Three endowed scholarships from alumni of the Faculty
- 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 research in healthcare engineering.
Thank you to our generous supporters for encouraging advanced learning, discovery and innovation!
Recipients
6T6 Industrial Engineering 50th Anniversary Award in Healthcare Engineering
![Tselot](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2024/02/Tselot20240212_230x300.jpg)
Tselot Tessema
PhD candidate
Award: 2024
Thesis topic: design of automation for digital self-care interventions for patients with chronic heart failure
![Khoshbakhtian_2023_230x300 Khoshbakhtian](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2023/01/Khoshbakhtian_2023_230x300.jpg)
Faraz Khoshbakhtian
PhD candidate
Award: 2023
Thesis topic: graph-based machine learning for critical node detection to mitigate pandemic disease spread
![JangwonPark_230x300 Jangwon Park](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/01/JangwonPark_230x300.jpg)
Jangwon Park
PhD candidate
Award: 2023, 2022
Thesis topic: optimizing interfacility patient transfers to improve load imbalances in a network of hospitals
![ErikFredin_DigitalPhoto_230x300 Erik Fredin](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/01/ErikFredin_DigitalPhoto_230x300.jpg)
Erik Fredin
PhD candidate
Award: 2022
Thesis topic: tracking methods for a minimally-invasive surgical microrobot using endoscopic computer vision and magnetic hall sensors
![BenLeung_230x300 Ben Leung](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/07/BenLeung_230x300.jpg)
Benjamin Kwan Hon Leung
PhD candidate
Award: 2021
Thesis topic: analytics and optimization in pre-hospital resuscitation
![Tham_230x300 Benjamin Tham](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/07/Tham_230x300.jpg)
Benjamin Zhen Hong Tham
PhD candidate
Award: 2021
Thesis topic: advanced treatment methods in Gamma Knife radiosurgery
![HamedShourabizadeh_300 Hamed Shourabizadeh](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/HamedShourabizadeh_300.jpg)
Hamed Shourabizadeh
PhD candidate
Award: 2020
Thesis topic: analysis and modelling of risk factors to predict the survival of patients receiving bone marrow transplant
![PoojaBhalerao_300 Pooja Bhalerao](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/PoojaBhalerao_300.jpg)
Pooja Bhalerao
PhD 2023
Award: 2019
Thesis: Modeling supply and demand of general internists in Ontario
Current position:
Data Scientist, Sanofi
![BahramMirani_300 Bahram Mirani](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/BahramMirani_300.jpg)
Bahram Mirani
PhD 2024
Award: 2019
Thesis topic: tissue-engineered heart valve with mechanical, structural, and material properties similar to those of native heart valve tissue
![JustinBoutilier_300 Justin Boutilier](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/JustinBoutilier_300.jpg)
Justin Boutilier
PhD 2018
Award: 2018
Thesis: Emergency medical services response optimization
Current position:
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
![ChrisSun_300 Christopher Sun](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/ChrisSun_300.jpg)
Christopher Sun
PhD 2019
Award: 2017
Thesis: Improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes and automated external defibrillator placement guidelines through optimization and predictive modeling
Current position:
Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Peri Family Graduate Scholarship in Healthcare Engineering
![Kimberly Seaman](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2024/02/KimberlySeaman_230x300.jpg)
Kimberly Seaman
PhD candidate
Award: 2024
Thesis topic: role of bone cell mechanical loading on prostate cancer bone metastasis progression and dormancy
![Myesha Senior](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2024/02/MyeshaSenior_230x300.jpg)
Myesha Senior
PhD candidate
Award: 2024
Thesis topic: equitable design of mental healthcare systems and technology for marginalized groups
![ChenHongbo_IMG_4069_230x300 Rob Chen](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2023/01/ChenHongbo_IMG_4069_230x300.jpg)
Rob Hongbo Chen
PhD candidate
Award: 2023
