The Edge Effect
Five years ago, leaders from Western University, Robarts Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute elected to combine each of their respective business development offices, mandates and resources under one banner called WORLDiscoveries®.
Five years later, the intended outcomes from what some considered a bold experiment have been largely realized and in many cases exceeded; outcomes that we affectionately call “The Edge Effect”.
Quick Facts for 2013 Fiscal Year
46 patents issued
$2.4 million distributed to researchers
10 license agreements
$275 thousand in commercialization grants
$5.4 million in revenue
70 disclosures
103 active licenses
Stories
Statement
Five years ago, leaders from Western University, Robarts Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute...
The spin-off effect
This generation of medical students and surgeons is highly proficient with virtual reality games. So why not incorporate...
Cryocaddy
In 2003, Dr. Claire Temple, a young plastic surgeon in London began using a surgical technique known as Mohs...
Pulse InfoFrame
Dr. Femida Gwadry-Sridhar is a miner, but her primary resource is not coal or diamonds, it is information...
Sunwash Technologies
A safe environment begins with clean surfaces. Organic matter from food residues, oils, and greases...
Life Tech
Dr. David Edgell, an Associate Professor in Biochemistry in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry...
Perfusion & CT scanning
Dr. Ting-Yim Lee, a professor of Medical Imaging at Western and a Lawson and Robarts scientist...
Defining our wireless future
Wang, an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Canada Research Chair...
Wireless monitoring system
One solution is to deploy wireless monitoring systems concurrently with hard-wired systems...
WORLDiscoveries Asia
For Ling Ting, China’s market holds vast potential. Ling is WORLDiscoveries Director of Asian Operations...
Our Team
Executive Director
Paul Paolatto
Executive Director
Asia Operations
Ling Ting
Director
Engineering and Natural Sciences (ENS) & Social Innovation
Patrick Therrien
Senior Business Development Manager
Jaipreet Bindra
Senior Business Development Manager
Life Sciences
Souzan Armstrong
Senior Business Development Manager
Kirk Brown
Senior Business Development Manager
Sandy Vascotto,
Senior Business Development Manager
Support Services
Nadine Weedmark
Manager, Intellectual Property & Admin
Jan Payne
Patent and Market Analyst
Thurman Sawyer
Agreements Advisor
Lori Lariviere
Program Coordinator
Mona Wuytenburg,
Administrative Assistant
Fabian Folias,
Electronic Media Channel Coordinator
Jonathan Deeks,
Inventions and Patents Manager
Board of Directors
John Capone, Chair
Western University
David Hill
Lawson Health Research Institute
Mike Irwin
3M
Kevin Robertson
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Dwayne Martins
Western University
Paul Paolatto
WORLDiscoveries
Janice McMichael-Dennis
Bluewater Power