AICE Concepts – 2022 Recipients

The Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Concepts Program serves to advance early-stage health research that demonstrates high commercial potential in priority areas of precision health. AICE-Concepts enables innovators to accelerate their journey across four domains of commercialization: Product development, business readiness, product-market fit, and regulatory compliance.

Project at a Glance

Funding Recipient: 8 projects
Funding Awarded: $7,500,000
Project Duration: February 2022 to January 2025
Sector: Health & Life Sciences
Program: Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) – Concepts

The table below contains information about the eight leading Alberta-based researchers and their projects. Total value for all eight projects is nearly $7.5 million with ~ $4.5 million contributed from Alberta Innovates. Projects will run from February 2022 to January 2025.

Lead Applicant  Project Title  Contact 
Aravind Ganesh, MD, UCalgary Automated Remote Image-guided Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Carotid Disease for Stroke prevention Website 
Jacob Jaremko, MD, PhD, UAlberta Basic echo: point-of-care ultrasound assessment of cardiac function using artificial intelligence Website 
John Lewis, PhD, UAlberta An Integrated Extracellular Vesicle Biomarker and Machine Learning Approach to Diagnosing Bladder Cancer Website 
Joon Lee, PhD, UCalgary Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and the APPROACH Registry to Transform Coronary Artery Disease Patient Care Website 
Kara Nerenberg, MD, UCalgary IMPROVE-Virtual HEALTH (Healthy Eating and Active Living through Technology @ Home) For MOMS Website 
Lawrence Le, PhD, UAlberta Intraoral Ultrasound Fusion of Dento-Periodontal Complex for Diagnosis of Periodontal Diseases and Personalized Treatment Website 
Puneeta Tandon, MD, UAlberta The creation of a home-based digital solution to diagnose functional decline and inform tailored lifestyle prescriptions for patients with catabolism-prone chronic diseases Website 
Richard Fahlman, PhD, UAlberta Rapid Testing for Myasthenia Gravis Website