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The study was led by Professor Milica Radisic (BME), left, and Mary Chuan Liu (BME PhD student). (photo courtesy of BME)

U of T study shows that fractal geometry can help kidney cells grow in a more mature form

The findings could improve disease modelling and contribute to the development of better treatment strategies

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‘If we in academia don’t go after the hardest challenges, nobody else will’: U of T researcher aims to do it all

Cell and tissue engineer Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME) abandoned her plans to attend medical school, opting to focus on improving medicine itself

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Professor J. Paul Santerre elected to the U.S. National Academy of Inventors

The NAI recognizes exceptional academic inventors whose research has led to technologies that make a meaningful impact on society

MIE PhD candidate Arman Arezoomand in the Decisionics Lab of Professor Fae Azhari (MIE, CivMin). Thanks to the Data Sciences Institute (DSI) Doctoral Student Fellowship, Arezoomand is advancing research on robotic skin for prosthetics and other robotic applications. (photo by Sarah Yuan)

Research into ‘robotic skin’ could help restore a sense of touch for those with prosthetic digits

The bio-inspired technology being developed by MIE graduate student Arman Arezoomand could also advance embodied AI and precision manufacturing

Murray smiles at the camera. her background looks like a garden courtyard.

U of T Engineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities

LaShawn Murray (MIE PhD student) is working with four pilot sites near Calgary and Edmonton to evaluate how AI scribes are integrated into clinical workflows

Professor Adrian Nachman (ECE) is internationally renowned for his breakthroughs in mathematical problems related to medical imaging, some of which had been unsolved for decades. (photo courtesy of ECE)

Professor Adrian Nachman elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Fellows are recognized for their contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, and in Canadian public life

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Professor Milica Radisic elected fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Fellows from universities, healthcare and research institutes evaluate Canada’s most complex health challenges and recommend strategic, actionable solutions

Left to right: Co-leads on the study, Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) and Lucia Huang (BME MSc student), say the technology could make monitoring and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases easier and accessible. (Photo by KITE Studio/UHN)

Researchers develop swallowable sensor that offers simpler way to monitor gut inflammation

U of T Engineering professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME) is co-leading the development along with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School

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Three members of the U of T Engineering community appointed to the Order of Canada

Professor Tom Chau (BME), Professor Emeritus Adel Sedra (ECE) and alumnus Nathan Leipciger (ECE 5T5, Hon LLD 2019) are among 83 individuals appointed by the Governor General of Canada