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Patients at an Ontario Long Term care facility use Abby, an interactive activity centre designed by industry partner Ambient Activity Technologies working with Professor Mark Chignell, Dr. Andrea Wilkinson, and other researchers at the Interactive Media Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. (Credit: Ambient Activity Technologies)

U of T Engineering researchers develop technologies to reduce problem behaviours in people with dementia

November 21, 2017

Research-industry partnership to premiere first products on December 7 at Baycrest Hospital in Toronto

University Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, IBBME), a world-leading researcher in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, has been appointed the first Chief Scientific Officer of Ontario. (Credit: Roberta Baker)

Molly Shoichet named Ontario’s first Chief Scientist

November 17, 2017

New position will advise government on science-based policy and champion high quality science in government and education

Bailey Bernknopf was born with heart defects. She’s now researching a cure as a graduate student at U of T’s Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME). (Photo: Tyler Irving)

She was born with heart defects. Now she’s researching a cure

October 30, 2017

Bailey Bernknopf is one of 88 students joining U of T’s Insititute for Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering this fall

In 2015, Alison McGuigan and her team unveiled TRACER, a rolled-up strip of engineered tissue enabling scientists to mimic the way cells grow in a tumour. Two years later, they’ve created a new tool that now lets researchers watch tumour cells reorganize over time. (Courtesy: Alison McGuigan)

Expert in microfabrication and disease modelling awarded Connaught Fund McLean Award

September 29, 2017

Alison McGuigan (ChemE) receives $125,000 prize for her work that aims to create better mechanisms for predicting how well promising drugs will work in patients

Addressing unique patient needs with technology: U of T offers engineering training to medical students

September 22, 2017

Master of Engineering program gives MD students advanced tools to understand the design of medical technologies

Research coordinator Stephanie Chow (left), IBBME MASc candidate Ben Kinsella (not pictured) and Professor Azadeh Kushki (centre) developed a Google Glass app as a social-skills coach for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). (Photo: Christina Gapic).

Google Glass app helps autistic children with social interactions

September 19, 2017

IBBME Azadeh Kushki and her team designed social-skills coach to help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

New course on advanced MRI techniques will teach students new ways to detect disease at earlier stages

September 13, 2017

Professor Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng’s graduate course will cover some of the latest in magnetic resonance imaging techniques, offering new solutions for human health challenges

The best place to treat type 1 diabetes might be just under your skin

August 14, 2017

Implantation technique could restore the ability of patients to produce their own insulin

Injectable tissue patch could help repair damaged organs

August 14, 2017

New bicompatible scaffold developed by U of T Engineering researchers could be delivered through minimally invasive surgery

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