The Centre for Health Innovation (CHI) brings together teams of inspired, interdisciplinary investigators to fuel a solutions-based approach to translational health research. Members have diverse backgrounds including medicine, engineering, science, technology, and humanities, and understand the creative and innovative power of inclusion, to forge a path to the next generation of transformative health care. CHI is jointly supported by Queen’s University and the Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), and works in partnership with the Federal and Provincial governments and private industry to tackle the increasing complexity of today’s health and healthcare delivery challenges.
CHI integrates insights from the frontlines of care to understand the real-world experiences and needs of patients and healthcare professionals. An evolution of the Human Mobility Research Centre, CHI’s specialized research laboratories are located in the Syl and Molly Apps Research Centre at KHSC and include satellite laboratories at Queen’s University and the campuses of KHSC, including Hotel Dieu Hospital and Kingston General Hospital Sites.
Vision
Transformative health solutions that redefine better health for all.
Mission
To address the complexity of human health challenges through a radically interdisciplinary approach.
Goals
- Lead in health innovation through programs of excellence in research, outreach, and cost-effective patient care.
- Provide a hub of intellectual activity for university faculty, clinicians, graduate students, residents, and the community to engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary health research.
- Reduce the barriers for the research community to access state-of-the-art shared resources and specialized facilities of CHI.
- Work with urgency.