Medical and biomedical engineering

Biomedical Engineers apply their knowledge in engineering, biology, and medicine to healthcare and medical device industries. Biomedical Engineering is a distinct field that encompasses engineering disciplines, biology, life sciences, medicine, clinical applications, and the improvement of human...

Master of Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering (MASc)

Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering (MEng)

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Blakney, Anna

Michael Smith Laboratories, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biomedical materials; Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins; Gene and molecular therapy; Gene delivery; RNA; Biomaterials; Immunoengineering

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Fels, S Sidney

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; Human Computer Interaction; biomechanical modeling of human anatomy; Machine Learning; new interfaces for musical expression; speech synthesis

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Goerges, Matthias

Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electronic health (e-Health); Health information systems (including surveillance); Expert systems technologies in artificial intelligence; Anesthesiology; Medical devices; Human-computer systems and interface; Bio-signal processing and analysis; Digital health; predictive analytics; decision support systems; Critical Care Medicine; Biomedical Technologies; Health Care Technologies; Human Computer Interaction and Design; Medical informatics; Software Development; patient-oriented research; Data sharing / open data

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Hacihaliloglu, Ilker

Department of Radiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bio-signal processing and analysis; Medical biotechnology; Biomedical signal processing; Image guided surgery systems; Medical and biomedical engineering, n.e.c.; Data analytics and signal processing, n.e.c.; Artificial intelligence (AI); Extraction of relevant information from 3D medical images; Image Guided Surgery; computer assisted diagnosis; Deep Learning; point of care ultrasound; ultrasound image processing; Brain Health; orthopedic surgery; liver disease; lung disease; traumatic Brian injury; neurosurgery; Biomedical Engineering

Hodgson, Antony

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Image guided surgery systems; computer assisted orthopaedic surgery; Medical Imaging; surgical navigation; orthopaedics; biomechanics; surgical robots; Image Processing; Machine Learning

Hoodless, Pamela

Department of Medical Genetics, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Computational cell biology; Cancer; Genomics; Medical and biomedical engineering; Nucleic acids studies; Developmental Genetics; Embryology; Embryonic Development; Epigenetics; Heart Valve / Valvular Diseases; Heart valve formation; Liver; Liver development; Stem Cells and Organogenesis; transcriptional regulation

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Kuo, Calvin

School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biomechanical engineering; Medical devices; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Sensing human motion; How humans make sense of their own motion; Sensorimotor Neutrophysiology; Wearable Sensing; Musculoskeletal Modeling

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Lim, Chinten James

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cancer progression and metastasis; Solid cancer tumours; Hematological tumours; Medical and biomedical engineering; tumour cell biology; mechanisms of drug resistance; cell adhesion, migration and invasion; tumour microenvironment; pediatric oncology; tumor xenografts; tumour organoids

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Nguan, Christopher

Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Urology; Computer engineering; Civil engineering, n.e.c.; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Medical devices; Artificial tissues engineering; Biomedical robotics; Image guided surgery systems; Applied immunology (including antibody engineering, xenotransplantation and t-cell therapies); Transplantation immunology; kidney transplantation; patient reported outcomes; medical apps for mobile health; machine learning analytics of medical imaging; machine learning analytics of complex medical data outcomes; Robotics; quality in healthcare; environmental impact of healthcare; Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare; planetary health intersection with healthcare

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Shadgan, Babak

Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical biotechnology diagnostics (including biosensors); Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Orthopedics; Sports medicine; Bone, skin and cartilage science; Central nervous system; Implantable Biosensing; sensor and system design, clinical application development; Wearable Biosensors; design and application development in health care and exercise sciences; Musculoskeletal, Sports & Exercise Medicine; Bone Fracture Healing; Spinal Cord Injuries

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Tam, Roger

School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Machine learning; Biomedical signal processing; Biomedical Design and Innovation; Biomedical Technologies; Computer Science and Statistics; Data Analytics; Medical Imaging; Machine Learning; Neurodegenerative diseases; Precision Medicine; Radiology

Tang, Shuo

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical devices; Optical instrumentation (including sensing and metrology); biophotonics; Biomedical imaging

