Black Research Network: Connaught project aims to develop framework to help hospitals address health-care inequities

News | Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Connaught project aims to develop framework to help hospitals address health-care inequities

A developing project by Myrtede Alfred aims to build a modelling approach to identify equity issues and reduce adverse outcomes for racialized patients in Canadian hospitals.

Engineering and technology

News | Tuesday, September 23, 2025

U of T Engineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities

LaShawn Murray, a PhD student in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, is exploring how digital tools can improve...

Engineering and technology Public and Population Health

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...

Engineering and technology

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...

Black Health Engineering and technology equity Health care access, privilege or marginalization UofT

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...

Engineering and technology Health Inequities Medical, Health, and Life Sciences

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...

BRN Researcher Profile Series Engineering and technology Health care access, privilege or marginalization UofT