Going the Distance
WORLDiscoveries® was formed by Western University, Robarts Research Institute, and Lawson Health Research Institute, seeking to dramatically increase its return on investment to the researchers and the community through licensing and the creation of spin-off companies.
As a leading commercialization centre in Canada, WORLDiscoveries is a significant contributor to the growing number of partnerships between academics and commerce, research and business, institutions and community.
WORLDiscoveries continues to work with an impressive team of private and public sector collaborators both locally and internationally who are committed to the timely transfer of innovative research products and services to the community for the benefit of all.
Quick Facts for 2020 Fiscal Year
20 patents issued
50 active spin-off companies
44 license agreements
$474 thousand in commercialization grants
$6.36 million in revenue
41 disclosures
207 active licenses
$4.48 million distributed to researchers
Stories
Moving medical imaging to market
Medical imaging has become an essential part of patient care from the invention of the X-ray to the advancement...
Solving sludge with smart solutions
Sludge management is one of the most difficult and challenging tasks of wastewater treatment plants due to...
The Fourth R
Developed by a group of researchers, educators and psychologists at Western’s Centre for School Mental Health...
Innovating for the future
The Western Medical Innovation Fellowship (MIF) immerses talented young scientists, engineers and clinicians in training...
Western Entrepreneurship
As one of the four pillars of entrepreneurship at Western, WORLDiscoveries supports the...
Proteus Innovation Competition
Returning for its fifth year, the Proteus Innovation Competition (ProteusIC) saw 39 teams comprised of 102 individuals...
Celebrating Innovation
This celebration recognizes local researchers, who, through partnership with WORLDiscoveries...
Innovator of the Year
As we see with many of the innovations that come into the WORLDiscoveries office, it can take years...
WORLDiscoveries Asia and InnoVenture
Established in 2011 in response to the changing global economy and an increasing demand for...
New and exciting disclosures
WORLDiscoveries receives dozens of reports of innovation to our office every year...
Awarded Western Innovation Funds
Supported by the office of the Vice-President (Research), the Western Innovation Fund (WIF) awards...
An Eye On: Aufero Medical
Founded in 2017, Aufero has developed a medical device, the catheter contact-force controller (CFC), to address a...
Our Team
Executive Director
Lisa Cechetto
Executive Director
Asia Operations
Ling Ting
Director, Canada Operations
Betsy Kuai
Director, China Operations
Karlo Chan
Business Development Manager
Martin Couillard
Business Development Manager
Ann Zhang
Business Development Officer
Thomas Sun
Business Development Manager
Karinna Yu
Business Development Officer
Cynthia Chen
Project Manager
Sharon Chiu
Project Coordinator
Engineering and Natural Sciences
Patrick Therrien
Senior Business Development Manager
Tamer Mohamed
Business Development Manager
Noshin Hashim
Business Development Officer
Life Sciences
Souzan Armstrong
Director, Business Development
Kirk Brown
Senior Business Development Manager
Colin Macaulay
Business Development Manager
Patricia Pan
Business Development Manager
Saqib Sachani
Business Development Officer
Rebecca Gould
Project Coordinator
Support Services
Nadine Weedmark
Manager, Intellectual Property & Admin
Tyler Lougheed
Patent and Market Analyst
Thurman Sawyer
Agreements Advisor
Jordan Flemming
Digital Marketing Manager
Bev Bailey
Administrative Officer
Board of Directors
Lesley Rigg, Chair
Western University
David Hill
Lawson Health Research Institute
Mike Irwin
3M
Peter Johnson
David Litchfield
Western University
Christina Fox
TechAlliance
Alex Weiner
HomeVerified Inc.