Lecture

Dec 8: Research funding in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Past, Present and Future

Lisa Loiselle — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:04:32 +0000

Dec 8: Research funding in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Past, Present and Future Lisa Loiselle Thu, 11/24/2022 - 15:04

Please join us for a special lecture with Ted Hewitt, President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), on Thursday, December 8, 2022 from Noon to 1 p.m. in Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages (ML) building or online via MS Teams Live. Please register to participate in-person or virtually.

Personalized Brain Injury Assessment Using Advanced MRI Approaches

Lisa Loiselle — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:46:00 +0000

Personalized Brain Injury Assessment Using Advanced MRI Approaches Lisa Loiselle Mon, 04/22/2024 - 08:46

The Office of Research is hosting a lecture by Dr. Michael D. Noseworthy from McMaster University.

When: Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 2:30 - 4 p.m.

Where: in-person

For more information about registration, please contact Kenrick Vassall.

About the lecture

When a person experiences an acute brain injury, such as a concussion, if/when imaging is done it is typically computed tomography (CT). The goal of CT is to rule out cerebral bleeds that would require immediate intervention. When bleeds are absent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may or may not be done. Even though routine CT and MRI both show tremendous brain structural detail, concussion most often does not present with any abnormal features. This is frustrating for clinicians, and more so for patients who truly are suffering and are left without answers or treatment options. Thus, there has been a great deal of interest in developing methods to spatially localize and grade concussion, with the hopes of also monitoring recovery and/or treatment. Many have turned to single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) which although safe, involves intravenous injection of radioactive tracer and a CT scan. In the last 6 years, Dr. Noseworthy has moved away from ionizing radiation for this disorder. The more recent work done by his group has focused on resting-state functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). These are not new methods for assessing brain injury but their application has been through group-based statistical designs. In his lab they look at concussion as a problem that is unique to every patient and as such requires an individual assessment. They have developed algorithms and been applying ‘big data’ approaches that allow the personalizing of brain injury evaluation using these routine MRI sequences. In this talk, Dr. Noseworthy will present results from several acute concussion studies and also show results from work they have done on professional athletes who have suffered an undocumented number of acute brain injuries during their careers.

Dr. Michael D. Noseworthy, Ph.D., PEng Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering McMaster University Associate Chair (research), Dept. of Radiology Special Professional Staff, Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Healthcare (Radiology and Nuclear Medicine)

About the speaker

Dr. Michael D. Noseworthy, PhD, received an M.Sc. for work in the evaluation of anaesthetic hepatotoxicity using NMR imaging and in vivo 31P-NMR in 1992 from the University of Guelph. His PhD, also from the University of Guelph (1996), focused on applications of MRI/NMR and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) methods to assess free radical induced brain damage. From 1996-1999, he was a postdoctoral fellow in Imaging Physics at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre working on the evaluation of tissue microvasculature through the development of correlative MRI and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDXS). From January 2000 to August 2003, he worked as an MRI physicist at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and Assistant Professor in Medical Biophysics and Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto. Dr. Noseworthy moved to St. Joseph’s Healthcare and McMaster University in August 2003. Following 3 years as an Assistant Professor in Radiology and Medical Physics, Dr. Noseworthy obtained a tenure track position in Electrical & Computer Engineering at McMaster University, where he currently resides as a full professor. At McMaster University from 2009 to 2020, he was the Director of the McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering. He has been the Director of Imaging Physics and Engineering at the Imaging Research Centre, at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton since 2003 and more recently helped found the Centre for Integrative and Advanced Medical Imaging (CIAMI) at McMaster University. Dr. Noseworthy also has Special Professional Staff status at St. Joseph’s Healthcare and Hamilton Health Sciences in both Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and is the Associate Co-Chair (Research) for the department of Medical Imaging. Dr. Noseworthy has trained over 80 graduate students and post-docs and has published over 170 journal papers and over 330 conference papers and abstracts. He has given over 160 invited lectures globally. His research interests include the assessment of tissue microstructure and metabolism using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multinuclear in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic techniques, and the application of complex systems mathematics and machine learning to medical image analysis. Dr. Noseworthy is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO), International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB).

