WE-Spark Health Institute

09/04/2025

09/04/2025

09/02/2025

🌟 Last week we celebrated BIG wins for health research in Windsor-Essex! 🌟

We awarded $499,000 through our three grant programs:
💡 IDEA Grants – Kickstarting small but mighty projects.
🚀 Igniting Discovery Grants – Fueling early-stage innovation.
🔁 Incentive Grants – Strengthening proposals for bigger funding.

This year: 10 IDEA, 20 IDG, 2 Incentive = 32 projects funded! 🎉

Huge THANK YOU to our 22 sponsors for making this possible! 💙
Play For A Cure, Cancer Research Collaboration Fund, WindsorEssex Community Foundation, Connecting For a Cause, Windsor Cancer Centre Foundation, GreenShield,
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), In Honour of the Ones We Love, Katelyn Bedard Bone Marrow Association, The Black Scholar Institute, The Tayfour-Emara Excellence in Research and Education Fund, Unifor Local 444 Unifor Local 2458, Childcan, UWindsor Research and Innovation, UWindsor Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, UWindsor Faculty of Education, UWindsor Kinesiology, UWindsor Engineering, UWindsor Faculty of Science, University of Windsor Faculty of Nursing, Odette School of Business

08/29/2025

📆Mark your calendars! Our annual Health Research Conference is happening on March 28th, 2026, at Caesars Windsor Convention Centre.

This event is your chance to connect with health researchers, clinicians, students, and trainees. Discover cutting-edge insights, share your own research, and engage in meaningful discussions that drive innovation in health research.

🎉 Registration and abstract submissions are now open!
Don’t miss out on our early bird rates, available until January 30th, 2026:
-Students: $55 early bird | $90 regular price
-General attendees: $185 early bird | $225 regular price

Secure your spot and submit your abstract today!

👉 Visit wesparkconference.com for more details and to register.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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08/27/2025

08/26/2025

Seeking Participants for Research on Barriers to Hospital-Based Research!

The research team of Jessica Flammia (MSc) and Danielle Gyemi (PhD) is conducting a study to better understand the barriers and facilitators to completing research in a community hospital setting. They are seeking participants from the Windsor-Essex medical community, including physicians, medical students, and others involved in research. Participation involves a short virtual interview to share your experiences.

Interested in participating or learning more? Please contact Jessica Flammia (flammia@uwindsor.ca).

08/18/2025

Throwback to the 2025 UWindsor Alumni Golf Tournament! WE-SPARK had a great time connecting and showcasing local health research to our local community! Yes, 🔬🧫🥼

08/15/2025

08/15/2025

💙 Year 6 = Impact through Partnership 💙
From $15.9M in new research funding to 73 projects, 180 publications, and 6,200+ community members engaged — we’re driving health innovation in Windsor-Essex and beyond. A huge highlight? Renewing our 5-year MOU with our 5 partner institutions, strengthening the foundation of everything we do.

🔗 Read the full Impact Report: https://www.wesparkhealth.com/newsletters-and-reports-610/impact-reports

07/11/2025

🧪👩‍🔬 60 of the top academic high school students from across Windsor-Essex came together for this year’s Science Academy!

WE-SPARK was proud to be part of the Biomedical Sciences day - sharing why local health research matters, showcasing exciting projects we’ve supported, and leading an interactive outreach activity on vaccines. 💉

Special shoutout to our incredible intern, Amal Sleiman from St. Clair College () who led the demonstration and engaged students in meaningful conversations about vaccines 🙌

These future scientists got a closer look at how research is happening right here in our community, and how they can be a part of it. 🌟

07/10/2025