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Congratulations to the computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery team. Another world first was achieved on
Thursday June 10,
2004 as a result of the research undertaken at the Human Mobility Research Centre.
Dr. John Rudan, accompanied by Dr. Randy Ellis and research staff, performed the world's first hip resurfacing
at the Kingston General Hospital using the computer-assisted surgery system developed by
HMRC researchers.
This complex new surgical procedure was used to restore mobility to a person in their late 30's who was not
eligible for a total hip implant.
This successful new technique gives hope to people who would otherwise have to suffer with the pain and limited
mobility caused by hip arthritis.
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In April 2004, Dr. David Pichora, Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, KGH/Queen's University was awarded
a three year grant
from NSERC's Collaborative Health Research Project (CHRP),
which is co-
funded by the CIHR Institute of Aging (),
for his submission titled "Computer-Assisted Planning and Surgery for Complex Fractures"
.The CHRP program focused collaborative research projects involving
any field of the natural sciences and engineering, and the health sciences. If
successful, the projects will lead to health benefits for Canadians, more
effective health services, or economic development in health-related areas.
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Thomas Chen (Master's Candidate - Dr. P. Abolmaesumi) was awarded the "Best Student Poster" at the Institute of
Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) NCE Conference. The title of his poster was "Ultrasound-guided Computer-assisted
Surgery". During the presentation of the award the judges
commented that his research had been first-rate and quite obviously the most
qualified candidate.
Congratulations to Thomas! This is a prestigious award for Thomas, Queen's and the School of Computing.
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Dr. Mark Harrison (Orthopaedic Surgeon and Clinician-Scientist with HMRC) and Dr. Marshall
Godwin (Director of the Primary Care Research Network) would like to express their appreciation
to all the physicians that participated in their recent survey entitled:
Family Physician Perceptions of Knee Arthritis and Weight
The winner of the draw for a gift certificate from Indigo/Chapters is Dr. Moreau of Alliston,
Ontario.
Our sincere thanks to everyone who responded to our questionnaire.
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On, Wednesday, January 7th, 2004, Dr. Randy Ellis, School of Computing
Science, was honoured as a "Champion of Innovation" by
Communications and Information Technology Ontario (CITO). Dr. Ellis was recognized for his work in computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery. The
program is considered CITO's most prestigious award and provides each recipient with $100,000 per
year for two years to support research.
Dr. Ellis is one of four Queen's professors to win the award and only 15 were recognized across Ontario.
CITO is a not-for-profit organization funded primarily through the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade's Centres of Excellence
program. Through partnerships with innovators in academia, industry and business,
CITO identifies and supports industrially relevant
academic research and helps move the results into the marketplace.
More information Dr. Ellis' achievement can be found by
clicking here.
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The Niagara Foot Project, which is a partnership between the Human Mobility Research Centre
and Niagara Prosthetics and Orthotics Corporation in St. Catherines, Ontario, has been nominated for
a 2004 Award of Excellence from the Kingston Technology Council. Dr. Tim Bryant, a professor of BioMechanical Engineering at Queen's University
is the primary researcher behind this successful and innovative project. The Niagara Foot Project
is developing an affordable, long-lasting and
comfortable artificial foot for landmine survivors. Upon successful completion of the pilot project, the Niagara Foot will be available
to landmine survivors in post-conflict regions in Central America, Africa and Asia.
The Kingston Technology Council (KTC)
is a not-for-profit organization with over a 100 active members from various and
diverse areas of industry in Kingston. The Council works to promote the
creation, growth and profitability of high technology interests in the Kingston
Area.
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On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, Kerry Rowe, Vice President of Research at Queen's University announced that Dr. Randy Ellis,
School of Computing Science, has been awarded a Queen's Research Chair. Dr. Rowe was quoted as saying that "the innovative
Queen's Research
Chairs enable us to recognize and reward the exceptional scholarly activity of selected Queen's Faculty members who have achieved
international pre-eminence within their respective fields." Dr. Ellis was recognized for his research into
the development of new technologies for computer-assisted surgery and also for the Operating Room 2010 project. For further
information about this award please see the
Queen's web site.
Congratulations to Dr. Ellis and his team for this prestigious award! |
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On April 24th, 2003 Jim Flaherty, the Minister of Enterprise, announced this year's winners of the prestigious
Premier's Research Excellence Awards (PREAs). We are pleased to announce that
Dr. Brian Amsden, Chemical
Engineering, was a recipient of this award for his research in developing a novel biomaterial implant
that will bond strongly to bone and promote the growth of new cartilage. This implant may
be used to repair damaged joints that would otherwise lead to disability, joint pain and
reduced joint function. More information about this award can be found at this
on the Queen's web site.
Congratulations Dr. Amsden!
