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A research team of Waterloo Engineering graduate students is working on a range of health-tech applications from cancer diagnostics to wearable medical devices.  

Led by Dr. Carolyn Ren, a professor of mechanical and mechatronics engineering, the Waterloo Microfluidics Lab (WML) develops and supports commercialized research that aims to improve the delivery of health care, including compression therapy for medical and athletic use.

A Waterloo Engineering researcher is part of an international coalition revolutionizing health-care delivery by developing technology for fast, on-site vaccine production.

Dr. Valerie Ward, a chemical engineering professor, plays a critical role in the coalition —her research focuses on ensuring vaccine purity during the autonomous manufacturing process.  

Dr. Victor Cui, a professor of entrepreneurship, innovation and global strategy at the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, weighed in with an analysis in the Globe and Mail this week on the U.S. tariffs roiling world economic markets.

Cui, the Conrad Research Excellence Research Chair, argued that, from a competitive dynamics perspective, the tariff war between the United States and China could work to the advantage of Canada.