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SUMMARY:Invited Academic Seminar Series - Vivian Mushahwar- Walking Again after Spinal Cord Injury (Virtual Only)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nVivian Mushahwar\nProfessor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation\nFaculty of Medicine & Dentistry\nUniversity of Alberta \n\nAbstract\nThe overall goal of the work in my lab is to develop interventions that improve function after neural injury or disease. In this talk\, I will focus on spinal cord injury (SCI)\, a devastating condition that drastically alters a person’s functional abilities and quality of life. I will describe our work\, which merges neuroscience\, engineering and rehabilitation\, in restoring the ability to walk after SCI. This will include a spinal micro-implant we developed for restoring standing and walking after complete SCI and a therapeutic approach we developed to improve walking after incomplete SCI.  Our interventions have the potential to improve function\, reduce the incidence of secondary complications and improve quality of life. \n\nHost\nKei Masani
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-vivian-mushahwar/
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SUMMARY:BME Holiday Cocktail Party 2022
DESCRIPTION:Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is proud to host this year’s Institute-wide holiday celebration! Get out of your labs and offices\, socialize\, get to know one another\, and help build our community. \nDate and Time:  December 13\, 2022\, 1:00-4:00 pm\nVenue:  Great Hall\, Hart House
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/bme-holiday-cocktail-party-2022/
LOCATION:Great Hall\, Hart House\, 7 Hart House Cir\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3H3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Atousa Assadi
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Risk Assessment and Prediction of Opioids Induced Respiratory Adverse Events\nAbstract: Opioids induced respiratory adverse events during sleep is a major health challenge. These adverse events are mainly characterized as prolonged reduction of airflow and respiratory rate and reduced blood oxygen saturation. The consequences are cardiopulmonary complications\, increased morbidity\, hospital length of stay\, costs\, 30-day readmission\, and higher mortality. The risk factors include age\, sex\, body mass index\, opioids’ dosage\, comorbid sleep and cardiac disorders\, and concomitant use of other medications. While identifying high-risk individuals\, proper monitoring of their respiratory function\, and timely interventions can significantly prevent the adverse events\, current techniques have low accuracy\, lack external validation\, have false errors\, cannot predict adverse respiratory events. Therefore\, in this research project\, our goal is to develop algorithms based on signal processing and artificial intelligence techniques for risk assessment and prediction of respiratory adverse events during sleep in individuals who are taking opioids. The outcome of this research can help identify high-risk individuals for more frequent monitoring of their respiratory function. Moreover\, the monitoring and prediction algorithm can be used to alert the caregivers in advance of an adverse event for initiating proper intervention.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-atousa-assadi/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Michael Tisi
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Machine Learning Assisted Pulmonary Function Assessment via Intrabreath Oscillometry\nAbstract:\nIntrabreath oscillometry is a pulmonary function test that enables the dynamic tracking of mechanical changes in the respiratory system by measuring airway impedance. Raw volume\, pressure\, and flow measurements from intrabreath oscillometry tests were input to a novel classification architecture to resolve one of the following physiologies: normal\, restrictive\, obstructive\, or mixed obstructive-restrictive functionality. The MiniROCKET algorithm was first used to generate features from input time series\ndata and train a ridge regression classifier model. When used for inference\, output classifier scores are utilized in a soft voting scheme to acquire a final\, confident prediction of pulmonary function based on all valid intrabreath oscillometry trials for\na given subject. The proposed classification architecture was able to distinguish between normal\, restrictive\, and obstructive pulmonary function with state of the art accuracy; however\, it struggled\, at first\, to differentiate between restrictive and mixed obstructive-restrictive physiologies. After identifying and removing anomalous training examples and defining a region of uncertainty instead of a rigid decision boundary for the classifier\, the proposed architecture was also able to distinguish between restrictive and mixed obstructive-restrictive pulmonary function with state of the art accuracy.\nSupervisor Name: Chung-Wai Chow; Shahrokh Valaee\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-michael-tisi/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Michael Tisi
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Machine Learning Assisted Pulmonary Function Assessment via Intrabreath Oscillometry\nAbstract:\nIntrabreath oscillometry is a pulmonary function test that enables the dynamic tracking of mechanical changes in the respiratory system by measuring airway impedance. Raw volume\, pressure\, and flow measurements from intrabreath oscillometry tests were input to a novel classification architecture to resolve one of the following physiologies: normal\, restrictive\, obstructive\, or mixed obstructive-restrictive functionality. The MiniROCKET algorithm was first used to generate features from input time series\ndata and train a ridge regression classifier model. When used for inference\, output classifier scores are utilized in a soft voting scheme to acquire a final\, confident prediction of pulmonary function based on all valid intrabreath oscillometry trials for\na given subject. The proposed classification architecture was able to distinguish between normal\, restrictive\, and obstructive pulmonary function with state of the art accuracy; however\, it struggled\, at first\, to differentiate between restrictive and mixed obstructive-restrictive physiologies. After identifying and removing anomalous training examples and defining a region of uncertainty instead of a rigid decision boundary for the classifier\, the proposed architecture was also able to distinguish between restrictive and mixed obstructive-restrictive pulmonary function with state of the art accuracy.\nSupervisor Name: Chung-Wai Chow; Shahrokh Valaee\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-michael-tisi-2/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream - Anthony Eiliazadeh
