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Posts Tagged: managing chronic health conditions

Globe and Mail features UTEST company eQOL’s home dialysis technology

"When Binh Nguyen, then a graduate student in biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto, was working in the renal engineering department of a local hospital, he was struck by what he felt was a suboptimal setup for dialysis treatment," writes Jordana Dixon in "Health startup helps patients become more independent," for the Globe and Mail on April 13, 2015. eQOL Inc. is a University of Toronto and MaRS Innovation start-up company that participated in and graduated from the University of Toronto ...
April 13, 2015 in eQOL Inc., Media Coverage, Member Institutions, News, Portfolio, Start-Up Companies, University of Toronto, UTEST Program
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Dr. Hofstein’s Op-Ed for The Hill-Times, “Biotechnology research: A knowledge economy”

This op-ed on Canadian biotechnology and the knowledge economy appeared in The Hill-Times (subscription required), Canada's politics and government newsweekly, September 9: Obesity, cancer, heart disease and stroke, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, or the more general stresses of an aging population: no matter which area of concern holds our collective gaze from moment to moment, improving health outcomes and healthcare is the No. 1 challenge for the world’s economy. Canada has the holistic approach and translational research necessary to address health care’s pervasive ...
September 9, 2013 in Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), DLVR Therapeutics Inc, Encycle Therapeutics, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Kapplex, Licenseable Technologies, MaRS Discovery District, Media Coverage, Member Institutions, News, Partnerships, Portfolio, Ryerson University, Sinai Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Start-Up Companies, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), TIAP Staff, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Xagenic, York University
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Five UTEST companies to tackle critical healthcare challenges

Program's second cohort includes eQOL, E-Twenty Development, Root2Crown, Treata Smart Solutions and TrendMD TORONTO (May 14, 2013) — Five companies tackling pervasive healthcare challenges — such as assessing dental health, helping patients and medical personnel navigate hospitals with greater ease, staying current with medical literature, or creating digital tools to help care for the elderly or those with chronic health conditions — have been admitted to the University of Toronto Early Stage Technology (UTEST) program’s second cohort. UTEST, supported by the University of ...
May 15, 2013 in E-Twenty Development Inc., eQOL Inc., Member Institutions, News, Portfolio, Root2Crown Inc., Start-Up Companies, TIAP Staff, Treata Smart Solutions Inc., TrendMD, University of Toronto, UTEST Program
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