The Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute facilitates patient-centred research that will improve health outcomes for the residents of Northwestern Ontario (including meeting specific needs of rural communities, Indigenous communities, and at-risk populations) and for people around the world. Most of the research projects at the Health Research Institute involve imaging and related fields in the following areas:
- Advanced detection devices and techniques such as hyperpolarized (HP) gas MRI and positron emission mammography (PEM)
- Probe development and biomarker exploration for cancer diagnosis and treatments