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for cell and tissue stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Rejuvenation of Type II Alveolar Epithelial Cells Using Interrupted Reprogramming to Reverse the Hallmarks of Aging\nAbstract: Autologous lung cell therapy applications for the elderly are limited by suitable cell sources given cellular health declines with age. Alveolar type 2 (AT2) cells\, noted to be the distal lung epithelial cell progenitor cell\, have shown to be useful as a therapeutic cell source for a number of lung pathologies including Pulmonary Fibrosis. We look to identify aging hallmarks and use a novel transient reprogramming strategy to reverse damage resulting from age and disease. Our reprogramming approach is based on doxycycline-mediated induction of pluripotency stem cell genes\, Oct4\, Klf4\, c-Myc\, and Sox2 (OKMS)\, resulting in transient expression for a defined period\, thus generating rejuvenated aged AT2-induced progenitor-like (AT2-iPL) cells. Our findings show that aged (≥65 years old) human AT2 cells have limited clonal potential and are functionally deficient compared to young (≤35 years old) AT2 cells. The aged alveolospheres are smaller and appear to have a different morphology which will be explored further. Aged AT2 cells have increased DNA damage and increased gene expression for senescence biomarkers including p21 and SA-β galactosidase- this might contribute to the lack of proliferation in aged alveolospheres. We look to add additional assays investigating telomere length and telomere maintenance genes\, epigenetic marks\, and mitochondrial health. After we have applied our interrupted reprogramming process to aged AT2 cells\, we will characterize AT2-iPL cells and assess if they have restored functionality like young AT2 cells. Thus\, providing a rejuvenated population for therapeutic use with the elimination of cell-intrinsic deficits after the reprogramming process.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Waddell\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-cell-and-tissue-stream-anthony-eiliazadeh/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221216T120000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Molecular Stream - Jose Gilberto Camacho Valenzuela
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Molecular Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for molecular stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Developing and miniaturizing Digital Microfluidic platforms for immunoassays\nAbstract:\nCapacity to test\, track and monitor immune status against any antigen quantitatively is becoming more and more important for personalized medicine. Different types of detection technologies have been emerged and implemented.\nSome of them (such as conventional ELISA) are highly sensitive but unfortunately\, they lack of portability\, requiring laboratory conditions to be operated. However\, important effort has been done in order to move out the diagnostics from the lab\, developing miniaturized portable technology such as Lateral Flow Assays\, or another powerful platforms such as paper-based biosensors. They are not only portable\, but also low cost and time-responses are incredibly fast (5-15 min) compared to conventional immunoassays.\nHowever\, sensitivity is something that needs to be improved in these technologies to be compared to the conventional immunoassays.\nThere are other technologies that have recently emerged such as Digital Microfluidics (DMF)\, which is a liquid-handling technology that can manipulate liquids in discrete droplets.\nBy applying an electrical potential individually on an electrode array\, this not only allows us to move droplets in a fully controllable way\, but also to split\, dispense and merge them\, giving us the capability to make an entire laboratory protocol within a Digital microfluidic chip in a fully automated way.\nHence\, during my PhD\, as Aim 1\, I will be focused on the development of an ELISA immunoassay for COVID-19 immune response on a Digital Microfluidic platform.\nAs a second Aim\, a miniaturized DMF platform for immunoassays will be implemented\, towards a hand-held\, low-cost device.\nSupervisor Name: Aaron Wheeler\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-molecular-stream-jose-gilberto-camacho-valenzuela/
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UID:37312-1673352000-1673355600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Invited Academic Seminar Series - Cynthia Reinhart-King - The Intersection of Mechanobiology and Cellular Metabolism in Cancer (Hybrid Delivery)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nCynthia Reinhart-King\nCornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering\nProfessor of Biomedical Engineering\nDirector of Graduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering\nVanderbilt School of Engineering \n\nAbstract\nDuring solid tumor progression\, cells undergo mechanical and metabolic changes that help to fuel metastasis. To move\, cells must utilize ATP to fuel the the cellular contractility and forces that sustain migration\, however very little is known about how the metabolic state of a cell affects its ability to migrate and vice versa. In this talk\, I will describe my lab’s efforts to understand the forces driving cell movements in the tumor microenvironment and the energy required for movement. Combining tissue engineering approaches\, mouse models\, and patient samples\, we create and validate in vitro systems to understand how cells navigate the tumor stroma environment with the goal of identifying novel targets of cancer metastasis. Microfabrication and native biomaterials are used to build mimics of the paths created and taken by cells during metastasis. Using these platforms\, we have described a role for a balance between cellular energetics\, cell and matrix stiffness\, and confinement in determining migration behavior. Moreover\, we have extended this work into investigating the intersection of diabetes and the diabetic tissue microenvironment with tumor progression\, showing that mechanical changes in the tissue due to diabetes can promote cancer. Overall\, our work has demonstrated key mechanical drivers of metastasis within the tissue microenvironment. \n\nHost\nPenney Gilbert
