SPARK Alberta Information

SPARK Alberta, powered by the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking and a chapter of the SPARK Global network, supports the advancement of digital health innovations at Alberta’s post-secondary institutions into clinical and patient impact. Through our hybrid program, we work with faculty, researchers, and trainees to move early-stage innovations toward real-world healthcare solutions through industry and academic expertise, structured accountability, and connections to the people, tools, and resources that increase success. Clinical impact is the key driver of SPARK. Through candid feedback from experienced digital health industry advisors and iterative evidence-gathering, we help teams validate true clinical need and de-risk the path to impact, build the translational skills required to move beyond an academic project, and maintain forward momentum. Along the way, we connect teams to the capabilities, resources, and hand-off organizations needed to continue advancing promising innovations toward commercialization, implementation, and ultimately, patient impact.