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One Step Ahead

Research hospitals: a vital link between discovery and health

INCUBATORS FOR INNOVATIVE CARE BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION
Research hospitals are unique environments. They UHN, like other research hospitals, is affiliated
bring discoveries and clinical care together under with a degree-granting institution. While UHN’s
one roof, enabling tight-knit collaborations that trainees receive their degrees from the University
are key to applying research in the real world. of Toronto, their research projects are carried out
at the hospital. The multidisciplinary environment
We asked members of TeamUHN what working brings wide-reaching benefits to students:
in a research hospital means to them. Their
responses, which you can watch in the video above, • Trainees are mentored by world-class experts
emphasize the following benefits: and encouraged to continuously innovate,
improve upon current procedures and
• Research hospitals enable researchers to engage treatments, and solve health challenges in
patients and frontline care providers as partners. unconventional ways.

• Solutions can be rapidly prototyped, tested and • As one of the world’s top hospitals, UHN
applied in the clinical environment. attracts curious, bright minds and enables
them to reach their full potential. These diverse
• Hospitals foster a supportive culture where individuals become part of a resilient network of
practical knowledge is valued and can be used to international experts that improve standards of
address pressing problems. care around the world.

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