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COVID-19's 'uncharted territory' Windsor Regional has struck an academic and research committee, along with the local WE-SPARK Health Institute, to study COVID-19 treatment protocols.
Study seeking to identify barriers to health research A survey on barriers to involvement in conducting health research is aimed at clinicians and researchers in Windsor-Essex.
U of W researchers developing microchip device to detect COVID-19 Portable microchip device to detect COVID-19
NUCLEUS: Infrastructure Grant Assistance Identification of infrastructure for future grant competitions
$180,000 WE-SPARK Grant Call WE-Spark Health Institute is now accepting applications for funding to stimulate the development of early-stage, novel, and innovative health research and education projects in Windsor-Essex. The WE-Spark Igniting Discovery Grants will provide funding for applications that have any health research focus across all health themes: biomedical research; clinical research; implementation science; educational health programs; health services research; and social, cultural, environmental, and population health research. These projects may include studies related to emerging topics in health, addressing gaps, catalyzing new ideas, generating and disseminating knowledge, and sparking collaborations. “The objectives of these grants are far-ranging” said executive director Lisa Porter. “Not only will they generate interest and an eagerness in the Windsor-Essex health research environment, we believe these grants will result in practice changes, policy reform, create new knowledge, support…
St. Clair College research project shows promising results in fight against COVID-19 A research project headed by St. Clair College data analytics professor John Ulakovich shows promising results in accurately forecasting the number of COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex.
Psychology researchers secure SSHRC grant funding University of Windsor psychology professor Lance Rappaport is part of a team who's received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant.
University of Windsor researchers design masks, door handle openers to fight COVID-19 spread University of Windsor engineering student Hamed Kalami displays an adjustable face shield on Friday, April 3, 2020. A group of researchers at the faculty of engineering have designed face masks and hands-free attachments for door handles, and are making parts for face shields and ventilators to help combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. DAN JANISSE Some University of Windsor researchers have designed face masks, hands-free door handle attachments and other tools to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The group from the Faculty of Engineering is also making parts for face shields and ventilators. “This is our rapid response to the current situation,” said master’s student Alireza Pasha. Along with doctoral candidates Hamed Kalami and Morteza Alebooyeh, Pasha has been working with engineering professor Jill Urbanic since the pandemic hit. They started out by partnering up with Kevin Taylor from Kelcom 3D to make brackets for face shields on a 3D printer. The researchers said…
UWindsor researchers looking for earlier warnings of COVID complications UWindsor researchers looking for earlier warnings of COVID complications
