care, and patients to help our communities navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic – Joanisse Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario AMO-20-029 – Rapid Identification of Therapeutic Targets to Optimize Care of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients – Fraser AMO-20-030 – Hypercoagulation in SARS-CoV-2 infection – Conventional Coagulation Testing versus Point of Care Thromboelastography – Skaro, Brahmania AMO-20-031 – Exogenous Surfactant Administration for Patients with COVID-19: the LESSCOVID trial (the London Exogenous Surfactant Study for COVI19) – Lewis AMO-21-001 – Healthcare Worker seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies – Silverman AMO-21-002 – The Impact of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak on Physicians in Ontario – Garg AMO-21-003 – Improving diagnostic and epidemiologic detection of SARS-CoV-2; A Validation Study – Lazo-Langner Bruyere Academic Medical Organization (none available) Baycrest Medical Services AFP Association BMS-20-007 – Risks to mental health in older adults with remitted depression, mild cognitive impairment, or normal cognition during the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic – Mah BMS-21-001 – Identifying atypical presentations of COVID-19 in older adults to enhance screening and detection – Dr. Terumi Izukawa BMS-21-002 – Virtual Assessment of Praxis as a Predictor of Basic Activities of Daily Living in Dementia – Morris Freedman CAMH Medical Services Association CAM-21-001 – Measurement-Based Virtual Care for Major Depressive Disorder during COVID-19 Pandemic – Stefan Kloiber CAM-21-002 – A novel and practical accelerated intermittent theta burst protocol as a substitute for patients needing electroconvulsive therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic – Daniel Blumberger Children’s Hospital Academic Medical Organization CHA-20-011 – Addressing the shortage of N95 and surgical facemasks during COVID19 – McNally CHA-20-012 – Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 Protein and RNA in Wastewater; Real-Time Measurement of Community Viral Load – MacKenzie CHA-21-001 – Natural Evolution of Serum Antibodies in Children and Adults with Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 and Household Contacts – Maala Bhatt, Roger Zemek CHA-21-002 – Establishing the true prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ontario reproductive age women through newborn blood spot antibody testing – Pranesh Chakraborty CHA-21-003 – Evidence Hackathons: An alternative to academic conferences in the COVID-19 environment and beyond – Dayre McNally CHA-21-004 – Screening for Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Resource-Limited Setting of the COVID-19 Pandemic (SPARE Study) – Sherri Katz, Refika Ersu CHA-21-005 – Virtual Emergency Department Mental Health Consultations for Children and Youth: Virtual visits to reduce non-essential Emergency Department visits during COVID-19 and beyond – Clare Gray CHA-21-008 – Virtual Family-Centered Rounds: a collaborative necessity during COVID-19 and beyond – Melanie Buba CHA-21-010 – Persistence of Immunity in Children with SARS-COV-2 and Household contacts (PITCH Study) – Anne Pham-Huy Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization HAH-21-001 – Assessing coagulation biomarkers to accelerate the discovery of effective therapies for COVID-19 and guide therapy (ACT-COAG study) – Noel Chan HAH-21-002 – Antibody testing in COVID-19 patients – Donald Arnold HAH-21-003 – Long Term Care Virtual Emergency Department & Consult Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Michelle Welsford HAH-21-004 – The Coronavirus Registry (COREG): A Hamilton-wide COVID-19 Hospital Case Registry Platform – Terence Ho HAH-21-005 – Airway and systemic cellular and immune responses and lung mechanics in Covid-related acute lung injury – Parameswaran Nair HAH-21-006 – Barriers and facilitators to virtual care in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey evaluation – J-D Schwalm HAH-21-007 – Detection of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 in Children and Adults and Transmission Dynamics – Mohamed Eltorki HAH-21-008 – Immune Phenotyping of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnant Women Admitted for Delivery in Hamilton Ontario – Judah Denburg HAH-21-009 – Propranolol as an anxiolytic to reduce the use of sedatives for critically-ill adults receiving mechanical ventilation: an open-label randomized controlled trial (PROACTIVE) – Allison Fox-Robichaud HAH-21-010 – Shelter Health: Pre-empting outbreaks in Homeless Shelters – Timothy O’Shea HAH-21-012 – Non-invasive ventilation and dexmedetomidine in critically ill adults: a pragmatic pilot randomized controlled trial (inDEX trial) – K. Lewis Bloorview MacMillan Services Association HBV-21-001 – Equity in Access: Have telemedicine autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessments inadvertently disadvantaged children from marginalized