Posts Categorized: News

Canada’s population is aging, and with that comes a host of new stressors on the health-care system — including an increasing number of hip and knee replacements. In a best-case scenario using current materials, a hip or knee replacement can…

The Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT) has been extended to 2028 and has expanded to formally include Unity Health Toronto, an academic hospital network and leading Canadian health research institute. A partnership between U of T,…

Professor Michael Guerzhoy (MIE, EngSci) and a team of undergraduate U of T Engineering students are researching how artificial intelligence and machine-learning can aid clinicians in treating mental health-related speech disfluency.  Currently, when treating mental health related symptoms, clinicians often adjust medications…

When Zoe Petkovic (IndE Year 4) came to U of T Engineering as a first-year, TrackOne student and Varsity Blues track and field pole vaulter, her coaches thought it would be most practical if she moved from the main Engineering residence to one…

Research from Professor Myrtede Alfred highlights racial and ethnic disparities in maternal care at U.S. hospitals in a special issue on healthcare equity just published by The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (JQPS). Reviewing patient safety incident…

Software plays an essential role in our modern systems, across all industries. However, the development, maintenance and management of software constitutes an expensive and laborious part of the process, says Professor Eldan Cohen (MIE).  Cohen is leading a team of researchers to develop…

The University of Toronto community came together to honour the memories of the 14 women who were killed in the École Polytechnique massacre in 1989 and to acknowledge the ongoing struggle against gender-based violence. In-person and online, students, faculty, staff,…

Researchers in the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab (ASBLab) have been developing assistive robots for over 15 years to help older adults perform activities of daily living (ADL) and maintain wellbeing and health to promote aging-in-place. Second-nature tasks such as…

A team of U of T Engineering researchers, led by Professor Timothy Chan (MIE), is leveraging machine learning to optimize the macronutrient content of pooled human donor milk recipes.   The researchers introduce their data-driven optimization model in a new paper published in Manufacturing…