Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Spectro-Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection and Quantification of Biomarkers
Agreement Number:
967250
Agreement Value:
$25,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 13, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
Description:
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics has the central aim of providing accurate and rapid identification of disease during the first clinical visit, thereby reducing loss-to-follow up and lowering costs within the healthcare system. While this field is ever-growing, there is a need for real-time, continuous monitoring of human health, which can be accomplished using wearable devices. While wearable devices which monitor physical parameters (heart rate, blood pressure) exist already, wearable sensors which monitor chemical biomarkers in bodily fluids have yet to be commercially developed. In this research, we will advance our already successful fabric-based plasmonic electrode chip technology towards the end goal of detection of human health biomarkers in sweat, a "headband of the future". Specifically, we will focus on identifying elevated levels of stress biomarkers in an effort to reduce the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder for certain occupations, including military personnel and front-line health care workers.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators.
Location:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA B3H 3C3
Reference Number:
172-2020-2021-Q4-967250
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
000000000
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Legal Name:
Saint Mary’s University
Federal Riding Name:
Halifax
Federal Riding Number:
12005
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Program Purpose:
The Ideation Fund is intended to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by teams of NRC scientific personnel and external collaborators with complementary capabilities, acting as a demonstration phase for a continually-evolving suite of research and development (R&D) deliverables at the NRC. The fund supports exploratory research through two mechanisms: the New Beginnings Initiative and the Small Teams Initiative.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences