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Several New Mathematical Models for the Integrated Optimization and Control of Human-Friendly Parallel Robots for Advanced Healthcare and Biomedical Manipulation

Project Leader(s): 

Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Zhen Gao, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Lead faculty member: Dr. Dan Zhang, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

This research develops a comprehensive methodology for the integrated optimization and control of human-friendly robotic technology that will be applied for the advanced healthcare and biomedical manipulation. Some original ideas, methods and algorithms are proposed in this research based on several novel mathematical models, which will benefit the development of general robotics in the direction of safety with high performance to human beings.

Health Care Operations Research

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Martin Puterman , University of British Columbia

Project Website: 

http://mitacs.chcm.ubc.ca/index.cfm

Project team: 
Dr. Dionne Aleman, University of Toronto
Dr. Derek Atkins, University of British Columbia
Dr. John Blake, Dalhousie University
Dr. Michael Carter, University of Toronto
Dr. Armann Ingolfsson, University of Alberta
Dr. Bora Kolfal, University of Alberta
Dr. Wojtek Michalowski, University of Ottawa
Dr. Jonathan Patrick, University of Ottawa
Dr. Maurice Queyranne, University of British Columbia
Pablo Santibáñez, BC Cancer Agency
Dr. Steven Shechter, University of British Columbia
Dr. Vedat Verter, McGill University
Dr. Greg Zaric, University of Western Ontario
Non-academic participants: 

BC Cancer Agency Canadian Blood Services Cancer Care Ontario Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario City of Calgary Public Safety Communications The Community Care Access Centre Edmonton Emergency Medical Services Government of Nova Scotia, Department of Health Hamilton Health Sciences Jewish General Hospital Leaders for Life Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital  Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Health System Strategy Division The Ottawa Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital Provincial Health Services Authority Strathcona County Emergency Services Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Vancouver General Hospital - VGH Surgery Vancouver Island Health Authority

Funding period: 
October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021
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Biomedical Models of Cellular and Physiological Systems and Disease

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Daniel Coombs, University of British Columbia

Project Website: 

http://www.math.ubc.ca/~coombs/MITACS/index.htm

Project team: 
Dr. Christopher Cairo, University of Alberta
Dr. Eric Cytrynbaum, University of British Columbia
Dr. Leah Keshet, University of British Columbia
Dr. Michael C. Mackey, McGill University
Dr. Bruce Verchere, Child and Family Institute of BC
Dr. Gerda de Vries, University of Alberta
Non-academic participants: 

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

MERCK

National Science Foundation - Washington University, Department of Physics

StemCell Technologies

Funding period: 
February 25, 2022 - March 31, 2021

Diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's, HIV and blood disorders present challenges to our society, our healthcare and our basic scientific understanding of physiological processes within the human body. Mathematical modelling can be used to help scientists decipher the processes at work in these complex diseases at a molecular, cellular and organ level. Recently, research team members examined the ways in which drugs such as Filgrastim could be used to replenish levels of white blood cells, a common challenge following chemotherapy.

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