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/invited-academic-seminar-series-cynthia-reinhart-king/
LOCATION:Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research\, Red Room\, 160 College Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3E1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Behrad TaghiBeyglou
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Development of accessible digital technologies to improve sleep assessment in people experiencing homelessness\nAbstract:\nIn Toronto\, there are 8\,700 people experiencing homelessness (PEH) on any given night. It has been shown that PEH are at high risk of chronic disorders\, such as diabetes\, heart or mental disease\, which are common comorbid conditions of sleep apnea. However\, there is no study on the prevalence and consequences of sleep apnea in PEH. Due to several barriers to healthcare\, such as low trust in care providers and difficulty visiting medical facilities\, PEH have limited access to sleep care. Hence\, sleep apnea remains a potential cause of morbidity and mortality in this population. The goal of this study is to assess the feasibility and potential of digital technologies to provide equitable access to sleep care for adults who live in shelters in Toronto.\nIn this study\, we aim to address the current gap in sleep care to shelter residents through 4 interconnected objectives. First\, we will investigate the prevalence of sleep problems among shelter residents. Second\, we will develop a smartphone application to estimate the risk of sleep problems using speech and video analyses during wakefulness\, to provide a more accessible and accurate tool to screen sleep disorders in PEH. Third\, in participants diagnosed with sleep apnea\, we will investigate the feasibility of providing patient-centered sleep apnea treatment\, including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or oral appliances (OA). Fourth\, we will investigate the accuracy of a new approach based on snoring sounds analysis to predict the efficiency of OA to treat sleep apnea in PEH\, which would improve selection of the optimum treatment option for this population.\nBy accomplishing the objectives of this study\, more information about the sleep disorders in PEH will be gained\, and the feasibility of providing sleep apnea treatment in PEH will be investigated. Also\, with the help of digital technologies and simple modalities such as snoring sounds\, the diagnosis and treatment of sleep problems will be more feasible\, efficient\, and accessible for PEH.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-behrad-taghibeyglou/
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Ava Danialy
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Pre-clinical Evaluation of an Image-Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Platform for in utero Therapy\nAbstract: N/A\nSupervisor Name: Dr. James Drake\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-ava-danialy/
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CREATED:20221117T205248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T203736Z
UID:39394-1673611200-1673613000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Molecular Stream - Sean McGrath
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Molecular Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for molecular stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Microbubbles for endobronchial ultrasound induced lung cancer diagnosis and therapy\nAbstract: TBD\nSupervisor Name: Naomi Matsuura\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-molecular-stream-sean-mcgrath/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230118T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20220818T154345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T191944Z
UID:38416-1674043200-1674046800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Student Town Hall Meeting for Clinical Stream (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/student-town-hall-meeting-for-clinical-stream/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230118T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230118T220000
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CREATED:20230103T192508Z
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UID:39623-1674075600-1674079200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Knowledge-Based Planning: Prediction\, Optimization\, and Open-Access Advances
DESCRIPTION:The Joint CARTE (University of Toronto) and University of Seoul Applied AI seminar series welcomes Professor Timothy Chan. \nRegistration: Please register through here. \nAbstract: In this talk\, I will present recent work our group has done in knowledge-based planning\, including the development of dose prediction and optimization models. I will also discuss the organization and results of the Open Knowledge-Based Planning Challenge (OpenKBP)\, an AAPM-sponsored international competition to compare dose prediction models on a large open-access dataset of head-and-neck cancer patients. Finally\, I will present follow-up work from an international collaboration that extends OpenKBP to include plan optimization. \nBio: Timothy Chan is the Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost\, Strategic Initiatives of the University of Toronto\, the Canada Research Chair in Novel Optimization and Analytics in Health\, a Professor in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering\, and a Senior Fellow of Massey College. His primary research interests are in operations research\, optimization\, and applied machine learning\, with applications in healthcare\, medicine\, sustainability\, and sports. He received his B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of British Columbia (2002)\, and his Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007). Before coming to Toronto\, he was an Associate in the Chicago office of McKinsey and Company (2007-2009)\, a global management consulting firm. During that time\, he advised leading companies in the fields of medical device technology\, travel and hospitality\, telecommunications\, and energy on issues of strategy\, organization\, technology and operations.