The business side to good health - The Star - 0 views
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The Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership was launched this year with a $5-million push from the Canadian government. The latest Ivey initiative has the goal of bringing students together with experts from the science and business sectors, with the ultimate goal of better identifying and commercializing health technologies.Dr. Kellie Leitch, a Hospital for Sick Children orthopedic surgeon, is the first executive director of the centre, which is based at Western.
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She is sitting in the basement of MaRS, a scientific hub of activity in downtown Toronto where labs, business and major Toronto teaching hospitals are brought together under one roof.
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The Ivey centre will focus on giving the educational capability to our students so they become really well educated in innovation and commercialization, so we can keep things here at home in Canada and grow those products."
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The Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership was launched in 2009. The goal of this initiative is to bring students together together with experts from the science and business sectors, with the ultimate goal of better identifying and commercializing health technologies.Dr. Kellie Leitch, a Hospital for Sick Children orthopedic surgeon, is the first executive director of the centre, which is based at Western. Sept 10, 2009