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Tell Me More: Coffee With Chris – Nika Shakiba
Nika Shakiba (BME PhD 1T7) joins Chris Yip to discuss her work as an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and her research on stem cells.
Oddity is investing more than $100 million to acquire biotech startup Revela
David Zhang (BME 2016) co-founded Revela in 2021. Recently, his company was purchased by Oddity in a $100 million deal
Tell Me More: Coffee With Chris – Jenna Usprech
In the latest episode of Tell Me More, Dean Chris Yip sits down with BME alumna and assistant professor Jenna Usprech to discuss teaching strategies, student wellness and critical thinking in engineering classrooms.
Answering business questions with AI algorithms
After Brandon Rufino completed his master’s in clinical engineering at BME in 2021, he leveraged skillsets in coding, machine learning, and biomedical engineering to design adaptable platforms that helps answer business questions at Sanofi.
Solving healthcare problems through strategic consulting
Completed her Ph.D. in Dr. Paul Santerre’s lab in 2019, Dr. Meghan Wright always had a passion for entrepreneurship, business, and science. After graduating, Meghan interned briefly with the life sciences investment firm Bloom Burton & Co. as a consultant before joining Shift Health, a life sciences and healthcare strategy consulting firm located in Toronto. Now Meghan is working on projects across a wide range of areas – from the private sector to academia, to help transform healthcare.
Making academic articles more accessible
Graduated from BME in 2021, Dr. Lazar Jovanovic is now developing a platform, Summations, which allows researchers to efficiently communicate their work with large and broad audiences by enhancing the reader’s understanding of academic articles.
U of T grad Ben Ouyang wants to answer the ‘questions that matter most to patients and their families’
Dr. Ben Ouyang shares his journey in medicine, how mentorship inspired his research in cancer nanomedicine and what his future holds.
Applying scientific rigor in the beauty and wellness industry
David Zhang obtained a MASc in 2016. In 2021, David and his colleagues founded Revela, a startup company that aims to use the latest advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and biotechnology to create better consumer products.
Grads to Watch – Sayeh Bayat
Dr. Sayeh Bayat, a recent graduate from Dr. Alex Mihalidis lab, was featured as one of the Grads to Watch.
Why Salma Hindy left a career in biomedical engineering to pursue standup comedy (Toronto Star)
Salma Hindy graduated in 2018 with a biomedical engineering degree. Now she shifted her focus to standup comedy.
Rethinking surgical safety as a culture as opposed to the end outcome
Rethinking surgical safety as a culture as opposed to the end outcome Recently completing her graduate degree at BME, Amalia Gil continued her career path as a clinical implementation engineer, […]
Ten alumni and students honoured with 2021 Engineering Alumni Network Awards
Ten outstanding members of the U of T Engineering community were recognized on November 4 at the 2021 Engineering Alumni Network (EAN) Awards.
Saving lives – one breath at a time
Derek Watt completed his Master of Applied Science (MASc) degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2007. Now working as the Director of Commercial Products at Thornhill Medical, Derek is part of a team that designs, builds, and supplies a robust line of field-ready respiratory devices. Thornhill Medical’s products are specifically designed for military, field hospital, transport medical and first responder teams.
BME Alumni Profile – Zhamak Abdi
Alumnus Zhamak Abdi, is a senior biomedical device engineer at ChipCare, a Toronto-based start-up company which is developing accessible and affordable multiplex point-of-care diagnostics for infectious diseases.
From researcher to product engineer
Graduated in 2019 with a PhD in biomedical engineering, Peter Aldridge continued his passion in developing and engineering novel therapeutics for stem cell therapies at BlueRock Therapeutics in Toronto. Here he shares some of his insights on applying biomedical engineering concepts in an industry position.
Common thread – from sewing to developing wearable technologies
Dr. Amanda Fleury took up sewing as a hobby during her undergraduate years, not knowing it would become the common thread that would connect her PhD research to her job prospects. Graduated in 2018 from Dr. Tom Chau’s lab at BME, Amanda spent majority of her PhD researching brain-computer interfaces and various cloth materials that could be applied to commercial products. Now, Amanda is leveraging her biomedical engineering skills to develop wearable technologies for meditation.
From Biomedical Engineering to Wall Street
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.
Engineering alumni startup Nanoleaf to source more than one million masks amid COVID-19 shortages
Engineering alumni startup Nanoleaf to source more than one million masks amid COVID-19 shortages
Exit Strategy
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.
Making the (right) Cut
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.
Catching up with an Alumnus
In early 2015, Dr. Alborz Mahdavi started his company, Protomer Technologies after completing his studies at the University of Toronto and California Institute of Technology
Alumnus wins Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence
Alumnus Dr. Alphonsus Ng is the recipient of this year’s Douglas R. Colton Award for Research Excellence.
Grads to Watch 2018: Meet two U of T biomedical engineering students graduating this spring
Mikhail Burke and Amanda Fleury are two IBBME graduates taking unique next steps in their careers.
IBBME researchers clear hurdles toward robust supply of stem cells for research and therapy
Professor Peter Zandstra and recent PhD graduate Yonatan Lipsitz have substantiated a procedure to produce a high quantity of stem cells.
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