Tang, Xin

Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Artificial intelligence (AI); Cell biology; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Mathematical biology; Genetics; Medical and biomedical engineering; Cancer; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Explainable and Interpretable Learning, Representation Learning, Knowledge Distillation; Biologically Informed Neural Network, Physically Informed Neural Network; Knowledge Distillation, Biological LLM, Biomedical Image Processing; Computational Cell Biology, Single-cell Biology, Multi-omics, Virtual Cell, Spatial Omics; Brain-Computer Interface, Neuroscience, Brain Mapping; Cancer Genomics, Development, Aging

Traboulsee, Tony

Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Neurology; Central nervous system; Biomedical signal processing; Machine learning; magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitls optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); Myelin Oligodendrocyte Antibody Disorder (MOGAD); Brain MRI; Spinal Cord MRI

Tropini, Carolina

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Microbiology; Medical and biomedical engineering; Physical sciences; Bacteria; Bacteriophages; Bioengineering; Bioinformatics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biophysics; Gut microbiota; Inflammatory bowel disease

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Valnicek, Stan

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Surgery; Medical devices; Breast reconstruction with vertical LD flaps; Enhanced lost suture visibility; Abdominoplasty flap planning; Mastectomy flap elevation device

Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Psychiatry (including psychotherapy); Medical devices; Interventional Brain Medicine; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Electroconvulsive Therapy; Magnetic Seizure Therapy; Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Deep Brain Stimulation; Neuroimaging

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Wilson, David

Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical and biomedical engineering

Wu, Lyndia

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Biomechanical engineering; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Biomedical signal processing; Mechanical characterization (including modeling, testing, and monitoring); Injury biomechanics; Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sleep Biomechanics; Sensors and Instrumentation; Data Mining and Machine Learning; Wearable Sensing

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Student & Alumni Stories in Medical and biomedical engineering

Kidus Achalu

Student

Master of Science in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (MSc)

Proteomic Profiling of Youth Sports-related Concussion

Hacina Gill

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Mechanisms of structural bioprosthetic heart valve degeneration

Wenwen Zhang

Student

Master of Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MASc)

Pathological gait pattern analysis

David Black

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Novel approaches to teleoperation and human computer interaction in medical robotics

Ryan Yeung

Student

Master of Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering (MASc)

Development and validation of a novel mixed reality and haptics enabled teleultrasound system

Jamie Kwon

Student

Master of Science in Experimental Medicine (MSc)

Developing a blood-based miRNA biomarker for oropharyngeal cancer

Neha Suvindran

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

MELMET: A stable and sustainable Neural Interface (NI) to help neuroscientists understand the workings of the human brain and develop potential cures in chronic brain disease studies

Louise Ramos

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Characterization of a novel bifunctional PARP-HDAC inhibitor in a 3-D printed human-mimetic bone model

Hooman Esfandiari

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Surgical Navigation

Katherine MacDonald

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Optimizing growth conditions for suppressive immune cells isolated from human thymus tissue

Mahsa Khalili

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Personal Autonomy and Wheeled Mobility Assistive Device Use: User-Driven Research and Development of Advanced Technologies

Priye Iworima

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Generation of functional and mature 3D islet-like clusters from pluripotent stem cells

Cidnee Luu

Student

Master of Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering (MASc)

Developing Wearable EEG Sensors to Study Head Impacts in Ice Hockey

Laura Stankiewicz

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Mapping T Cell Development in the Human Thymus

Prashant Pandey

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Ultrasound-based Surgical Navigation For Iliosacral Screw Insertions In Pelvic Fractures

Tanya Bennet

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Airway-On-A-Chip: Development and In Vitro Validation of a Microfluidic Cell Culture Model For Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Emily Bliven

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Femoral augmentation to prevent hip fracture in a sideways fall

Justin Wyss

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering (PhD)

Soft Sensing Technology Designed for Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Vanessa Diamond

Student

Master of Science in Experimental Medicine (MSc)

Variability of functional pulmonary MRI

Liam Murdock

Student

Master of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering (MASc)

Micromanipulator Design for Mandibular Reconstruction Surgery

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Academic Units in Medical and biomedical engineering

School of Biomedical Engineering

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French Name

Génie médical et biomédical

French Description

Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en génie médical et biomédical.

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