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August 5, 2020 | A graduate from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto (2008), Dr. Rahul Sarugaser took an unconventional step away from benchtop science and ventured into the world of investment. Now, he is evaluating investment prospects in healthcare, biotech, and cannabis at a tier-1 investment bank in Toronto. We sat down with Rahul at his office at Raymond James Ltd. to reflect on how he began his journey in Biomedical Engineering, and his transition into a seemingly adjacent field.
April 01, 2020 | Engineering alumni startup Nanoleaf to source more than one million masks amid COVID-19 shortages
December 10, 2019 | Sarah Sarabadani, Michael Li, and Marija Cotic worked in different Biomedical Engineering labs at the University of Toronto. Now they have all converged at Klick Health, a rapidly growing healthcare marketing and commercialization agency, headquartered in Toronto. We sat down to talk about their day-to-day activities and how they were able to leverage their skills to transition into non-traditional healthcare roles.
Co-founded in 2013 by Liz Munro (IBBME0T9), Perimeter Medical Imaging’s mission is to provide better tools for cancer surgeons. They specialize in building real-time, high resolution imaging devices which provide sub-surface images of tissue that can be used by surgeons for intra-operative tissue assessment.
December 10, 2019 | Imagine being dropped off at the edge of an urban city with crisscrossing streets and no navigational instructions. The roads often run into dead-ends and are full of pot-holes, the network reception is non-existent, and the buildings aren’t numbered. If you want to get from the edge of the city into the downtown core, the only logical way is to map out your own route.
December 10, 2019 | Dr. Hai-Ling Margaret Cheng is an IBBME/ECE faculty member at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research.
December 10, 2019 | When Dr. Jan Andrysek was a master’s student at Holland Bloorview Hospital in 1998, he was already working alongside rehabilitation engineers and clinicians to develop solutions to help kids walk.
December 28, 2018 | Dr. Tom Chau's lab is bringing mobility to those who opt to use their mind to control movements
December 28, 2018 | Professor Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez is trying to tease out the communication barriers between cells during wound repair
December 28, 2018 | After a climbing accident left him paralysed from the neck down, newly appointed University of Toronto Professor Michael Garton forged a new career in research
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