Health Systems Resilience
Building health systems that bend, not break, under infectious threats.
A health system’s ability to absorb the shock of an infectious disease outbreak without compromising everything else it delivers determines how well a community weathers a crisis. This cluster brings together health policy, systems engineering and hospital operations and management expertise to strengthen surge capacity, supply chains and care delivery models that hold up under pressure.
This work connects closely with the Canadian Hub for Health Intelligence & Innovation in Infectious Diseases (HI3), a national coalition of over 90 partners working to strengthen Canada’s pandemic readiness and biomanufacturing capacity, helping ensure the systems behind our health response are as resilient as the research driving it.
EPIC Health Systems Resilience News
From sporting events to festivals: Can AI help public health teams prepare for emergencies before they happen?
16 July 2026 By Eva Schaessens This story was originally published on the Institute of Health Emergencies and Pandemics (IHEP) website. Large events bring together thousands of people from different cities, countries and regions. They can also create public health...
New startup MaaTRx offers early warning system for drug shortages
May 4, 2026 By Eva Schaessens This story was originally published on the Institute of Health Emergencies and Pandemics (IHEP) website. Drug shortages have become a steady pressure point in Canada’s health system, affecting everything from routine hospital operations...