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Professor Myrtede Alfred (MIE), has dedicated her career to integrating equity in patient safety efforts in maternal care. Now, she is conducting new research to further understand the disproportionate rates of racial and ethnic maternal health disparities in the U.S.…
“Attracting a diverse pool of applicants was very important for us,” says Professor Greg Jamieson (MIE), who co-chaired the hiring committee alongside Professor Birsen Donmez (MIE, CHE Affiliate). “We’ve seen the tremendous value in embracing a diversity of perspectives in…
Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) has been appointed the University of Toronto’s associate vice-president and vice-provost, strategic initiatives for a five-year term, beginning on September 1, 2022. Chan, who is the Canada Research Chair in Novel Optimization and Analytics in Health,…
The idea of drone-delivered AEDs may sound futuristic, but it’s slowly gained traction since Justin Boutilier and Timothy Chan, Boutilier’s graduate school advisor at the University of Toronto and co-author on the new study, first saw a video of a…
The other eight projects funded by this year’s Connaught Innovation Awards include: Target acquisition games for measurement and evaluation (TAG-ME) of detailed brain function – Professor Mark Chignell (MIE, CHE Affiliate) Full article at: U of T MIE News Related posts:…
The list of recipients of the Data Sciences Institute Catalyst Grants includes the following project: Predicting and preventing chronic disease burden in populations (PREPARED): Deploying decision-support tools for the prevention of chronic diseases Laura Rosella (Dalla Lana School of Public…
My guest today, Tim Chan with the University of Toronto and CHE, is conducting incredible research exploring how drone technology can minimize delays in defibrillation for individuals in crisis, potentially even faster than traditional EMS can respond. Full details at:…
New audio available for media use: Hospital and operations management expert Timothy Chan (CHE Faculty Affiliate) on the lessons hospitals learned during the pandemic. Recordings at: INFORMS News Room
“While we know that children are much less likely to have severe outcomes from contracting COVID, they can be vectors of spread to their households, to their teachers and to the community,” University of Toronto associate professor Dionne Aleman and…
The AED (automated external defibrillator) instructions are foolproof, echoes Timothy Chan, professor of engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto, who has been building optimization models to design drone networks in Ontario, Canada. All the same, he says,…
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