The researchers are from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts, and the appointments are worth $2.9 million in funding.
Youssef Helwa wants to remove the fear factor from those stressful weeks after a patient undergoes surgery.
To help prevent post-operative complications, he and a team of University of Waterloo entrepreneurs are developing a tiny biosensor that would be left inside the body to alert doctors to bleeding or infection.
Athletes use weight training to improve their game and now a Waterloo researcher is hoping vision training - exercises for an athletes’ visual system - will take their performance to the next level.
Whether shooting pucks or catching fly balls, athletes work hard to be at the top of their game and research shows that vision training can help improve athletes performance in sports.
Dr. Kristine Dalton, a professor in the School of Optometry & Vision Science in the Faculty of Science, investigates the role vision plays in the performance of athletes at all levels of competition.
Now, researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a topical solution containing nanoparticles that will combat dry eye syndrome with only one application a week.
The eye drops progressively deliver the right amount of drug-infused nanoparticles to the surface of the eyeball over a period of five days before the body absorbs them. One weekly dose replaces 15 or more to treat the pain and irritation of dry eyes.
Now, researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a topical solution containing nanoparticles that will combat dry eye syndrome with only one application a week.
The eye drops progressively deliver the right amount of drug-infused nanoparticles to the surface of the eyeball over a period of five days before the body absorbs them. One weekly dose replaces 15 or more to treat the pain and irritation of dry eyes.
Two University of Waterloo researchers specializing in chronic disease prevention are newly appointed Applied Public Health Chairs, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced. The prestigious positions, awarded only once every five years, include close to a million dollars each in funding for highly focused research programs of national relevance to public health.
If you want to stick your healthy eating habits and feel good about your body, it’s better to have self-compassion when you slip up, according to a University of Waterloo study.
“Women may experience a more positive body image and better eating habits if they approach disappointments and distress with kindness, and the recognition that these struggles are a normal part of life,” says lead author Allison Kelly.
Research out of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo found that this self-compassion might be an important means to increase positive body image and protect girls and young women against unhealthy weight-control practices and eating disorders.