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/knowledge-based-planning-prediction-optimization-and-open-access-advances/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230119T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20220818T154625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230117T193836Z
UID:38418-1674129600-1674133200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Student Town Hall Meeting for Cell & Tissue Stream (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/student-town-hall-meeting-for-cell-tissue-stream/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230119T140000
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CREATED:20230103T192721Z
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UID:39629-1674133200-1674136800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Building a Leading Digital Healthcare Platform with Data and AI
DESCRIPTION:CARTE Industry Speaker Seminar Series welcomes Brandon Rufino\, Ingrid Grozavu\, Kartik Pant\, Nitesh Soni\, and Dimitrije Jankovic from Sanofi’s AI Center of Excellence for an in-person industry speaker seminar. \nTopic: Building a Leading Digital Healthcare Platform with Data and AI \nDate and Time: Thursday\, January 19\, 2023 (1:00 – 2:00 PM EST) \nRegistration: Please register through this link. Capacity is limited. Please register early\, and if applicable with your University of Toronto email address\, to get priority access to this event. \nVenue: Bahen Building (40 St. George Street\, Toronto\, M5S 2E4)\, Room 1200 \nAbstract: AI has the power to transform the pharmaceutical industry from increasing research precision\, to improving safety for patients\, and advancing science. As a part of their mission to chase the miracles of science\, Sanofi’s AI Center of Excellence opened in Toronto in 2022. Now a year old and a part of the global Digital Data team\, the team is developing critical products in research\, clinical development\, manufacturing\, supply chain and corporate that are being deployed across Sanofi’s 100+ markets. The team will share an overview of the critical business problems being solved\, along with the AI and analytical techniques done to get there\, as well as their Machine Learning Operations platform that helps the team achieve speed and scale with appropriate compute and controls. A deep dive will be done on techniques used for indication identification for clinical data\, yield optimization in manufacturing sites and next best action engines. \nSpeaker Bios:  \nBrandon Rufino: Brandon is a computational science lead on the Integrative Clinical Data program that provides ML models to accelerate clinical trial design along several steps within the Development cycle. Brandon is a Biomedical Engineering by training\, and has built several digital applications and machine learning models working with clinical and health care data throughout his academic and industry journey. \nIngrid Grozavu: Ingrid is a project manager on the computational science team that builds ML models to enhance drug development (R&D) activities at Sanofi. Ingrid is a biochemist by training\, and recently completed her PhD at U of T in high throughput and AI-driven cancer drug discovery. \nKartik Pant: Kartik is Sanofi’s Head of Industrial Affairs Data and AI Solutions in the Global Digital Data team. He is responsible for driving value across Sanofi’s Manufacturing sites and Supply Chain through build and implementation of cutting-edge AI solutions and robust data foundations. Kartik has prior experience in delivering innovative Digital solutions to drive large-scale transformation and value generation in Operations across Healthcare\, CPG\, Automotive industries. \nNitesh Soni: Nitesh is a Data Science & AI commercial leader in the Global Digital Data Toronto hub. He brings several years of experience of building end-to-end AI solutions in multiple industries. Few examples of his current focused areas are to provide Best-in-class customer experience\, recommending AI driven communications to HCPs\, augment to data-driven marketing strategies and  help in modernize corporate function areas. He leads a data science team distributed across North America and Europe. \nDimitrije Jankovic: Dimitrije is Sanofi’s Head of Data and AI Strategy\, responsible for innovation\, ecosystems\, strategy\, transformation and the portfolio management office within Sanofi’s Global Digital Data team. Dimitrije is an engineer by training\, with experience in leading large scale transformations in data and AI across various industries including healthcare\, transportation\, telecommunications and public sector. \n 
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/building-a-leading-digital-healthcare-platform-with-data-and-ai/
LOCATION:Bahen Centre\, 40 St George St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 2E4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230120T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
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UID:38421-1674216000-1674219600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Student Town Hall Meeting for Molecular Stream (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/student-town-hall-meeting-for-molecular-stream/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230125T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20220914T210734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230124T210731Z
UID:38804-1674648000-1674649800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Soowan Choi
