Mitacs has partnered with iCo Therapeutics Inc. to provide Post Doctoral Fellow Dr. Fady Ibrahim, under the supervision of Dr. Kishor Wasan, with funding from the Mitacs-Accelerate Internship Program. The award, a grant of $15,000, will allow Ibrahim to conduct research in the host company on the Pharmacological Evaluation of a Novel Oral Amphotericin B Formulation for the Treatment of Disseminated Candidiasis: Providing New Therapeutic Alternative to the Commercial Intravenous Formulation.
Mitacs-Accelerate is Canada’s premiere research internship program. It connects companies with over 50 research-based universities through graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, who apply their specialized expertise to business research challenges. Interns transfer their skills from theory to real-world application, while the companies gain a competitive advantage by accessing high-quality research expertise.