2020

York professor leads project on first AI-powered disinfecting robot in Canadian healthcare facility YorkU “For the first time in Canada, a disinfection robot is using AI (artificial intelligence) technology to sanitize a healthcare facility and […]

Face masks, goggles, shields and visors: Experts weigh in on the best COVID-19 protection The Guardian “… Bogoch, an infectious diseases specialist with Toronto’s University Health Network, who is seeing more people on the streets […]

Health Research Foundation of Innovative Medicines Canada Chair in Pandemic Preparedness Research hrf-frs.com “The Health Research Foundation of Innovative Medicines Canada invites applications for the Health Research Foundation of Innovative Medicines Canada Chair in Pandemic […]

University of Calgary launches study to explore children’s experiences with COVID-19 and role in … Globalnews.ca “Researchers from the University of Calgary are hoping to answer some burning questions about COVID-19 and children. As Laurel …” […]

Are we losing sleep over the COVID-19 pandemic? UHN “Is COVID-19 keeping you up at night? An international team of researchers, including at UHN, is investigating how the pandemic may be impacting sleep quality for […]

Halifax researchers get cutting edge MRI to scan COVID patients’ brains TheChronicleHerald.ca “… department of diagnostic radiology and scientific director of the biomedical translational imaging centre at the QEII and IWK Health Centre in Halifax, […]

Ottawa researchers launch study of pandemic’s impact on homeless Ottawa Citizen “The team, led by Dr. Smita Pakhalé of The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, has been awarded $225,000 to examine how the pandemic has …” […]

New NSHA study looks to help COVID-19 patients when second wave hits HalifaxToday.ca “That’s the inspiration behind the name of a new study from the Nova Scotia Health Authority called COVIC. The study will test […]

McGill Professor implementing AI tech to predict and monitor COVID-19 in long-term care residences McGill Reporter (blog) “… in McGill’s Department of Family Medicine and affiliated scientist at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research […]

Distancing and masks cut COVID-19 risk, says largest review of evidence Regina Leader-Post “Derek Chu, an assistant professor at McMaster University who co-led the work, said people should understand that “wearing a mask is not […]