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Validity Assessment of a 3D Depth Sensor for Movement Tracking in Children with Cerebral Palsy\nAbstract: Bootle Blast (BB) and Bootle Boot Camp (BC) are interactive video games to support rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy (CP) using a low-cost 3D depth sensor\, the Orbbec Persee+. The aim of this study is to establish the clinical utility and accuracy of the Orbbec Persee+ as a sensor for tracking therapy exercises and movement during game play. Thirty children (with CP and typically developing) will execute 15 repetitions of therapeutically relevant upper and lower limb exercises within the context of playing 7 mini-games. Kinematic measurements will be computed from the joint coordinate data of the Orbbec and a gold standard marker-based motion analysis system for comparison. The accuracy of the Orbbec will be determined through the Pearson’s correlation coefficient (R)\, coefficient of variation (CV)\, root mean squared error (RMSE)\, Bland-Altman plot (BAP)\, and a paired t-test (p<0.05).\nSupervisor Name: Elaine Biddiss\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-soowan-choi/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230125T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230125T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20221008T215319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230124T210731Z
UID:39048-1674649800-1674651600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Shaurya Gupta
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: OCT Imaging of Injured Rat Spinal Cord\nAbstract: TBD\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Albert Yee and Dr. Victor Yang\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-shaurya-gupta/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230126T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20221021T221258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210756Z
UID:39143-1674734400-1674736200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream - Azin Mirzajavadkhan
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for cell and tissue stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Analyzing the impact of multimodal metastatic treatment on femoral bone quality\nAbstract: Skeletal bone metastases may appear in up to 1/3 of all cancer patients and can cause pain\, fractures\, neurologic impairment\, and reduce quality of life. Skeletal metastasis can present as: osteolytic (bone destroying)\, osteoblastic (bone generating)\, or as a mixture of the two. Treatment of metastases are aimed to decrease pain\, provide skeletal stability\, locally control tumor growth\, and improve mobility. Treatment methods include local therapies\, such as radiation therapy (RT) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA)\, systemic drugs (i.e.\, bisphosphonates (BPs))\, and chemotherapeutic agents (i.e.\, docetaxel). RT is the standard care for bone metastasis. It uses high doses of ionizing radiation to diminish osteoclasts activation while reducing tumor volume. RFA uses the heat produced by an alternating current which induces ionic modulation causing targeted ablation of tissues. BPs reduce bone reabsorption by limiting osteoclastic action which leads to an increase in bone mineral density (BMD) overtime. Chemotherapy treatments such as docetaxel can cause myelosuppression and decrease BMD and bone strength. However\, this can be ameliorated by BP treatment. In our laboratory to date\, we have primarily evaluated the impact of cancer treatments on bone quality focused on osteolytic disease\, demonstrating differences in both the mineral and organic phases of bone with subsequent impact on bone mechanical properties. We have further shown that RFA leads to improved mineralization profiles with respect to mineral content and homogeneity in a novel preclinical rodent model of osteoblastic femoral metastases. With multiple treatment options for skeletal metastasis\, it is crucial to understand the effects of new\, existing\, and combinational therapies on both tumour destruction and bone quality. This information can lead to improvement in diagnosis\, fracture risk assessment\, treatment planning and delivery.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Cari Whyne\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-cell-and-tissue-stream-azin-mirzajavadkhan-2/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230126T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230126T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20221021T221258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210756Z
UID:39144-1674736200-1674738000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream - saba rafieian
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for cell and tissue stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Craniomaxillofacial restoration: Innovative tool development to aid nasal reconstruction\nAbstract: The craniomaxillofacial (CMF) anatomy is a complex 3D structure composed of soft tissues covering an intricately shaped skeletal foundation. Traumatic injury can negatively impact CMF form and function (psychosocial and physical well-being). In post-traumatic reconstructive nasal reconstruction\, septal cartilage (which provides the foundation of structure and support to the nasal airway) is often deficient and struts from costal (rib) cartilage are used to re-create the central “L strut” support through a labor-intensive manual approach. The major disadvantage of using costal cartilage is its tendency to warp and various clinical techniques have been suggested to try to carve straight struts from costal cartilage (overcoming warping) to recreate the “L strut”. Specifically\, cartilage harvested autologously from the synchondrosis junction between the 6th and 7th rib of the patient cut into slices a few millimeters thick has been used to recreate the struts of the nasal septum. In this\, transverse slicing has shown significantly less graft warp and the ability to yield multiple struts from one piece of harvested rib. It has been postulated that the lower tendency for graft warp using this technique may be due to the directionality of slicing\, preserving the balance of cross-sectional forces. Manual preparation of grafts may result in an imbalance of these forces resulting in the unwanted warp (due to cartilage anisotropy) and the consequent paucity of useable graft material.\nSupervisor Name: Drs. Cari Whyne and Jeff Fialkov\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-cell-and-tissue-stream-saba-rafieian-2/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230127T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230127T070000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20230109T190055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T190345Z
