How do you unite a country around a single vision for cancer research?
It takes a science mindset.
Shift Health offers critical strategic insights and poetic and impactful writing abilities.
DR. KAREN CHAD Vice-President Research, University of Saskatchewan
How do you ensure the world is ready for the first HIV vaccine?
It takes a science mindset.
Shift Health helps crystallize thinking and brings clarity to difficult conversations.
DIRECTOR Global Health Funding Organization
How do you position a COVID-19 vaccine for commercial success in a crowded competitive landscape?
It takes a science mindset.
Shift Health has provided the precedent-setting, entrepreneurial framework to enable strategy development and align international stakeholders on important global public health matters.
DR. JIM TARTAGLIA VP R&D, Sanofi Pasteur
How do you inspire the urgency needed to tackle Alzheimer’s disease?
It takes a science mindset.
We are consistently impressed with the outstanding ideas, strategy and vision that Shift Health provides.
DR. JEROME KIM Director General, International Vaccine Institute
How do you put health research at the heart of a resource-based economy?
It takes a science mindset.
Shift Health’s understanding of research strategy, organizational growth and stakeholder engagement has allowed them to place our mission at the heart of their work with us.
DR. VASANTHI SRINIVASAN Executive Director, Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU)
How do you create the personalized healthcare system of the future?
It takes a science mindset.
The Shift Health team speaks my language. They’re savvy nerds.
DR. SARA UROWITZ Executive Director, Canadian Cancer Research Alliance
Shift Health brings a science mindset to strategy consulting for the health research and innovation ecosystem.
We blend scientific depth, sector leadership and global perspective, tackling our clients’ most challenging questions with curiosity, rigour and courage.
Delivering sharp insights and customized solutions, we’re helping to create the future of healthcare.
Expertise
Corporate Strategy
Planning for organizational growth and leadership
Research Strategy
Research leadership in the context of scientific and technological change
Product Strategy
Positioning development programs for commercial success
Opportunity Assessment
Life sciences investment analysis
Policy Strategy
Creating a policy environment that supports innovation
Partnership Strategy
Development and management of R&D alliances
Program Evaluation
Performance and impact assessment
Proposals + Pitches
Investment attraction for strategic initiatives
Clients We Have Served
I think of Shift Health as the perfect marriage between evidence and creativity.
ANDRÉ TROTTIER Personalized Healthcare Policy Strategy Lead, Roche
Closing the Alzheimer’s diagnosis gap: new research puts people at the centre
Research led by Shift Health, with Alzheimer Europe and the University of Cologne highlights opportunities to make Alzheimer’s detection and diagnosis more person-centred. Published in BMC Health Services Research, the study calls for pathways reflecting people’s needs as biomarkers and AI reshape diagnosis.
New Report Calls for Urgent Action to Bridge Critical Funding Gap Threatening Ontario’s Innovation Leadership
A new report, Catalyzing Ontario’s Life Sciences Economy, released by Life Sciences Ontario and Shift Health, calls for targeted action to address the shortage of risk capital available to early-stage life sciences companies in the province. The report identifies seed-stage investment as the critical missing link to securing Ontario’s global leadership in life sciences.
Shift Health Celebrates Another Year as one of HRD Canada’s Best Places to Work
Winners of this award prioritize employee needs, equip employees with tools and resources for success and foster a positive culture of shared purpose.