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Overview

Innovation fellowship programs have been developed to immerse highly talented young scientists, engineers and clinicians in training and research environments that build innovation leaders and inspire the creation of novel medical technologies.
Fellows begin in the classroom, learning about topics relevant to business and technology commercialization. Next they are immersed in clinical environments, where they identify unmet clinical needs. They then develop and prototype solutions by working with researchers, clinicians and technology transfer offices to generate new intellectual property. Alumni of these programs have become leaders in industry, research and health care, and many have formed new companies.
The Western Medical Innovation Fellowship – the first-of-its-kind in Canada – was established in partnership with the University of Minnesota Innovation Fellows program in 2015. Highly qualified individuals are recruited from PhD graduates, medical students and residents.
Through its mandate to diversify Canada’s economy and foster an entrepreneurial spirit in the next generation of trainees, Western’s BrainsCAN initiative has committed more than $3.5 million to this program. Other Western MIF partners include MITACS and the Western Bone and Joint Institute’s Collaborative Training Program in Musculoskeletal Health Research. Fellows are paid similar to postdoctoral fellows for the duration of the 10.5-month program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1513710952776{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}” el_class=”outsideshaddow padding-left15 wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-has-fill”][vc_column width=”2/3″]
Quick Facts
Startups
- MIF alumni have founded 7 health technology companies from their fellowship projects
- MIF alumni have launched 5 additional health technology companies beyond the fellowship
- You can read more about some of the startups founded by fellows here.
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Patents
- 9 applications have been filed
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Funding
- $383k funding has been raised for specific projects
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Report of Innovations (ROI)
- 22 total
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Curriculum
Our Fellows
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