Our vision
"Better patient care happens when bold ideas meet the right people — and our role is to bring them together and accelerate change."
_ Dr. Alan Forster, Director and Chief Innovation Officer of MUHC and The Institute, Professor at McGill University
Partnering with industry to transform healthcare in Québec and Canada
The IMPACT Centre offers a structured, transparent pathway for industry partners to engage with Canada's largest bilingual academic health centre and the number one research institute in Québec.
We’re building a dedicated team within the MUHC to accelerate innovation, test the most promising technologies in real clinical settings, and get them to patients in Québec, Canada, and around the world.
Choose how you engage with IMPACT
The IMPACT Centre offers the structured support needed to ensure collaborations lead to meaningful, measurable results. Choose from three engagement streams — each with clear scope, governance, and value-sharing mechanisms. We are opening a new, direct pathway for partners to access data, patients, healthcare practitioners, and collaborate with world leading experts.
Stream A — Acceleration partnership
Ideal for companies seeking opportunities to accelerate health system adoption of innovative products. This can be achieved through:
- access to clinical environments
- expert clinical and scientific evaluation
- access to equipment and facilities
- regulatory and market preparation
- reference site development
Stream B — Breakthrough partnership
Ideal for companies seeking a sustained institutional partnership to co-develop technologies or enhance existing ones to better meet patient needs.
- Stream A benefits
- Idea generation and co-development with thought leaders
Stream C — Commercialization partnership
Ideal for investors interested in facilitating the development of MUHC/The Institute derived intellectual property into new products and services.
- Validating need and benefit in clinical environments
- Training opportunities for healthcare entrepreneurs
- Access to non-dilutive grants and other funding mechanisms
- Expert advice on market potential
- Co-developed commercialization strategies
Why partner with the MUHC through IMPACT
- Over 1.5M patient interactions annually across the MUHC
- #1 research institute in Québec
- $250M+ annual research funding
- 30+ specialized research centres
- Structured real-world data infrastructure ready for secondary use and AI development
- Rich academic partnership with McGill University and broader academic network