populations? – S. Smile Mount Sinai Hospital – University Health Network Academic Medical Organization MSU-21-001 – Caring for Our Physicians and TeamUHN During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rapid Delivery and Evaluation of the Multi-Component Mental Health Support Program – Susan Abbey, Lindsay MacGillivray MSU-21-002 – Development of an Automated and Scalable Virtual Assistant to Aid in PPE Adherence and Clinical Protocols for Healthcare Worker Safety – Vincent W. Chan MSU-21-003 – Thinking outside the box: comparing a frame and tarp sstem against a clear plastic box enclosure in preventing aerosol spread during intubation – Joseph Choi MSU-21-005 – 3D Printer Filter Attachment for 3M Reusable Respirators – Michael Dinsmore MSU-21-006 – Development, and rapid implementation of a full face, Powered Air Purifying Respirator for protection of UHN employees participating in direct care of SARS-Cov-2 positive or high risk patients. – Ludwik Fedorko MSU-21-007 – Pandemic Acceptance & Commitment to Empowerment Response Intervention for Frontline Healthcare Providers (PACER-HCP) – Kenneth Fung MSU-21-008 – A low-cost reusable acrylic box to prevent transmission of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 during gastroscopy: a simulation-based study – Zane Gallinger MSU-21-009 – A Better Baby Monitor – Implementation of a novel two-way communication device to address current unique obstacles created by implementing closed rooms in the provision of care to patients with (or presumed) COVID-19 – Peter Glazer MSU-21-010 – Mindfulness Meditation to Improve Resilience for Pandemic Medical Workers – Jennifer Hirsch MSU-21-011 – NOVEL TELEMONITORING SOLUTIONS FOR REMOTE VIDEO AND O2 SATURATION MONITORING OF HOSPITALIZED COVID-19 PATIENTS – Shaf Keshavjee MSU-21-012 – Maternal Placenta Growth Factor (PlGF) testing as a Novel Strategy to Improve Patient/Staff Safety and Redirect Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound Resources During COVID-19 – John Kingdom MSU-21-013 – The RESPECT Study: A UHN-Wide Research Platform to Screen and Protect our Front-Line Healthcare Workers – Deepali Kumar MSU-21-014 – Individualized Automatic Lung Ventilation of Multiple Patients using Single ventilator – Azad Mashari MSU-21-015 – TELE-COVED – Utilizing telemedicine and virtual care to manage the COVID19 surge in the emergency department. – Sameer Masood MSU-21-016 – Protecting the operating room team: SARS-CoV-2 in surgical smoke during abdominal surgery – Allan Okrainec MSU-21-017 – Development of a Novel Hood Shield to Enhance PPE Security and minimize COVID-19 transmission to front-line health care workers performing high-risk procedures. – Anahi Perlas MSU-21-018 – Coaching Healthcare Workers to Bolster Wellness and Resilience during a Pandemic – Mary Preisman MSU-21-019 – Reusable Face Masks – Denyse Richardson MSU-21-020 – Development of a non-disposable N95 mask – Graham Roche-Nagle MSU-21-021 – Extended Reality (XR) Simulation of Covid-19 Transmission Prevention Methods at UHN/MSH Intensive Care Units for Rapid Training and Education of Health Care Providers (XR-COVID-ICU) – Mohammad Shafiee MSU-21-022 – Agent-Based Simulation of COVID-19 Transmission and Prevention Measures in Hemodialysis Units at University Health Network/Mt. Sinai (UHN/MSH) for Management, Rapid Training, and Education (HD-COVID-SIM) – Mohammad Shafiee MSU-21-023 – Battle-buddies in COVID-19 care: Implementing a paired-clinician care model to improve the management of pateints with COVID-19 and support clinician wellness and safety – Peter Wu MSU-21-024 – The UHN-SHS COVID-19 Bootcamp for Reassigned Health Care Workers – Peter Cram MSU-21-025 – Manufacture and deployment of non-aerosolizing non-invasive positive pressure ventilation mask to reduce or eliminate the risk of exposure to aerosolized COVID-19. – Azad Mashari MSU-21-028 – Which is the best tool to combat Social Isolation and Loneliness – a secure, user friendly video-conference solution or cost-effective telephone support? – Jacques Lee MSU-21-030 – Supporting the Mental Health of Palliative Cancer Patients and their Caregivers through a Pandemic and Beyond: Feasibility of a Virtual Patient-Reported Outcome Model of Care – Jennifer Croke MSU-21-032 – The Virtual Emergency Department (VIRTUE) Project: Improved access and reduced costs for emergency services through virtual emergency department consultations – S. Masood Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association (none available) Royal Ottawa Health Care Group Academic Medical Organization (none available) Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization SEA-20-014 – Coronavirus infection of the ocular mucosa to model infection and systemic immunity – Martin Ten Hove SEA-20-015 – Synthesis and preclinical testing of novel small molecule therapies for COVID-19 – Stephen Archer SEA-20-016 – COVID-19 Coagulopathy: Understanding and Treating a Novel Entity – Paula James SEA-20-017 – Role of BCG-induced