Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME)

IBBME Annual Research Conference 2017 celebrates biomedical engineering research achievements at U of T

May 11, 2017

On May 10, the Biomedical Engineering Students’ Association (BESA) hosted the 2017 IBBME Annual Research Conference (iARC) in the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library.

Co-chaired by PhD students Ben Ouyang and Wilson Poon, this year’s event hosted more than 300 members from the U of T Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) community to attend, present and be recognized for their research achievements in biomedical engineering over the past year.

Keynote speaker Miguel Nicolelis of Duke University (centre, right) with IBBME director Christopher Yip (centre, left) and conference co-chairs Ben Ouyang (right) and Wilson Poon (left).

In alignment with this year’s theme on Pushing Boundaries and Regaining Function, this year’s Edward Llewellyn-Thomas Distinguished Lectures welcomed Dr. Miguel Nicolelis from the Duke University School of Medicine to speak on the topic of neurological sciences and brain machine interfaces while Dr. Todd Kuiken of Northwestern University inspired the audience on his contributions to the area of physical rehabilitation.

The Innovations in Emerging Fields of Research Keynote hosted IBBME professor Penney Gilbert who presented her team’s latest work on muscle skeletal tissues.

Check out the iARC Twitter feed for more photos and tweets from the event

Formerly known as Scientific Day, the event was renamed the IBBME Annual Research Conference to more accurately represent the magnitude and impact of this longest-running, U of T student-organized flagship event.

Here are some of the photos captured from the event. A list of poster and podium award winners are also provided below.