UID:39673-1674799200-1674802800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Data-Driven Approaches to Studying Neighborhoods and Health Inequalities – Prof. Dustin Duncan
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Inequity Speaker Series with Associate Professor Dustin Duncan\, from the Department of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Social and Spatial Epidemiology Unit\, Columbia University. \nREGISTER HERE.  \nDate: January 27\, 2023 \nTime: 11 am – 12 pm \nFormat: Hybrid (in-person & virtual) \nTalk Title: Data-Driven Approaches to Studying Neighborhoods and Health Inequalities \nAbstract: The field of neighborhoods and health (sometimes referred to as spatial epidemiology) has grown exponentially in the last twenty years\, especially since the publication of the first edition of Neighborhoods and Health edited by Ichiro Kawachi and Lisa Berkman in 2003. There is a large literature on the influence of neighborhoods on health to date. Indeed\, many reviews and technical reports of accumulated neighborhoods and health research have been conducted. This talk will provide an overview on the range of established and emerging quantitative methods used in neighborhoods and health research\, including emerging methodological approaches deriving measures of neighborhood environments from postings on social media platforms and crowd-sourced web-based data. These data-driven approach to studying neighborhoods and health will be applied to health inequalities research.   Speaker Profile: Dustin T. Duncan\, ScD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health\, where he directs Columbia’s Spatial Epidemiology Lab and co-directs the department’s Social and Spatial Epidemiology Unit. Dr. Duncan is an internationally recognized Social and Spatial Epidemiologist. His research broadly seeks to understand how social and contextual factors especially neighborhood characteristics influence population health. Dr. Duncan’s intersectional research focuses on Black cisgender gay\, bisexual and other sexual minority men and transgender women of color. His work appears in leading public health\, epidemiology\, medical\, geography\, criminology\, demography\, and psychology journals. Working in collaborations with scholars across the world\, he has over 200 high-impact articles\, book chapters and books (>100 first or senior-authored)\, and his research has appeared in major media outlets including U.S. News & World Report\, The Washington Post\, The New York Times and CNN. Dr. Duncan’s recent work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health\, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, the HIV Prevention Trials Network\, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, the Verizon Foundation\, and the Aetna Foundation. He has received several early career and distinguished scientific contribution\, mentoring and leadership awards including from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)\, the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS).
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/data-driven-approaches-to-studying-neighborhoods-and-health-inequalities-prof-dustin-duncan/
LOCATION:700 University Avenue\, Room 17020
CATEGORIES:External Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230127T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230127T120000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20230112T144336Z
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UID:39713-1674817200-1674820800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Modeling in Medicine: Case Studies in Cancer and COVID-19
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URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/modeling-in-medicine-case-studies-in-cancer-and-covid-19/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:External Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20221213T193757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T212250Z
UID:39534-1675252800-1675254600@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Taseen Jawad
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Selective recording in human median nerve using CNNs – A simulation study\nAbstract: Limb loss\, specifically hand amputations can result in significant reduction in the quality of life of people. While modern prosthetics exist that are capable of performing the operations of the human hand\, controlling the limb is often cumbersome and a primary factor in prosthetic abandonment. This study attempts to expand on selective recording methods that have been applied to rat sciatic nerves. These methods are used on data derived from extraneural implants which is a type of neural interface for peripheral nerves. Previous works are expanded by applying the methodologies to more complex human median nerves in contrast to rat sciatic nerves. Due to the application of convolutional neural networks as part of the pipeline\, a simulation of the median nerve is be the method of investigation and simulated action potentials are used to train the algorithm. The aim of this study is to use modelled extraneural electrode data of simulated action potentials to isolate the source fascicles within the nerve responsible for the action potential.\nSupervisor Name: Jose Zariffa\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-taseen-jawad/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230201T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20230111T203730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T212250Z
UID:39700-1675254600-1675256400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Adam Gravitis
