The , the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and CDSI are pleased to announce the 2026 Medical Innovation Exploration (MedEx) awardees. Supported by the Richard Baylis Innovation Fund, the awards provide critical funding to unconventional, cross-disciplinary teams whose research seeks to transform promising ideas into high-impact healthcare and medical technologies. Computational or data systems are at the heart of every funded project and drive the solution to an unmet clinical need.
Congratulations to Dr. Ilana Bank, Dr. Caroline Reinhold, and Dr. Wissam Shalish!
2026 Innovation Concept Creation MedEx Awards
Dr. Ilana Bank (Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Associate Member, Institute of Health Sciences Education)
Prevetra (AI-assisted patient intake/symptom navigation platform)
Team members and affiliates:
- Dr. Ilana Bank - Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Associate Member, Institute of Health Sciences Education
- Dr. Mitchell Bernstein - Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Mark Kapusta - Biomedical Engineering student, Johns Hopkins University
- Luca Ramniceanu - Mechanical Engineering student, Johns Hopkins University
- Oliver Groft - Public Health student, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Caroline Reinhold (Professor and Associate Chair (Research), Diagnostic Radiology; Radiologist, MUHC)
The Augmented Intelligence & Precision Health Laboratory (AIPHL)
Team members and affiliates:
Dr. Shuk-On (Annie) Leung - Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Gynecologic Oncologist, MUHC; Scientist, RI-MUHC
- Dr. Martin Vallières - Canada-CIFAR AI Chair, Associate Professor, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology; Medical Physics, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ
- Dr. Basile Tessier-Cloutier - Assistant Professor, Pathology; Gynecologic Pathologist, MUHC
- Dr. Evan McNabb - Assistant Professor, Medical Physics; Medical Physicist, MUHC
- Dr. Dominik Deniffel - Assistant Professor, Radiology; Abdominal Radiologist & Physician-Scientist, MUHC
2026 Innovation Proof-of-Concept MedEx Awards
Dr. Wissam Shalish (Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Clinician-Researcher, RI-MUHC)
BubbleSense - Bubble CPAP and Lung Function Monitoring Solution
Team members and affiliates:
Dr. Wissam Shalish - Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Clinician-Researcher, RI-MUHC
- Dr. Guilherme Sant'Anna - Senior Collaborator and Scientific Advisor; Professor, Pediatrics; Senior Clinician-Researcher, RI-MUHC
- Dr. Robert Kearney - Senior Collaborator and Scientific Advisor; Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- Emily Campbell - Biomedical Engineering Project Manager, RI-MUHC
- Amanda Gross, PhD student, Experimental Medicine
