Black Research Network: UTSC undergrad's research helps measure physician administrative burden

News | Thursday, February 20, 2025

UTSC undergrad’s research helps measure physician administrative burden

Physician burnout has been a significant topic of discussion in healthcare. While technology is a tool that can simplify tasks,...

Engineering and technology UTSC

News | Thursday, February 6, 2025

U of T Engineering undergrad helps design digital recovery platform for cardiac arrest survivors

In Canada and the United States, the survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is 10 per cent. However, there is...

News | Tuesday, October 8, 2024

IBET Momentum Fellow Kejah Bascon aims to innovate robotic neurosurgical tools using a human factors approach

The path to engineering studies wasn’t always straightforward for Kejah Bascon (MIE PhD student). Born and raised in Ottawa, she spent much...

Black Excellence Engineering and technology UofT

News | Wednesday, February 28, 2024

U of T prof addresses maternal care disparities for racialized patients in U.S. healthcare system

Developing research led by Myrtede Alfred of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering offers new insight to address...

News | Tuesday, September 5, 2023

New human-centred automation tools could ease stress on overburdened health-care systems

Professor Enid Montague (MIE) aims to engineer a better health-care experience and help ease the current stress on the system using an...

News | Wednesday, October 19, 2022

U of T engineering professor investigates maternal health disparities experienced by racialized patients in U.S. clinical systems

The United States is the world’s most expensive country to give birth. Yet, its maternal mortality rate was the highest...