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Congratulations to Purang Abolmaesumi (School of Computing Science) and Michael Greenspan
(Electrical and Computer Engineering) who will receive an award from the
Canadian
Foundation for Innovation's
New Opportunities Fund
which will provide infrastructure support for their
research into sensor-based robotics.
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On Saturday December 7th, the Queen's University Board of Trustees
ratified the establishment of the Human Mobility Research Centre
as a University Centre. This means that our proposal for governance,
mission, operating, and sustainability were deemed sound at
the highest level of review by Queen's administration.
Please note that our Constitution reflects that
we are jointly supported and governed by Queen's University
and Kingston General Hospital. We are very proud of this unique
partnership, which reflects our on-going commitment to excellence
in health care and research.
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August 2002, Elvis Chen has won the New Investigator Award,
from the Canadian Society for Biomechanics, at the World Congress
on Biomechanics, last week. From over 75 student papers, five
finalists were selected and gave presentations in a special
session. Elvis received the award at the closing ceremonies.
Elvis is currently pursuing his PhD under Dr. Randy Ellis.
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Dr.
David Wilson is a finalist for the Novel award at the Emed satellite
symposium of the World Congress of Biomechanics this summer.
For further information .
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Rob Fellows was awarded the SUN Microsystems of Canada Scholarship
in Computational Science for 2002-2003 through the High Performance
Computing Virtual Laboratory, a multi-centre group led by Queen's.
This very competitive and prestigious scholarship will support
Rob's work on in vivo imaging of joint movement and, in particular,
support his use of the HPCVL's enormous computer resources to
enhance his work.
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Dr. Carolyn Small was elected to the grade of Fellow at The Canadian Medical
and Biological Engineering Society banquet, which was held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on November 23, 2002.
She has been a member of the Society for over three decades and served the executive in several capacities including: Treasurer: (1990-1994),
President (1994-1996) and Membership Chair (1996-1998). She entered the field of engineering back when very few women even
considered it an option to venture into a male dominated profession. Early in her career in 1980 Dr. Small was honoured with an
Outstanding Young Canadian Biomedical Engineer of the Year. She has since made important contributions towards the development of programs for women
at Queen's University and the profession over all. Apart from her research, she has contributed significantly to clinical engineering through
teaching and numerous development projects.
While accepting this honour, she expressed her views about the role of engineering societies such as the
CMBES: "Professional societies don't exist until they
are created. They are conceived, developed, built, and maintained by people, by you and me, who care about what they do enough to share it with
others. I've been on both sides of the fence, as a clinical engineer and as an engineering teacher and researcher, and in both venues it has been clear that
there is no progress until you share your experiences with others. Preferably face to face, and meetings like this one is where that happens." She urged everyone to:
"be a part of it. If you've never before helped organize a conference, volunteer. If you've never held an executive position, stand for election. Be active, participate, and reap
awards. The more challenging the goal, the sweeter the sense of accomplishment when it is achieved." Her take-home messages was clear: "Appreciate life. Take nothing for granted. Be here now.
Challenge yourself. Build something. And above all, have fun."
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Excerpt from February 2003 CMBES Newsletter
For further information
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The HMRC renovation is now complete. Take a of the new facilities!
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The Queen's Alumni Class of 48 1/2 toured our facility on Saturday September 21, 2002.
For pictures of the tour, presentations and demonstrations please .
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The first BIG Science meeting took place on September 25th. Since then there
have been further meetings which are scheduled on the last Wednesday of the
month. Click here for more information about these and upcoming meetings.
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New HMRC Chief Research Engineer
We are pleased to announce that we have been successful in hiring a stellar candidate for
the Chief Research Engineer position at HMRC after reviewing many exceptional applications
that were received for this position. Leone Ploeg is a Professional Engineer with an undergraduate degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Ottawa and an MSc in Biomechanical
Engineering from the University of Calgary. For the past five years she has
worked as a Team Manager at World Heart, which is a medical devices company
focused on the development of a fully implantable heart assist device. In this
position, Leone was Team Manager of an in
vitro laboratory testing program and Clinical Engineer of an in vivo study. She has also worked as a
Software Engineer for Merak Field Systems and as a Research Assistant at the
University of Calgary. While working as a Research Assistant, Leone worked on
the collection and analysis of data to study the gait of below-knee amputee
children, as well as on a comparative study of the motion of the ankle joint in
overpronating and in normal runners.
Leone will be starting with HMRC on November 18, 2002 |
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Our thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in the survey of Ontario Orthopaedic
Surgeons by filling out the questionnaire
"Surgeon Perceptions of Obesity and Knee Arthritis (P.I. - Dr. Mark Harrison)"
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We appreciate that you have taken the time to complete and mail these questionnaires, and your response has been wonderful.
The winner of the draw for the Chapters/Indigo gift certificate is:
Dr. John S. Porter of Thunder Bay, Ontario. |
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