About

The Canadian Hub for Health Intelligence and Innovation in Infectious Diseases (HI³) is a University of Toronto-led coalition of over 90 partners that brings globally-recognized scientific research, cross-disciplinary talent pipeline, collaborative IP co-creation and talent training, vibrant translational ecosystem supporting commercialization, rich patient cohorts and patient samples, clinical trial recruitment and participation, and health monitoring and intelligence.

HI³leverages its partners’ strengths, existing assets, and contributions to collaboratively address existing challenges in biologic translation and commercialization through its objectives that will be realized through the three Research Themes in Precision Intervention, Process Innovation, and Health Intelligence with cross-cutting capacities in established and coordinated pathogen surveillance networks; preclinical models and clinical trial execution; and predictive modelling.

Vision

Unite research, healthcare and biomanufacturing through close, multi-sectoral cooperation.

Mission

Meet the diverse needs of Canadians by creating a sustainable ecosystem that can rapidly mobilize to create, translate, and manufacture interventions against infectious diseases.

Objectives

Objectives	Core capacity
Manage cohesive multisectoral interconnected research program that feeds technology development into biomanufacturing sector	Robust data-sharing platform to integrate with other hubs to share knowledge and accelerate technology translation/implementation Coordination and standardization of measures of vaccine immunogenicity across hubs to develop the right vaccine quickly
Support talent training	Immersive & cross-disciplinary training opportunities including internships. Establish specialized infrastructure for talent training and industry 4.0 innovation co-developed with industry
Establish inter-hub cooperation and coordination	Robust data-sharing platform to integrate with other hubs to share knowledge and accelerate technology translation/implementation Coordination and standardization of measures of vaccine immunogenicity across hubs to develop the right vaccine quickly

Core capacity

Manage cohesive multisectoral interconnected research program that feeds technology development into biomanufacturing sector

Robust data-sharing platform to integrate with other hubs to share knowledge and accelerate technology translation/implementation
Coordination and standardization of measures of vaccine immunogenicity across hubs to develop the right vaccine quickly

Support talent training

Immersive & cross-disciplinary training opportunities including internships.

Establish specialized infrastructure for talent training and industry 4.0 innovation co-developed with industry

Establish inter-hub cooperation and coordination

Robust data-sharing platform to integrate with other hubs to share knowledge and accelerate technology translation/implementation
Coordination and standardization of measures of vaccine immunogenicity across hubs to develop the right vaccine quickly