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Ictal ECG-based assessment of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy\nAbstract: We discuss a metric for assessing SUDEP risk from ECG recordings using SSA-ICA and phase-phase cross frequency coupling (PPC). This metric expands traditional ECG features (heart rate\, heart rate variability\, QT interval) for cardiac investigations. The metric reveals significant differences between SUDEP and non-SUDEP for generalized seizures\, but not focal seizures.\nSupervisor Name: Berj Bardakjian\nYear of Study: 3\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-adam-gravitis/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230202T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20220929T213735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T212234Z
UID:38963-1675339200-1675341000@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream - Erik Jacques
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Cell and Tissue Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for cell and tissue stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: A 3D biomimetic culture assay models MuSC quiescence\nAbstract: Adult skeletal muscle harbors a population of muscle stem cells (MuSCs) that are required to repair or reform multinucleated myofibers after tissue injury. In youth\, MuSCs return to a reversible state of cell cycle arrest termed ‘quiescence’ after injury resolution. By contrast\, a proportion of MuSCs in aged muscle remain in a semi-activated state\, causing a premature response to subsequent injury cues that results in incomplete tissue repair and eventual stem cell depletion. Regulation of the balance between MuSC quiescence and activation in youth and in age may hold the key to restoring tissue homeostasis with age\, but is incompletely understood. To fill this gap\, we developed a simple and tractable in vitro method\, with a 96-well footprint\, to rapidly inactivate MuSCs freshly isolated from young skeletal muscle tissue\, and return them to a quiescent-like state for at least one-week. This was achieved by introducing MuSCs into a three-dimensional (3D) bioartificial niche comprised of a thin sheet of multinucleated myotubes\, which we iterate\, and analyze temporally\, to show that these in vivo niche features provide the minimal cues necessary to inactivate MuSCs and induce quiescence.\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Penney Gilbert\nYear of Study: 4\nProgram of Study: PhD\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-cell-and-tissue-stream-erik-jacques/
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CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230203T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230203T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20230103T192757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230103T192759Z
UID:39634-1675425600-1675429200@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:OncoSim – A Free Cancer Simulation Tool to Advance Cancer Control
DESCRIPTION:CARTE Industry Speaker Seminar Series welcome Jean Yong and Dr. Rochelle Garner\, for an in-person industry speaker seminar. \nTopic: OncoSim – A Free Cancer Simulation Tool to Advance Cancer Control \nDate and Time: Friday Feb 3\, 2023 (12:00 – 1:00 PM EST) \nSpeakers: Jean Yong (Canadian Partnership Against Cancer) and Dr. Rochelle Garner (Statistics Canada) \nRegistration: Please register by filling out this form. Capacity is limited. Please register early to avoid disappointment. \nVenue: Sandford Fleming Building (10 King’s College Rd\, Toronto\, ON M5S 3G4)\, Room 3201 \nAbstract: Simulation models are essential tools for evaluating healthcare interventions; however\, developing these complex models is resource-intensive\, and the results may not be timely for informing policy decisions. OncoSim is the only cancer simulation tool that is available for free to users; they can modify the model inputs to answer their policy questions. Combining Canadian data from the real world\, expert opinion and clinical trials\, OncoSim projects health and economic outcomes and attributes them to 19 risk factors\, such as smoking and physical inactivity. OncoSim currently models four cancer sites and related screening programs in detail (breast\, colorectal\, lung and cervical cancers) and provides high-level projections for 25 other cancer sites. OncoSim’s projections have helped inform cancer control planning decisions across Canada. In this presentation\, we will introduce OncoSim and share our experience in developing and maintaining a cancer simulation tool aimed at informing policy decisions. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nTo learn about OncoSim – a microsimulation model built with Canadian data to inform cancer control policy decisions\nTo learn about the experience of developing and maintaining disease-based simulation models (how are they different than the conventional models built to answer one specific question?)\n To learn about the successes and challenges in keeping disease-based models useful for policymakers\n\n  \nSpeakers Bios: \nJean Yong: Jean completed her training in Operations Research and Health Economics at the University of Toronto. She has more than 15 years’ experience in generating evidence to inform healthcare resource allocation decisions. In addition to developing Markov models for health technology assessments\, she has worked on a discrete event simulation model to manage surgical resources\, a data portal and a spatial web application for infectious disease planning\, and disease-based simulation models built to answer different policy questions. \nRochelle Garner: Rochelle received her doctorate in epidemiology from McMaster University in 2007. She started her post-doctoral career conducting population health research in the Health Analysis Division at Statistics Canada\, with a particular focus on statistical methods and novel analytic approaches. She is presently the manager of the Microsimulation and Modelling Section in the Heath Analysis Division at StatCan\, where her team develops and maintains microsimulation models\, including OncoSim and POHEM\, and other epidemiological and predictive models.
