BrainFx is improving clinical care and accelerating neuroscience. Learn how.

BrainFx was founded by Tracy Milner and Heather Condello. Tracy and Heather are both Occupational Therapists who have practiced extensively in the area of neurorehabilitation with adults and children and led multi- disciplinary healthcare organizations for the past eighteen years.

Our story

Traditional assessments not translating to function

In their practice, it became apparent to Heather and Tracy that the results of traditional standardized assessment tools were not consistent with their functional observations of people with mild to moderate dysfunction. More complex functional cognitive skills were missed and cognition was often measured in isolation, missing the critical impact that physical and psychosocial challenges can have on functional cognition. In order to assess people with mild to moderate dysfunction they found they were needing to pull together an eclectic battery of tools but still saw a gap.

Need for assessment sensitive to milder dysfunction

They recognized the significant need for a Comprehensive assessment tool for people with brain disorders, sensitive to mild dysfunction and applicable to real life activities. Assessments on the market were missing early signs of dementia and milder signs of concussion. Their frustration in practice inspired BrainFx. Passionate about using neurofunctional assessment and intervention, they view BrainFx as the opportunity to combine technology, clinical knowledge and research to deliver unique insights to health care teams and make a difference globally in health outcomes.

Our Mission & Vision

United by a single passion - to make the invisible effects of brain disorders visible - we are a collaborative, dedicated and multi- disciplinary team committed to improving the lives of people everywhere by shedding a light on brain health and paths to rehabilitation.

Our Mission

United by a single passion - to make the invisible effects of brain disorders visible - we are a collaborative, dedicated and multi- disciplinary team committed to improving the lives of people everywhere by shedding a light on brain health and paths to rehabilitation.

Our Vision

United by a single passion - to make the invisible effects of brain disorders visible - we are a collaborative, dedicated and multi- disciplinary team committed to improving the lives of people everywhere by shedding a light on brain health and paths to rehabilitation.

Values

From our mission to the way we work with our clinical network, our values guide everything we do.
Inform

Deliver gold standard assessments for neurofunction so that brain health can be easily integrated into any practice.

Illuminate

Illuminate the path to brain health treatment by delivering clinically useful & unique insights through intelligent analysis and comparative norms.

Empower

Empower people to live life to their full potential through clinical research & innovation that benefits from our Living Brain BankTM, a database of de-identified results from previous assessments.

Care

Enable healthcare institutions to deliver the best care possible for their patients to improve quality of life across the youth, elderly, and those suffering from brain dysfunction resulting from concussions, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia etc.

Our Founders
Tracy Milner
Co-Founder, CEO and OT

Inspired by her own frustration on the front lines, Tracy is passionate about unlocking how the brain functions to improve everyday life. By colliding clinical care with AI and technology, she envisions a world where monitoring your brain health is as common as your annual physical. Where clinicians don’t need to tell another patient with early or milder cognitive dysfunction to ‘come back when it is worse’ because they are empowered to act instead. When not striving to make a global impact on healthcare, ask to see photos of Tracy’s twice-a-year birthday cakes or pumpkin carvings.

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Heather Condello
Co-Founder, COO and OT

Fascinated within her clinical practice to always learn more about the functional presentation of brain disorders and passionate to educate anyone who will listen on the significant impact mild brain disorders can have in one’s daily life, Heather is driven to promote BrainFx’s mission to the world. Heather envisions a healthcare system where monitoring brain health and understanding functional implications of brain impairment are as commonplace as tracking physical health. When not working, Heather enjoys travelling to warm destinations, keeping active, and has a newfound determination to work through her bucket list.

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Partners

Advancing cognitive care together.

Metriks Education Inc.

Metriks Education Inc., founded in 2004, specializes in the measurement of physical function. Metriks designs and manufactures innovative tools to measure human performance, complemented by their continuing education assessment certification courses. The Metriks Rehabilitation Assessment Management (RAM) software platform automates assessment data collection and report writing.

Insight In Health

Insightin Health’s AI-driven platform inGAGE™ leverages SDoH and clinical data to identify the best possible ways to communicate with members on a one-to-one level. In partnership with BrainFx, inGAGE™ can now generate a richer and Comprehensive member health risk assessment by also giving consideration to a member’s cognitive well-being. The Insightin Health and BrainFx partnership makes for an integrated and cyclical preventative health care flow.

Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists

The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) is the national organization that supports the more than 18,000 occupational therapists (OTs) who work or study in Canada. OTs improve the health and well-being of Canadians by creating client-centred solutions that help them participate more fully in activities that are important to their everyday lives. CAOT provides products, services and learning opportunities that assist OTs in achieving excellence in their professional practice. Additionally, CAOT provides leadership in the development and promotion of the occupational therapy profession in Canada and internationally.

Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists

The Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (OSOT) is the voluntary provincial professional association of Ontario’s occupational therapists. With focus in the areas of Member Services, Government Relations, Professional Promotion, Professional Development and Practice Support, the Society serves and represents the interests of members and promotes the profession of occupational therapy in the province of Ontario.
OSOT is currently a membership of over 4,500 occupational therapists, students of occupational therapy and others who seek to associate with the profession. From its early roots in 1921, as the first occupational therapy organization in Canada, OSOT has provided professional leadership to the growing profession throughout its history in Canada.

Helius Medical Technologies

Helius Medical Technologies is a neurotech company focused on neurological wellness.  The Company’s purpose is to develop, license and acquire unique and non-invasive platform technologies that amplify the brain’s ability to heal itself.  The Company’s first commercial product is the Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS™).
For more information, visit www.ponstreatment.ca or www.heliusmedical.com

NeuroCatch

NeuroCatch is a subsidiary of HealthTech Connex. 
The NeuroCatch® device is an objective, rapid neuro-physiological brain function assessment system licensed by Health Canada.
For more information, visit www.neurocatch.com or healthtechconnex.com

Maple

Maple is a virtual care platform that allows Canadians to see a doctor online within minutes — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Patients can securely text, audio, or video chat with a Canadian-licensed doctor for diagnosis, treatment, and prescriptions. We also offer a wide variety of specialties such as dermatology, endocrinology, and mental health therapy, which can be booked in under 72 hours. Incorporated in 2015, Maple has been operating in Canada since late 2016. We initially launched in Ontario and now offer services in every province and territory of Canada.
For more information, visit www.getmaple.ca

Think Research

Think Research is a rapidly-growing healthcare software company based in downtown Toronto. Their mission is to organise the world’s health knowledge so that everyone gets the best care. Their point-of-care, clinical decision support tools are used by health systems and healthcare providers (i.e. doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and more) to dramatically improve healthcare outcomes, save clinicians’​ time, and reduce administrative burdens and costs.  Today, with a growing network of clients, collaborators and partners, this principle of collaboration is supported by our entire suite of applications. Deployed in over 2,200 health care facilities across Canada, the US and around the world, their tools are transforming healthcare, one clinical support tool at a time.
For more information, visit www.thinkresearch.com

Our latest research

Working with the Mayo Clinic to understand Long-COVID

This study focuses on understanding the neurological impact of Long-COVID by developing a solution that assists clinicians and researchers to better understand and address the impacts of this new and emerging phenomenon.