Innovation Fund
doing to fight
COVID-19?
UPDATED AND HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS BY THEME
Public Health Measures and Society
Policies, Policy Studies, Ethics, Allocation of Resources, Vaccine Priorities, etc.
Project Titles
Association between ABO blood type and coronavirus illness or SARS: case-control study
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization SMH - St. Michael's Hospital Medical Services Association Project Title SMH-21-002 – Association between ABO blood type and coronavirus illness or SARS: case-control study Project Highlights With the funds provided, we have generated 5 related papers. Each has been peer reviewed and published. The first...
Cardiac surgery triaging tools to reduce mortality while maximizing intensive care resources during the COVID-19 crisis
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization UOH - University of Ottawa Heart Institute Academic Medical Organization Project Title UOH-21-001 – Cardiac surgery triaging tools to reduce mortality while maximizing intensive care resources during the COVID-19 crisis Project Highlights We developed, validated and digitally implemented the “CardiOttawa”, a family of data-driven tools...
COVID-19 Study of Children and Families: Reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 in Canadian Children and Parents
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization SMH - St. Michael's Hospital Medical Services Association Project Title SMH-20-041 – COVID-19 Study of Children and Families: Reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 in Canadian Children and Parents Project Highlights As Canada and the world continue to lift COVID-19 restrictions, now is an...
Developing an intervention to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on inner city families of children with developmental disabilities: A community-based formative study
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization SMH - St. Michael's Hospital Medical Services Association Project Title 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 Project Highlights As the COVID-19 pandemic continues on, it has has...
Establishing the true prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ontario reproductive age women through newborn blood spot antibody testing
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization CHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical Organization Project Title CHA-21-002 - Establishing the true prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Ontario reproductive age women through newborn blood spot antibody testing Project Highlights In order to complete the proposed project of providing population infection rate surveillance of...
Evidence Hackathons: An alternative to academic conferences in the COVID-19 environment and beyond
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization CHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical Organization Project Title CHA-21-003 - Evidence Hackathons: An alternative to academic conferences in the COVID-19 environment and beyond Project Highlights In 2019, I conceptualized an event called the Evidence Hackathon (EH). The EH can be run as a stand-alone...
Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 Protein and RNA in Wastewater; Real-Time Measurement of Community Viral Load
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization CHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical Organization Project Title CHA-20-012 - Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 Protein and RNA in Wastewater; Real-Time Measurement of Community Viral Load Project Highlights The funds were truly the enabling catalyst for a multidisciplinary SARS CoV2 wastewater surveillance program, one of the...
Persistence of Immunity in Children with SARS-COV-2 and Household contacts (PITCH Study)
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Governance Organization CHA - Children's Hospital Academic Medical Organization Project Title CHA-21-010 - Persistence of Immunity in Children with SARS-COV-2 and Household contacts (PITCH Study) Project Highlights Despite the fact that the pandemic has been ongoing since March 2020, SARS-CoV-2 correlates of protection remain unknown. There is...