Stefanie Blain-Moraes
Academic title(s): Associate Professor
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Associate Member
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Consciousness and Personhood Technologies
Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes is the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Consciousness and Personhood Technology (2019-2024). Since starting at McGill University in 2016, she has been principal or co-applicant on 29 successfully funded grant proposals that have brought a total of $9.6M to Canadian researchers; including $3.3M in operating funds awarded directly to her lab. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of her research program, she has been a Principal Investigator on grants awarded from all three branches of the Canadian Tri-Council (NSERC, CIHR, SSHRC). She has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers on the detection of consciousness and the development of technologies to maximize the personhood of non-communicative individuals. Her inventions are protected under one US Patent, and several Notices of Invention. Dr. Blain-Moraes’ research was recognized with McGill University’s Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers in 2022, and has been featured in National Geographic, STAT news, the New Scientist and CTV National News.
To date, Dr. Blain-Moraes has trained 51 highly qualified personnel (5 postdoctoral fellows, 4 PhD, 11 MSc and 24 BSc thesis students), and supervised an additional 56 undergraduate students for their capstone design projects. Collectively, her students have been awarded over $1.3 million through 33 scholarships and fellowships, and have received national and international recognition for their research and contributions to academia. The excellence of Dr. Blain-Moraes’ teaching and training was recognized with the 2020 Faculty of Medicine Teaching Innovation Award from McGill University and by the 2023 Carrie M. Derrick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision.
Department: School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Imaging and Microscopy, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Danilo Bzdok
Academic title(s): Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Canada CIFAR Artificial Intelligence Chair
Mila - Quebec AI Institute
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Imaging and Microscopy
Christophe Grova
Academic title(s): Associate Professor
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Adjunct Member
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department: Neurology and Neurosurgery
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Imaging and Microscopy
Adam Hendricks
Academic title(s): Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
Affiliate Member
Quantitative Biology Initiative
Member
Integrated Program in Neuroscience
Department: Bioengineering
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering, Imaging and Microscopy
Ives Levesque
Academic title(s): Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Associate Member
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department: Oncology
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering, Imaging and Microscopy, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Stephen Lomber
Academic title(s): Professor
Canada Research Chair in Brain Plasticity and Development
Departments of Physiology, Psychology, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Associate Member
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department: Neurology and Neurosurgery, Physiology, Psychology
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Imaging and Microscopy, Biomedical Modelling, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Stephen W. Michnick
Academic title(s): Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal
Adjunct Member
Department of Bioengineering
Department: Bioengineering
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering, Imaging and Microscopy
Georgios Mitsis
Academic title(s): Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
Associate Member
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department: Bioengineering
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Imaging and Microscopy
Emily Porter
Academic title(s): Assistant Professor
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Biomedical Sensors, Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Imaging and Microscopy, Biomedical Modelling
David Rudko
Academic title(s): Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology/Neurosurgery
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering, Imaging and Microscopy, Biomedical Modelling, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Amir Shmuel
Academic title(s): Associate Professor
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Associate Member
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Physiology
Department: Neurology and Neurosurgery
Research areas: Signals and Systems, Imaging and Microscopy