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ECE PhD candidate Yan Li (pictured), along with his supervisor Professor Willy Wong, built an online simulator showing the progression of glaucoma. The simulator is based on a data-driven model they developed that takes into consideration the physiological mechanism of the eye. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

Online simulator could help glaucoma patients and doctors better understand disease progression

Professor Willy Wong and grad student Yan Li (both ECE) used a data-driven model that takes into account how the eye functions to simulate the progression of glaucoma

LaShawn Murray stands outside between two buildings.

IBET Momentum Fellow LaShawn Murray aims to use human factors engineering to advance health equity for marginalized populations

PhD candidate will examine the role of automation in primary care

PhD candidate Chantel Campbell

IBET Momentum Fellow Chantel Briana Campbell fabricates multilayered biomaterials that can help repair damaged hearts, eyes and muscles

The PhD candidate is working with collagenous multilayered biomaterials and their atypical structure

Professor Enid Montague stands in front of a mosaic artwork.

New human-centred automation tools could ease stress on overburdened health-care systems

Professor Enid Montague’s project is one of seven from U of T Engineering to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Professor Molly Shoichet (ChemE, BME)

Molly Shoichet joins PRiME as new Scientific Director for Precision Medicine Initiative

The Institutional Strategic Initiative brings together multi-disciplinary research talent and innovators to tackle unmet needs in drug discovery, diagnostics, and disease biology

Bryant Bak-Yin Lim (BME MEng candidate, left) and Ali Yassine (ECE MEng candidate, right) simulate reviewing a breast cancer tissue scan. As interns at Perimeter Medical Imaging, Lim and Yassine developed new AI algorithms for breast cancer imaging. (Photo: Neil Ta)

MEng students use AI to improve imaging tool used during breast cancer surgery

New techniques to help surgeons prioritize images of suspected cancerous material in real-time in the operating room

A headshot of Professor Milica Radisic

Professor Milica Radisic awarded international Humboldt Research prize

Radisic (BME, ChemE) is a leading expert in organ-on-a-chip technology

From left to right: PhD candidate Oreoluwa Kolade and Professors Julie Audet and Sowmya Viswanathan.

Researchers are creating algorithms to accelerate the development of new cellular therapies to repair damaged tissues

Professor Julie Audet (BME) is collaborating with researchers across U of T Engineering to create tools to enhance the therapeutic properties of cells grown in laboratories

Professor Caitlin Maikawa (BME). (Photo: submitted)

‘Teaching is a lot like working in the lab’: Meet Professor Caitlin Maikawa

Caitlin Maikawa has joined BME as an assistant professor