Human health news

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Kiki Chan demonstrating nutrient premix particles

This PhD graduate’s food fortification research took her around the world, from Senegal to India

Kiki Chan (ChemE MASc 1T8, PhD 2T5) has travelled widely in pursuit of new ways to add micronutrients to common foods, thereby improving human health

Professor Chou, left, looks at a screen with purple splotches displayed. A researcher sits at the table in the lab, pointing at one of the images on the screen.

Professor Leo Chou receives Ontario Early Researcher Award to advance vaccine and immunotherapy delivery

Funding aims to strengthen Ontario’s long-term economic growth by advancing discoveries that improve lives and foster a skilled research workforce

a medical practitioner wearing a stethoscope points at an AED

Launch of PADmap translates graduate research on defibrillators into a potentially life-saving tool

Collaboration between researchers at U of T Engineering, the University of Edinburgh and designers at creative agency Daysix, was funded by the Scottish Government and St John Scotland

Milica sits on a bench, smiles at the camera. A concrete pillar, walls and glass panelling are in the background.

Professor Milica Radisic receives a Governor General’s Innovation Award

Radisic’s research focuses on organ-on-a-chip engineering and the development of new biomaterials that promote healing

Professor Rachel Gregor

‘The future is interdisciplinary’: Meet new ChemE professor Rachel Gregor

Gregor leads the MicroChemEco Lab, with a goal to engineer microbial communities for applications in health, sustainability and industry

Professor Alfred and two students stand over a mannequin in a hospital bed

Centre for Healthcare Engineering partners with William Osler Health System to improve clinical practice

Professor Myrtede Alfred (MIE) is leading a new Academic Practice Partnership (APP) designed to drive innovation in research, education and clinical practice

Radisic smiles at the camera

Professor Milica Radisic elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Honour recognizes Radisic’s contributions to the field of organ-on-a-chip engineering

research team

These tiny robotic tools powered by magnetic fields could enable minimally invasive brain surgery

Professor Eric Diller (MIE) and his collaborators have created a set of tools only a few millimetres in diameter, to grip, pull and cut tissue

a naloxone kit

Where should we place naloxone kits to save the most lives?

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) and his team conducted an analysis of the city of Vancouver, which suggests leveraging transit stops to improve the availability of naloxone