Posts Tagged: health

IBBME Professors Receive Nearly $6.5 Million in Funding from CIHR

Professors Shana Kelley, Michael Sefton and Gang Zheng of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) have received nearly $6.5 million in research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), it was announced on Monday. These grants come…

Systems Whiz Helped Develop Virtual Brain Surgery

Sujoy Ghosh Hajra (ECE 0T8) never has to go far for inspiration. A systems analyst, he toils away at a lab for the National Research Council Canada’s Institute for Biodiagnostics (Atlantic). The lab is located at the Queen Elizabeth II Health…

Orchestral Musicians Face Unhealthy Sound Levels, Study Finds

Steve Mosher’s ears take a beating at work: they actually hurt during particularly noisy moments, are ringing by the end of some shifts, and after 20-plus years on the job are now afflicted permanently with tinnitus. Surprisingly, Mosher plays in…

Brainwave-Controlled Technology May Have Use in Treating Epilepsy

InteraXon, a Canadian digital innovations company, was the hit of the recent Consumer Electronics Association tradeshow in Las Vegas this month when it unveiled the latest products incorporating Thought-Controlled Computing: a technology that lets users control a digital interface using…

Giving Children with Physical Challenges the Tools to Speak Out

Professor Tom Chau (EngSci 9T2) of the Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering has been chosen as one of 25 Transformational Canadians. The Globe and Mail’s Transformational Canadians program celebrates 25 living citizens who have made a difference by immeasurably…
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