Thesis topic: machine learning tools to prevent adverse surgical events
![BenLeung_230x300 Ben Leung](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/07/BenLeung_230x300.jpg)
Benjamin Kwan Hon Leung
PhD candidate
Award: 2023
Thesis topic: analytics and optimization in pre-hospital resuscitation
![RejuanaAlam_230x300 Rejuana Alam](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/02/RejuanaAlam_230x300.jpg)
Rejuana Alam
MASc 2023
Award: 2022
Thesis: Trauma bay re-design: A user-centred approach
Current position:
Innovation Consultant, Accenture
![HaleyMayer_IMG_0119_230x300 Haley Mayer](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/02/HaleyMayer_IMG_0119_230x300.jpg)
Haley Mayer
PhD candidate
Award: 2022
Thesis topic: designing and building minimally invasive magnetically actuated surgical tools for endoscopic procedures
![RiascosAlvarez_230x300 Carolina Riascos-Alvarez](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/07/RiascosAlvarez_230x300.jpg)
Lizeth Carolina Riascos Alvarez
PhD 2023
Award: 2021
Thesis: Optimization models for kidney paired donation
![XuPengfei_230x300 Pengfei Xu](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/07/XuPengfei_230x300.jpg)
Pengfei Xu
PhD candidate
Award: 2021
Thesis topic: a bioinspired hydrogel neuromorphic device: Sensor, axon and synapse
![PoojaBhalerao_300 Pooja Bhalerao](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/PoojaBhalerao_300.jpg)
Pooja Bhalerao
PhD 2023
Award: 2020
Thesis: Modeling supply and demand of general internists in Ontario
Current position:
Data Scientist, Sanofi
![MinhaLee_300 Minha Lee](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/MinhaLee_300.jpg)
Minha Lee
MASc candidate
Award: 2020
Thesis topic: coupling machine learning and optimization algorithms to improve radiation treatment planning for cancer
![NasrinYousefi_300a Nasrin Yousefi](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/NasrinYousefi_300a.jpg)
Nasrin Yousefi
PhD 2023
Award: 2019
Thesis: Inverse optimization and its applications in measuring clinical pathway concordance
Current position:
Assistant Professor, Queen's University
Stan Gasner Graduate Scholarship in Healthcare
![KyleJuliao_230x300 Kyle Juliao](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2024/03/KyleJuliao_230x300.jpg)
Kyle Juliao
MEng candidate
Award: 2024
Project topic: identify bottlenecks and improve the time to treatment for lung cancer
![Tham_230x300 Benjamin Tham](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/07/Tham_230x300.jpg)
Benjamin Zhen Hong Tham
PhD candidate
Award: 2023
Thesis topic: advanced treatment methods in Gamma Knife radiosurgery
![Fatemeh_ShomalZadeh_200x230 Fatemeh Shomal Zadech](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/01/Fatemeh_ShomalZadeh_200x230.jpg)
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
![Alfakir_230x300 Alfakir](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/07/Alfakir_230x300.jpg)
Abdalrahman Alfakir
MHSc 2021
Award: 2021
Thesis: Development of a system to measure adherence to lower back pain rehabilitation with wearable sensors and artificial intelligence
Current position:
Biomedical Support Engineer, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Saudi Arabia
![JasonLeung_300 Jason Leung](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/JasonLeung_300.jpg)
Jason Leung
MASc 2021
Award: 2020
Thesis: Evaluation of an electroencephalography source imaging based brain-computer interface for youth with brain lesions
Current position:
BCI Designer, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation
![JerryXuechenShen_300 Xuechen Shen](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/JerryXuechenShen_300.jpg)
Xuechen Shen
MASc 2020
Award: 2020
Thesis: Towards integrated 3D printing as an industrial manufacturing process
Current position:
Research Technologist, SickKids
![FirdousHadjMoussa_300 Firdous Hadj-Moussa](https://che.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2020/05/FirdousHadjMoussa_300.jpg)
Firdous Hadj-Moussa
MHSc 2020
Award: 2019
Thesis: Investigating the impact of running-specific prostheses use for children and youth with lower limb absence
Current position:
Scientific Evaluator, Health Canada