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/oncosim-a-free-cancer-simulation-tool-to-advance-cancer-control/
LOCATION:Sandford Fleming Building\, 10 King's College Rd\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3G4\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230205T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230205T160000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20230112T182119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T182206Z
UID:39723-1675589400-1675612800@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:"Radiance" - TEDxUofT 2023 Conference
DESCRIPTION:Bringing the very best of UofT together.\n\n\nLike a radiant light\, ideas originate from an individual to a community\, providing a presence felt by the ears\, the eyes\, and the mind. TEDxUofT is proud to bring back our first in-person conference since 2019 in an entirely new context of a post-COVID world. From decrypting the art of networking to learning how to think positively in the face of adversity\, to student leaders breaking stories through journalism\, our expertly curated masters of their craft are bringing their radiance to the University of Toronto. \nDoors Open: 9:30am \nThere will be intermissions during the show. \nTEDxUofT is committed to creating an accessible space; for special accessibility needs\, please email chiefofstaff@tedxuoft.com \nUse code earlybird through the end of December for 10% off your tickets!
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/radiance-tedxuoft-2023-conference/
LOCATION:Isabel Bader Theatre\, 93 Charles Street West\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 2C7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230208T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230208T123000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20220930T213739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T212237Z
UID:38974-1675857600-1675859400@bme.utoronto.ca
SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Kiah Spencer
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Leveraging synaptic plasticity for long-lasting motor-recovery in Parkinson’s disease\nAbstract: TBA\nSupervisor Name: Dr. Luka Milosevic\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
URL:https://bme.utoronto.ca/event/graduate-seminar-series-clinical-stream-kiah-spencer/
LOCATION:ON
CATEGORIES:Graduate Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230208T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230208T130000
DTSTAMP:20260420T190107
CREATED:20221213T193757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T212237Z
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SUMMARY:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream - Ali Howidi
DESCRIPTION:Graduate Seminar Series: Clinical Stream\nGraduate Seminar Series for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME). This day is for clinical stream presenters.\nIf you would like to invite your Principal Investigator\, please add their email via the ‘Add Guest’ button and they will also be notified of your presentation.\nPresentation Title: Arterial Blood Pressure Estimation By Electrical Recording\nAbstract: This research aims to explore a novel form of recording continuous blood pressure through an implanted device. Blood pressure is consistently examined for its tie to overall body health. Significant differences in blood pressure such as in hypertension and hypotension can lead to drastic complications. Previous literature has found correlations between blood pressure variability and other chronic conditions as well as mortality. Despite recent neuroprosthetic research finding success using baroreceptor stimulation to modulate blood pressure\, all these devices use passive stimulation to lower blood pressure. Blood pressure modulation does not have a feedback system for any specific increase in blood pressure. Our approach explores the implementation of a cuff electrode to estimate blood pressure. Successful results would provide a tool for an individual to passively track their blood pressure patterns without the use of any external devices.\nSupervisor Name: Paul Yoo\nYear of Study: 2\nProgram of Study: MASc\nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89610372821?pwd=azd4SCtYVWtreVovaGNPV1c2NGY2Zz09\nMeeting ID: 896 1037 2821\nPassword: 483329\nPowered by Calendly.com
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SUMMARY:Invited Academic Seminar Series - Silvestro Micera- Soft Embodiment for Engineering Artificial Limbs (Virtual Only)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker\nSilvestro Micera\nFull Professor\, Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Translational Neuroengineering\nEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) \n\nAbstract\nNeural engineering is a novel discipline combining engineering including micro and nanotechnology\, electrical and mechanical\, and computer science with cellular\, molecular\, cognitive neuroscience. Our of the most important goals of neural engineering is to develop approaches to repair\, restore\, and augment sensory and motor functions. \nWe recently proposed to achieve this goal by exploiting also a new general approach\, which we term ‘soft embodiment’. We posit that the objective for (neural) engineers is not always to create systems that are processed exactly like their natural counterparts. It is also to create technologies that can exploit the processing of the body for their own sake.  In short\, the aim is not always to mimic but also to “recycle” neural resources. \nIn this presentation\, I will provide several examples on how this concept can be used to develop bionic systems to restore and augment sensory and motor functions in different conditions. In particular\, I will show how implantable interfaces can be used to restore sensory (tactile and temperature feedback for artificial limbs\, visions)\, motor (grasping\, locomotion)\, and autonomic functions (for cardiovascular problems) and how it is possible to develop effective control strategies for supernumerary limbs. \n\nHost\nMilos Popovic
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