2022 TD Walter Bean public lecture

Lisa Loiselle — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 21:07:01 +0000

2022 TD Walter Bean public lecture Lisa Loiselle Thu, 11/17/2022 - 16:07

The Meaning of Ice: Co-production of knowledge and community action in a changing Arctic

Drawing on experience from over two decades of close collaboration with Inuit communities in the Arctic, Dr. Fox will illustrate the powerful ways our understanding of the changing Arctic climate can be advanced when we link Inuit knowledge and visiting science. She will use examples from community-led research, land-based programs, and harvesting to show how co-produced knowledge, Inuit self-determination in research, and supporting community-based action are fundamental to addressing climate and environmental challenges in the Arctic and beyond. Dr. Fox will centre Arctic weather and sea ice in the story, and connect to the works of her colleague, friend, and photographer Robert Kautuk, whose photography exhibition accompanies this year’s lecture.

Event Program:

In person or online Tuesday, December 13, 2022

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | ART Exhibit (in person)

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Public Lecture (in person and online)

This event has limited capacity. If attending in person, please RSVP by Monday December 5^th. Should you register and no longer be able to attend, please contact Vesti Powell.

Friesen lecture with Lorne Tyrrell

Lisa Loiselle — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 20:24:39 +0000

Friesen lecture with Lorne Tyrrell Lisa Loiselle Mon, 11/07/2022 - 15:24

��ݮ��Ƶ faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the Friesen lecture featuring Dr. David Lorne J. Tyrrell, recipient of the 2021 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research, awarded by Friends of CIHR. Dr. Tyrrell is a distinguished professor at the University of Alberta with major interests in the prevention and treatment of viral diseases. His multi-faceted career in academic medicine, virology, pharmaceutical enterprise and dedicated advocacy for health research in Canada are being honoured with the 2021 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research.

Please register to attend in person or virtually.

Research Talks

Lisa Loiselle — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:47:34 +0000

Research Talks Lisa Loiselle Thu, 04/07/2022 - 15:47

Health system decision-making in a post COVID-19 Canada

The Office of Research is hosting the spring edition of Research Talks on Tuesday, April 26 from 12 - 1:30 p.m.

Guest speakers include: Helen Angus (Public Health Ontario), Dr. Sacha Bhatia (Ontario Health), John Hirdes (University of ��ݮ��Ƶ), Anita Layton (University of ��ݮ��Ƶ), David O’Toole (CIHI), Peter Wallace (Munk Institute of Global Affairs and Public Policy)

Please register to receive a link for this WebEx webinar.

Friesen Lecture with Sir Mark Walport: Online event

Lisa Loiselle — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 16:40:31 +0000

Friesen Lecture with Sir Mark Walport: Online event Lisa Loiselle Thu, 11/25/2021 - 11:40

You are invited to attend the Friesen lecture, "When Science meets Society: The competition between knowledge and values," featuring Sir Mark Walport, recipient of the 2020 Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research.

Sir Walport is a physician-scientist, academic leader, and visionary health research planner who retired in 2020 from his role as Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) which brings together the seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England. He is a champion of fundamental science in health research, engineering, technology and innovation.

Please register to receive a link to the online event (via Microsoft Teams Live Events).

Indigenous Speakers Series presents Jean Teillet

Lisa Loiselle — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:48:05 +0000

Indigenous Speakers Series presents Jean Teillet Lisa Loiselle Wed, 11/10/2021 - 13:48

The Indigenous Speakers Series is pleased and honoured to present Jean Teillet, lawyer, author, teacher and artist, as the first of our 2021-22 speakers.

About joining the online event

Please mark your calendar and join the event via the Teams livestream link that will be provided on this page within two weeks of the event date (December 2). No sign-in or registration required!
This event will offer American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. Instructions for accessing ASL interpretation alongside the event livestream, will be posted on this page as soon as possible.

Bridges lecture: The Platonic solids as Tiffany lamps, art objects and stepping-stones to higher dimensions

Sabrina Hutchison — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:12:26 +0000

Bridges lecture: The Platonic solids as Tiffany lamps, art objects and stepping-stones to higher dimensions Sabrina Hutchison Mon, 02/06/2017 - 13:12

For two millennia, the regular Platonic polyhedra have fascinated not just mathematicians, but also artists and the general public. When realized in appropriate materials, these shapes yield beautiful art objects.

In this seminar, Hans Schepker will present some of his beautiful constructions realized in glass and metal and tell the audience how he conceives of these shapes and then realizes these artful sculptures. Carlo Sequin will analyze why there are exactly five Platonic solids, and then use these insights to derive the number of completely regular polytopes in 4 and higher dimensions.