KidsAbility is the leading provider of pediatric rehabilitation in Waterloo and Wellington, supporting 17,000 children each year. Rising demand and a shortage of trained clinicians have made it difficult to keep up, leading to longer wait times for families in need. KidsAbility is exploring the use of group therapy in their Speech Language Therapy (SLT) […]

Increasingly prevalent patient violence within the dementia population is a challenge to long term care providers. Violent incidents can lead to serious musculoskeletal and neurological health complications. I propose to use video surveillance and a novel brain monitoring system in a care facility-based elderly population, to monitor violent episodes and brain vitality after incidents. This […]

Our project aims to develop Osteoprobe, a smart medical device that helps doctors identify cancerous bone tissue instantly during surgery. It uses light and electrical signals to tell the difference between healthy and cancerous bone, providing quick and accurate results without the need for extra tests. This will help surgeons make better decisions, remove only […]

Cardiovascular disease is a major global health challenge, and early prevention is crucial to reducing its impact. This project explores how wearable devices and artificial intelligence (AI) can improve early detection and prevention of heart disease. Wearable sensors continuously collect health data, but challenges such as missing information and inaccurate readings limit their reliability in […]

The Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre treats cancer patients with Radiation Therapy (RT). RT relies on the principle that the cancer can be killed by delivering a high radiation dose to the tumor while sparing healthy tissues. Deformable image registration (DIR) is a cornerstone of modern RT, enabling the alignment of […]

Increasingly prevalent patient violence within the dementia population is a challenge to long term care providers. Violent incidents can lead to serious musculoskeletal and neurological health complications. I propose to use video surveillance and a novel brain monitoring system in a care facility-based elderly population, to monitor violent episodes and brain vitality after incidents. This […]

The Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre delivers curative radiation therapy (RT) to cancer patients, including those with gynecological cancers, using a combination of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and brachytherapy (BT). A key clinical challenge is the accurate accumulation of radiation dose delivered across these modalities. Current methods rely on deformable […]

The Oakville Centre for Vision (OCV) is committed to advancing optometric care by streamlining refractive procedures, a critical yet often inefficient component of private practice operations hampered by inconsistent protocols, uneven clinical training, and fragmented management systems. In collaboration with Sheridan College’s Centre for Applied AI (CAAI), the Refraction Co-Pilot Platform project will deliver an […]

(1) Notre partenaire principal, Laura Lémerveil croit qu’il est possible que tous les jeunes s’accomplissent pleinement malgré le handicap ou les conditions de santé. Guide´ par cette mission, Laura Le´merveil exploite de´jà le potentiel de l’art et notamment la musique au sein de son offre de services. (2) Ce projet émane de la volonté de […]

This community based participatory research project will seek to understand the motivational, capability, and opportunity factors that enable SMEs to hire people with disabilities, and to investigate what kinds of messaging strategies are effective in encouraging employers to develop their capacity for disability inclusive hiring. The project will be conducted in collaboration with the Canadian […]

Le projet de recherche a pour objectif principal de contribuer à différentes missions de l’organisme partenaire. Celles-ci sont étroitement reliées aux résultats de recherche du stagiaire qui travaille sur la santé dite « naturelle » des femmes aujourd’hui dans le contexte québécois. Les femmes remettent de plus en plus en question l’utilisation des hormones dansla […]

Cancer leaves behind unique mutation patterns, known as mutational signatures, which provide insights into its origins and potential treatments. Traditionally, these signatures are identified using tumor tissue samples, but obtaining biopsies can be invasive and challenging. A promising alternative is circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)—small fragments of tumor DNA found in the blood. Liquid biopsies offer […]