innate immune memory in the protection against coronavirus – Rob Siemenss SEA-21-001 – COVID-19 and the Genetics of Mortality in Critical Care (GenOMICC) – Maslove/Rauh SEA-21-002 – The application of metabolomics to enhance detection of COVID-19 and predict disease severity: A proof-of-principle study – Stephen Vanner Sunnybrook Medical Services Alternative Funding Plan Association SHS-21-001 – CONvalescent Plasma for COVID-19 Research Trial (CONCOR-1 trial) – Janet Ellis SHS-21-002 – Social Support, Tracking Distress, Education and Discussion Community (STEADY) Staff Wellness Program: Mitigating Post Traumatic Stress Injury in Sunnybrook Staff During COVID-19 – Janet Ellis SHS-21-003 – A phase IV randomised, controlled, implementation trial of volatile based sedation in patients with COVID 19 (the ANACONDA study) – Katarzyna Jerath SHS-21-004 – Risks to medical teams caring for COVID-19 Obstetrical and Surgical patients: Is SARS-CoV-2 virus present in the female reproductive tract, the peritoneal surface, surgical smoke and/or surgical masks? – Patricia Lee SHS-21-005 – Using Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Ayal Schaffer SHS-21-006 – Prone positioning for patients on the ward with COVID-19: A multicentre, international, pragmatic randomized trial [COVID-PRONE] – Lee Fidler, Jonathan Zipursky SHS-21-007 – Evaluating an ultra brief intervention for the treatment of COVID-19 related anxiety in pregnant women. – Sophie Grigoriadis SHS-21-012 – Identifying COVID-19 infection on chest radiography based on artificial intelligence – Anastasia Oikonomou SHS-21-014 – Helmet noninvasive ventilation for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure – Damon Scales St. Michael’s Hospital Medical Services Organization SMH-20-033 – Telemedicine Clinics in Cardiac Surgery: Assessment of a Social Distancing Solution in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Bobby Yanagawa SMH-20-034 – Mortality among patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Samir Grover, Amol Verma, Fahad Razak SMH-20-035 – A qualitative research study to understand the lived experience and support needs of transitional age youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families in the face of the COVID- 19 pandemic – Laurie Green SMH-20-036 – COVID-19 Social Resources for Health and Social Care Providers serving Canadians – Andrew Pinto SMH-20-037 – Could Personalized Mobile Interventions “Flatten the Curve” of Stress, Anxiety and Depression among Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic at UnityHealth Toronto? – Venkat Bhat SMH-20-038 – Rapid Risk Assessment: Coronavirus 2019 – Mohammad Qadura SMH-20-039 – Covid-19 and diabetes: Clinical Outcomes and Navigated NEtwork Care Today: the CONNECT study – Catherine Yu, Andrew Advani, Gillian Booth SMH-20-040 – Developing and implementing a Toronto Critical Care Research Hub (TCCRH) for conducting pandemic research to allow efficient and effective conduct for completion of pandemic research in critical care. – Karen Burns (PI), John Marshall, Claudia Dos Santos, Laurent Brochard, Matthew Muller SMH-20-041 – COVID-19 Study of Children and Families: Reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 in Canadian Children and Parents – Jonathon Maguire SMH-21-001 – A low-cost reusable acrylic box to prevent transmission of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 during gastroscopy: a simulation-based study – Samir Grover SMH-21-002 – Association between ABO blood type and coronavirus illness or SARS: case-control study – Joel Ray SMH-21-003 – EVALUATION OF A RAPID-COVID TRIAGE ALGORITHM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITALIZED AND ELECTIVE PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CARDIAC ILLNESS DURING THE COVID ERA – John Graham, Shaun Goodman, Akshay Bagai, Claudia Dos santos, Alberto Goffey, Alun Aukery SMH-21-004 – Identifying atypical presentations of COVID-19 in older adults to enhance screening and detection – Jennifer Watt SMH-21-005 – Prone positioning for patients on the ward with COVID-19: A multicentre, international, pragmatic randomized trial [COVID-PRONE] – Amol Verma, Fahad Razak SMH-21-006 – Detection of COVID-19 virus from infection control surveillance specimens – Matthew Muller, Linda Taggart SMH-21-007 – North America COVID-19 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Registry (NACMI) – Akshay Bagai SMH-21-008 – Developing an intervention to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on inner city families of children with developmental disabilities: A community-based formative study – Shazeen Suleman, Ripudaman Minhas SMH-21-009 – Evaluation and management of viral shedding and transmissibility in tears and conjunctival secretions of patients with COVID-19 – Rajeev Muni SMH-21-010 – Evaluating Telephone-Based Specialist Care Provided During a Pandemic to Inform Best Practice Guidance – Charles D. Kassardjian, Jeffrey Minhas SMH-21-011 – What are essential community psychiatry