Three endowed scholarships from alumni of the Faculty
The Centre for Healthcare Engineering is grateful for three scholarships made possible by alumni. Applications for these scholarships are open at the end of the autumn semester. Please keep eyes open for announcements on this website, communications circulated by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and email notifications from Faculty Affiliates.
- 6T6 Industrial Engineering 50th Anniversary Award in Healthcare Engineering
- The 1966 graduates in industrial engineering (IndE 6T6) are proud to support this scholarship to contribute to the development of industrial engineering expertise for the healthcare sector.
- Peri Family Graduate Scholarship in Healthcare Engineering
- John Peri (IndE 8T4) and his family provided generous donations to the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering to establish two awards, one of which is to support graduate students conducting research in healthcare engineering.
- Stan Gasner Graduate Scholarship in Healthcare
- Stan Gasner (IndE 6T4) and his wife, Diane, have long supported the Faculty and aspiring engineers through volunteerism, mentorship, event participation and generous contributions. Established in 2018, this scholarship recognizes and assists graduate students pursuing projects in healthcare engineering.
- Professor Michael Carter International Graduate Student Award
- Holly Jin (PhD 2005) established this endowment in 2023 to support incoming international graduate students with financial need with preference given to underrepresented student groups in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Thank you to our generous supporters for encouraging advanced learning, discovery and innovation!
Recent Recipients
6T6 Industrial Engineering 50th Anniversary Award in Healthcare Engineering
Elnaz Ziad
PhD candidate
Award: 2026
Thesis topic: Enhancing care for geriatric cancer patients using artificial intelligence
Mahsa Zokaee
PhD candidate
Award: 2026
Thesis topic: Evidence-based workforce and capacity planning model for home-based palliative care in Canada
Tosin Akintunde
PhD candidate
Award: 2025
Thesis topic: understanding challenges and envisioning solutions to address racial disparities in black women and birthing persons’ maternal care within clinical systems
Myesha Senior
PhD candidate
Award: 2025
Thesis topic: equitable design of mental healthcare systems and technology for marginalized groups
Tselot Tessema
PhD candidate
Award: 2024
Thesis topic: design of automation for digital self-care interventions for patients with chronic heart failure
Faraz Khoshbakhtian
PhD 2025
Award: 2023
Thesis: Advanced machine learning techniques for survival analysis in medical data
Current position:
Applied Scientist II Intern, Amazon
Jangwon Park
PhD candidate
Award: 2023, 2022
Thesis topic: optimizing interfacility patient transfers to improve load imbalances in a network of hospitals
Peri Family Graduate Scholarship in Healthcare Engineering
Vinicius Jameli
PhD candidate
Award: 2026
Thesis topic: magnet design for MRI-LINACS systems
Farzan Mazaheri
PhD candidate
Award: 2026
Thesis topic: development of an all-optical frequency-domain photoacoustic catheter for application in Atherosclerosis detection
Koren Hu
MASc candidate
Award: 2025
Thesis topic: improving the delivery and experience of primary care by understanding it at the systemic level
Kimberly Seaman
PhD candidate
Award: 2024
Thesis topic: role of bone cell mechanical loading on prostate cancer bone metastasis progression and dormancy
Myesha Senior
PhD candidate
Award: 2024
Thesis topic: equitable design of mental healthcare systems and technology for marginalized groups
Rob Hongbo Chen
PhD candidate
Award: 2023
Thesis topic: machine learning tools to prevent adverse surgical events
Stan Gasner Graduate Scholarship in Healthcare
Paneet Gill
MASc candidate
Award: 2026
Thesis topic: strategies to improve resilience and efficiency of Canadian hospitals by addressing the impact of supply chain bottlenecks
Susana Su
MASc candidate
Award: 2025
Thesis topic: developing predictive and prescriptive analytics to forecast ICU bed occupancy and improve critical care resource planning
Kyle Juliao
MEng candidate
Award: 2024
Project topic: identify bottlenecks and improve the time to treatment for lung cancer
Benjamin Zhen Hong Tham
PhD 2024
Award: 2023
Thesis: Optimisation methods for advanced Gamma Knife radiosurgery treatment
Current position:
Senior Data Scientist, Canadian Tire Corp.
Fatemeh Shomal Zadeh
PhD candidate
Award: 2022
Thesis topic: improve the understanding of central sensitization effects on motor neurons by assessing corticospinal and motoneuron excitability in chronic patients
Professor Michael Carter International Graduate Student Award
Mahsa Lashgari
PhD candidate
Award: 2023-present
Thesis topic: Enhancing inventory control of surgical supplies in operating rooms
Elnaz Ziad
PhD candidate
Award: 2023-present
Thesis topic: Enhancing care for geriatric cancer patients using artificial intelligence
Mahsa Zokaee
PhD candidate
Award: 2023-present
Thesis topic: Evidence-based workforce and capacity planning model for home-based palliative care in Canada
Parnian Azimzadeh
MASc 2025
Award: 2023-2025
Thesis: Data-centric system dynamics modelling of general internal medicine physicians in Ontario: Forecasting supply and workload analysis