Pizza with the Profs

Pizza with the Profs

Sessions are held at Grand River Hospital Freeport Campus (Sun Life Town Hall) the second Wednesday of the month to promote the exchange of information between the clinical and academic communities.

UW researchers are eager to learn about clinical problems from the Grand River Hospital community, and clinical staff at Grand River Hospital have the opportunity to provide input on academic research to address their clinical needs.

The sessions include a short presentation by a University of Waterloo researcher, an informal Q & A and discussion and of course… PIZZA!

If you have any questions, or suggestions for speakers please contact Chekema Prince at UW, or Sarah Laferriere at Grand River Hospital.

February 10, 2016 - "Wearable Sensors for Fall Prevention: Promises and Pitfalls", James Tung, PhD, Assistant Professor Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo.  Professor James Tung will present his research group’s work concerning rehabilitation engineering and assistive technologies in the area of fall prevention. [Poster]

March 9, 2016 - "Compression Therapy: Current Techniques and Future Improvements", Chekema Prince, PhD, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, University of Waterloo. [Poster] 

April 13, 2016 - "Virtual reality: Applications in medical rehabilitation”, Shi Cao, PhD, Assistant Professor Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo. [Poster] 

May, 2016 – No event

June 8, 2016 - "Understanding Identity in Alzheimer's Disease: Emotional Intelligence for Cognitive Assistive Technologies”, Jesse Hoey, PhD, Associate Professor (Health Informatics and AI), David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo. [Poster] 

July, 2016 – No event

August, 2016 – No event

September 14, 2016 - "Space to Earth: How spaceflight research helps with fall prevention", Kathryn Zuj, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo. [Poster]  

October 12, 2016 - "Stroke Rehabilitation Robot: Modeling and Control", John McPhee, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Systems Dynamics, Systems Design Engineering, University fo Waterloo; and Borna Ghannadi, PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo. [Poster]

November 9, 2016 -  "Brain Computer Interfaces for Motor Rehabilitation", Ning Jiang, PhD Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo [Poster]

December 14, 2016 – No event

This event is sponsored by Grand River Hospital Freeport Campus and the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology at the University of Waterloo.