services? – A Delphi study to guide adjustments and innovations at a time of Covid-19 adversity – Sam Law SMH-21-012 – Surgical Protective Barriers for Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures (AGMP) in the Head and Neck Region for SARS-Coov2 and Similar Respiratory Pathogens – R. Jun Lin The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization TOH-21-001 – Mobile Reporting of Adverse Events from a Pandemic COVID-19 Vaccine – Kumanan Wilson TOH-21-002 – Protecting Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Improving Safe Usage of Personnel Protective Equipment by Video Feedback – Sylvain Boet TOH-21-003 – Post Discharge After Surgery Virtual Care with Remote Automated Monitoring Technology (PVC-RAM) Trial – Manoj Lalu, Gavin Hamilton TOH-21-004 – A Randomized Open Label Trial of Convalescent Plasma for Hospitalized Adults with Acute COVID-19 Respiratory Illness (CONCUR-1) – Alan Tinmouth TOH-21-005 – Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in the Built Hospital Environment – Caroline Nott, Derek MacFadden TOH-21-006 – Surveillance of Critical Care Outcomes During Implementation of Ontario’s ICU Triage Recommendations During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Peter Tanuseputro, James Downar TOH-21-007 – The Effects of the Health System Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chronic Disease Management: Comfortable Past, Challenging Present and Desired Future – Tetyana Kendzerska TOH-21-008 – Development and Validation of a Real-Time, Frailty-Focused, Risk Prediction Model for Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) in Canada – Sunita Mulpuru TOH-21-009 – Novel Salivary Testing for Rapid and Safe at Home Testing of SARS-CoV-2 – Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki TOH-21-010 – Prevention of Severe Respiratory and COVID-19 Infections with the Innate Immune Vaccine IMM-101 in Immunosuppressed Cancer Patients: Predicting Response with a Rapid Functional NK Cell Assay – Rebecca Auer TOH-21-011 – Getting Ahead of the Curve: Predictive COVID-19 Case Identification Using an Interactive Propensity Score Modelling & AI Approach – Lise Bjerre TOH-21-014 – Introducing and Evaluating Sepsis Advisor: A Clinical Decision Support Tool to Help Predict and Prevent Future Unexpected Deterioration of Patients with COVID-19 – Andrew Seely TOH-21-015 – Multi-centre randomized clinical trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for COVID-19 – Sylvain Boet TOH-21-019 – Pandemic Ontario Women’s Equity Reporting (POWER) Project: Measuring women’s health impact during COVID-19 – Innie Chen University of Ottawa Heart Institute Academic Medical Organization UOH-21-001 – Cardiac surgery triaging tools to reduce mortality while maximizing intensive care resources during the COVID-19 crisis – Louise Sun UOH-21-002 – Examining the interaction between frailty and COVID-19 infection rates and health complications in older adults with cardiovascular disease – Andrew Pipe UOH-21-003 – Stem cell solutions for COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome – Darryl Davis UOH-21-004 – COVID 19’s “Second Wave” – Outcomes in patients with heart failure during the COVID19 pandemic. – Caroline McGuinty, Lisa Mielniczuk Women’s College Hospital Academic and Medical Services Group WCH-21-004 – The Impact of Telemedicine On Management of Chronic Pelvic and Pudendal Pain: Lessons From the Covid Pandemic – N Lemos WCH-21-005 – Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Mother-Infant Postpartum Psychotherapy Group: Evaluation of a complex intervention for mothers with psychiatric illness and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) – Jovanna Martinovic Detailed Covid-19 search by keyword 1271 SUBMISSION FORM TO HIGHLIGHT COVID-19 PROJECT Covid-19 Projects Submissions Governance OrganizationAMH - Association médicale universitaire de l’Hôpital Montfort / Hôpital Montfort Academic Medical OrganizationAMO - Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern OntarioBAM - Bruyere Academic Medical OrganizationBMS - Baycrest Medical Services AFP AssociationCAM - CAMH Medical Services AssociationCHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical OrganizationHAH - Hamilton Academic Health Sciences OrganizationHBV - Bloorview MacMillan Services AssociationMSU - Mount Sinai Hospital - University Health Network Academic Medical OrganizationNOA - Northern Ontario Academic Medicine AssociationROH - Royal Ottawa Health Care Group Academic Medical OrganizationSEA - Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical OrganizationSMH - St. Michael's Hospital Medical Services OrganizationSHS - Sunnybrook Medical Services Alternative Funding Plan AssociationTOH - The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical OrganizationUOH - University of Ottawa Heart Institute Academic Medical OrganizationWCH - Women's College Hospital Academic and Medical Services GroupProject TitleP6 Form Upload*Accepted file types: pdf.PDF - form only
