About Us
The Techna Institute (Techna) is focused on the accelerated development and exploitation of technology for health. A collaboration between UHN and the University of Toronto, Techna will “cross the silos” of traditional research to integrate the expertise of researchers, academic clinicians and engineers, with personnel and research facilities dispersed across UHN campuses. The Techna model combines translational research with clinical, productization, engineering, software development and management expertise. Techna’s efforts are aligned in five core areas of expertise, each focusing on technology and translational research to address unmet clinical needs.
The cores include:
To help ensure that its translational mandate is met, Techna’s cores are championed under dual leadership, representing the clinical and physical sciences/engineering needs of the research hospital.
Read more about Techna at http://technainstitute.com
The cores include:
- Design & Engineering for Health
- Guided Therapeutics
- Informatics & Communications Technology
- Nanotechnology & Radiochemistry
- Photonics
To help ensure that its translational mandate is met, Techna’s cores are championed under dual leadership, representing the clinical and physical sciences/engineering needs of the research hospital.
Read more about Techna at http://technainstitute.com
About Us
The Techna Institute (Techna) is focused on the accelerated development and exploitation of technology for health. A collaboration between UHN and the University of Toronto, Techna will “cross the silos” of traditional research to integrate the expertise of researchers, academic clinicians and engineers, with personnel and research facilities dispersed across UHN campuses. The Techna model combines translational research with clinical, productization, engineering, software development and management expertise. Techna’s efforts are aligned in five core areas of expertise, each focusing on technology and translational research to address unmet clinical needs.
The cores include:
To help ensure that its translational mandate is met, Techna’s cores are championed under dual leadership, representing the clinical and physical sciences/engineering needs of the research hospital.
Read more about Techna at http://technainstitute.com
The cores include:
- Design & Engineering for Health
- Guided Therapeutics
- Informatics & Communications Technology
- Nanotechnology & Radiochemistry
- Photonics
To help ensure that its translational mandate is met, Techna’s cores are championed under dual leadership, representing the clinical and physical sciences/engineering needs of the research hospital.
Read more about Techna at http://technainstitute.com
Techna Leadership Team
| Director, Techna Institute and Executive Vice President, Technology and Innovation | David Jaffray |
| Senior Director, Techna Innovation | Luke Brzozowski |
| Director, Research Faculty (Physical Sciences) | J Paul Santerre |
| Director, Research Faculty (Clinical) | Jonathan Irish |
| Director, Clinical Processes | Howard Abrams |
| Director, Commercialization | Mark Taylor |
| Director, Knowledge Transfer | Nicole Harnett |
| Executive Vice President, Science and Research | Bradly Wouters |
| Core Leads | |
| Design & Engineering for Health | Joseph Cafazzo |
| Guided Therapeutics | David Jaffray Jonathan Irish Walter Kucharczyk |
| Informatics & Communications Technology | Igor Jurisica Peter Rossos |
| Nanotechnology and Radiochemistry | Gang Zheng Ur Metser |
| Photonics | Brian Wilson |
Address
Institute Mailing Address:
Banting Building
100 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1L6
Banting Building
100 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1L6
Institute Inquiry
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Contact
Directorate, Techna Institute
100 College Street
Toronto, ON
M5G 1L5
CANADA
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