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The Office of Innovation and Research (OIR) at Grand River Hospital welcomed five interns this summer! Every Friday we highlighted the ways they got involved during their internship and this is the final feature.

The Office of Innovation and Research (OIR) at Grand River Hospital welcomed five interns this summer. Follow along every Friday as we highlight the ways they got involved during their internship.

The Office of Innovation and Research (OIR) at Grand River Hospital welcomed five interns this summer! Follow along every Friday as we highlight the ways they got involved during their internship.

The Office of Innovation and Research (OIR) at Grand River Hospital welcomed five interns this summer! Follow along every Friday as we highlight the ways they got involved during their internship.

The Office of Innovation and Research (OIR) at Grand River Hospital welcomed five interns this summer! Follow along every Friday as we highlight the ways they got involved during their internship.

Grand River Hospital (GRH), in partnership with 50 other academic and community hospitals across Canada and New York, is participating in a study on the effects of convalescent plasma as a treatment method for COVID-19. 

With support from Grand River Hospital Foundation donors, including the Grand River Motorcycle Ride for Dad, and in partnership with McMaster University department of Nuclear Medicine, Grand River Hospital is able to provide prostate cancer patients in our region access to a life-saving state-of-the-art medical imaging scan.

At Grand River Hospital (GRH), we understand good food contributes to better healing. To better serve our patient’s growing needs, GRH is one of 19 Ontario hospitals participating in a provincial research study aiming to understand what food patients want when they’re in hospital and how hospitals can meet those needs.

Grand River Hospital has partnered with the University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science (WOVS) to study the vision of patients currently in hospital at our Freeport Campus to better understand current levels of vision loss among this group. The goal is to create a screening tool to identify patients who have poor vision to help health care providers take precaution to avoid falls.

Dr. Ernest Osei’s career at Grand River Hospital can seem like a buffet at times, combining generous helpings of leadership, teaching and research Through it all, Dr. Osei is dedicated to providing Waterloo Region and Guelph-Wellington residents with exceptional cancer care.