Our Impact

From research to real-world results

Driving impact across research, commercialization, and care

Since 2010, OBI has worked to position Ontario as a global leader in brain health. By aligning the strengths of researchers, innovators, clinicians, and community partners, we foster collaboration that leads to meaningful improvements in care, policy, and commercialization.

Our impact is measured not just in discoveries, but in how we empower our partners to deliver better outcomes for people living with brain disorders.

OBI leveraged an initial $2 million gift into over $1 billion of impact on brain health. And with 1 in 3 individuals affected by a brain disorder, OBI is proud to have reached over one million people through our programs and initiatives.

Impact at a glance

  • $807M

    Leveraged funding, leading to over 1 billion in total investment into brain health

  • 15,886

    Patients supported through clinical trials, neurotech testing, and community care

  • 8,800

    HQP trained

  • 1,468

    Jobs created or maintained

  • 1,264

    Peer-reviewed publications

  • 1,864

    Active Brain-CODE users

  • 32,488

    Participant data sets on Brain-CODE

  • 377

    Data access requests on Brain-CODE

  • 38

    Neuroanalytics personnel trained through the CfA

  • 18

    Analytic methods and tools developed through the CfA

  • 5

    Innovation partnerships completed through the CfA

  • 195

    Interns trained

  • 120

    Portfolio companies supported

  • 26

    Neurotechnology products brought to market

  • 91

    Clinical trials supported

  • 698

    Patient partnerships supported

  • 884

    Knowledge products created

  • 2,000,000

    People reached through outreach and education

Building Connections

Brains are powered by connections, and building connections is how the Ontario Brain Institute is making brain research, commercialization and care work for Ontario.

Did you know that Ontario’s neuroscience community boasts 800 researchers, nearly 200 companies and over 100 organizations related to the brain? Explore the Atlas of Ontario Neuroscience (AxON), a map we created to discover the vast number of assets in Ontario and how OBI connects them together.

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Bringing Lab to Life. Together.

We recently put ourselves and our team science approach to the test, and asked the researchers, companies, and community organizations we work with if we are indeed having a positive impact on the resources and abilities they need to achieve their goals.

  • advance research through team science,
  • invest in home-grown neurotech, and
  • support person-centred research and care in communities.

We invite you to see how we have worked together with our partners to bring lab to life.

Partner Engagement

Year in Review: 2023-24

OBI works to accelerate solutions that improve brain health. Read on to see real-life examples of how we realize this through our ‘team science’ approach, where researchers, clinicians, industry, patients, and their advocates are brought together to amplify treatments and services already in use in the province, or to create new pathways to care.

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The difference a year makes: Inspired by the Government of Ontario’s re-investment in the Ontario Brain Institute, we asked some of our patient and community partners about their hope for the future of brain health. Here is what they had to say about OBI.

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