Zoya Leonenko chair of the conference organizing committee, the Faculty of Science, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB) planned the three-day conference June 17-19 that brought industry and researchers together for the
CBB member Helen Chen and team wins Infoway Innovation Award at . The winning idea aims to increase access to cardiac rehab and was recognized for its Tele-Cardiac Rehab idea, which would provide patients with tools to help them manage cardiac rehab remotely and on their own time. Tele-Cardiac Rehab would eliminate common barriers that hinder compliance with cardiac rehab including travel time and work demands.
A new research centre at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ that will revolutionize the ability to predict and delay illness and injury associated with aging is receiving $1.3 million toward wireless wearables and other devices and technology. More than $4 million was awarded to four À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ teams including CBB member Bill McIlroy from Kinesiology: Advanced Aging ResearCH Centre (ARCH) to transform health and well-being of older adults.
is a new social media and television campaign by six of Canada’s top research institutions including the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ that aims to bring high-impact university research to millions of Canadians.
Edith Law was awarded a  grant of $145,000 per year for three years.
The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Propel Centre for Population Health Impact has announced the recipients of the . Some CBB members are listed as contributing researchers in the winning projects.
CBB member Omar Ramahi and Electrical and Computer Engineer recently published in the journal on clean alternatives such as harvesting energy from electromagnetic waves that may help ease the world’s energy shortage. [Engineering News]
Professor Catherine Burns has been reappointed to a three-year term as Director of the Centre of Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB), according to an announcement by the Dean of Engineering, Pearl Sullivan and Dean of Science, Terry McMahon.
CBB members Slim Boumaiza (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Niels Bols (Biology) are two of eleven À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ researchers campus-wide to receive $5.3 million in funding from the Natural Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to work with industry on strategic research.