Onward. Outward.
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 2019 Fiscal Year
45 patents issued
42 active spin-off companies
37 license agreements
$191 thousand in commercialization grants
$5.8 million in revenue
63 disclosures
179 active licenses
$3.9 million distributed to researchers
Stories
Our Team
Executive Director
Lisa Cechetto
Executive Director
Asia Operations
Ling Ting
Director, Canada Operations
Amy Dang
Business Development Officer
Betsy Kuai
Director, China Operations
Cynthia Chen
Project Manager
Harry Yu
Business Development Associate
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
Sarah Prichard, Chair
Western University
David Hill
Lawson Health Research Institute
Mike Irwin
3M
Peter Johnson
David Litchfield
Western University
Christina Fox
TechAlliance
Alex Weiner
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