The Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest, helps innovators develop, disseminate, scale, and promote adoption of promising innovations in the aging and brain health sector.
About CABHI
CABHI is a unique collaboration of health care, science, industry, not-for-profit and government partners whose aim is to help improve quality of life for the world’s aging population, allowing older adults to age safely in the setting of their choice while maintaining their cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being.
How CABHI supports healthy aging through innovation
Our Innovation Programs
CABHI helps innovators develop, test and disseminate their aging and brain health solutions through our competitive funding Programs:
$160M
funding directed toward advancing healthcare innovations
$561+
secured investments by CABHI innovators and companies
87,000+
older adults and caregivers engaged in innovation projects
3,800+
researchers, clinicians, academics and business professionals engaged in CABHI projects
Program-Based Services
CABHI-funded applicants are provided with access to a wide range of services.
CABHI’s Innovation Office connects point of care workers, industry leaders & healthcare innovators to professionals with wide-ranging and diverse global expertise in:
Business Development
Marketing & Communications
Project Management
Commercialization
Testimonials
Dr. Lili Liu
I was just thrilled to hear that CABHI involvement comes with a whole fleet of acceleration services like guidance and consultation related to commercialization, licensing and intellectual property. Those are services on top of the financial support which, I think, is brilliant.
Hyivy
The MC2 program from CAHBI came at an important time for Hyivy at a stage where we were ramping up manufacturing, regulatory, clinical trials, and growing our company. They have provided connections, resources, advice, and a handful of opportunities to help us continue on the path of success.
SWORD Health
CABHI was integral in helping us structure our clinical validation trial and understand the complexities of the Canadian healthcare system. Their knowledge of reimbursement codes/pathways helped us re-align our focus on the US healthcare system, which enabled us to obtain paying customers faster.
iGeriCare
The Spark catalyst is really what started everything. Once we got that award, everybody else seemed to jump on board and get really excited about iGeriCare. We used the money to build out the project, but also acquire human resources – it’s been extremely helpful.
Dr. Alexandra Greenhill
The rapidity at which the CABHI process went should, I think, become the gold standard for how procurement is done. I’ve never seen organizations come together to an agreement this quickly. That was really impressive.
Dr. Raquel Meyer
I’m not sure that without CABHI’s support we would have gotten to the stage of having an actual business model and go-to-market strategy, so we’re incredibly grateful. CABHI brings a lot of expertise to the table in helping healthcare providers navigate this very different space and connecting us with the right resources.
George Netscher
One of the most meaningful things CABHI has done is make extremely meaningful introductions to facilities and distribution channels through their deep network of relationships to help us obtain paying customers.
Tahir Janmohamed
CABHI and its advisor and buyer network were invaluable in terms of the guidance provided and connections made to VCs & paying customers.
Derek Sham
CABHI has been a great value-added investor. They helped us develop an economic model to demonstrate our ROI to different payors and providers.
Elizabeth Audette-Bourdeau
CABHI has opened important doors for Welbi. Their large network in the senior living industry has allowed us to accelerate our growth.
