The proposed research project is focused on customizable medical tattoo electrodes used on patients in different clinical settings. These electrodes are placed in specific places on the body and are connected to medical signal acquisition systems to collect different medical signals. The signals can include ECG (heart) signals and EMG (muscle) signals, and these signals […]

Les résidences à assistance continue sont des milieux d’hébergement où vivent des personnes avec déficience intellectuelle ou trouble du spectre de l’autisme avec trouble grave du comportement. Les services y sont donnés par des travailleurs de différentes professions, pouvant donner lieu à différentes visions de ce qui constitue une « bonne intervention ». Comment les […]

CoDES est un projet de recherche mené dans la ville de Québec qui vise à mieux comprendre les quartiers dans lesquels grandissent les jeunes enfants. Nous nous intéressons aux caractéristiques de ces quartiers qui aident ou nuisent au développement de la naissance à 5 ans. Pour obtenir un meilleur portrait global de la situation, nous […]

Machine learning applications in healthcare have shown excellent inroads in medical imaging sciences in recent years. Our research aims to improve upon and open up doors into several different pathology diagnosis applications using artificial intelligence. Contemporary research into some of these applications has shown better diagnostic capacity than expert-level clinicians. Our research into artificial intelligence […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with severe pneumonia sometimes required a type of life-support machine for their lungs called ECMO. Using large intra-venous lines, ECMO removes blood from a patient, adds oxygen to the blood, and puts it back into the body. While it can be life-saving, some patients can develop a brain injury while […]

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is an important respiratory disease characterized by recurrent blockages of the throat (‘upper airway’) during sleep. These blockages result in short lapses in breathing. The low oxygen levels and disruption of sleep caused by OSA contribute to many problems including: sleepiness, poor quality of life, awakenings during sleep, hypertension, heart disease, […]

Patients diagnosed with heart failure often require the implantation of a pacemaker to improve cardiac function, which in turn, improves exercise tolerance and quality of life. Current pacemaker models work at a fixed time interval for a given heart rate (i.e. 1 second between heart beats at 60 beats per minute). However, the body’s natural […]

In this internship, we will leverage the power of AI multi-modal algorithms to build a system for predicting the risk of cardiovascular (heart) diseases by extracting features from tabular data (clinical data and demographics) and the medical images in order to predict the risk of cardiovascular diseases at 5 years and 10 eyars. We have […]

– South Asians make up 60% of Canada’s immigrant population, with Punjabis being the fastest-growing subpopulation of this demographic in BC. Since many Punjabi women have low health literacy skills and face cultural stigmas around mental health, community-based health promotion (CBHP) programs are needed. However, such programs typically focus on supporting affluent White groups. This […]

Personalised cancer treatment is an emerging method of treating cancer that acknowledges that no two tumours are the same. This aproach aims to identify targetable proteins and predict a patients response to treatment to optimise treatment outcomes. However, additional biomarkers and drug targets need to be discovered to further improve treatment. Exosomes, are small extracellular […]

Les patients dans les services d’urgences ont besoin d’accéder aux soins dans des délais spécifiques afin d’assurer le bon traitement au bon moment. Le nombre limité des ressources humaines et la mauvaise planification ne permet pas l’exploitation optimale en urgence. Le déséquilibre entre la demande d’accès aux soins et la capacité des services d’urgences devient […]

For 40 years Aspire Richmond has provided exceptional programs and services for people with developmental disabilities, and their families, by offering a continuum of care throughout the lifespan. As Richmond’s largest non-profit social service provider, Aspire helps more than 1000 people with developmental disabilities each year to lead thriving, connected, and happy lives. From infancy […]