Interdisciplinary health research with UBC Engineering awarded $175,000

Understanding mechanisms of respiratory impairment in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) using optical coherence tomography
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Pierre Lane, Affiliate Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine

A deep-learning based automatic bladder cancer screening pipeline
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Xiaoxiao Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Beidi Zhao, Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

A new line of defence: testing and implementing a novel solution for airborne disease mitigation in Kelowna General Hospital
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Sunny Li, Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Joshua Brinkerhoff, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Mojtaba Zabihi, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Designing and developing a cost-effective, immersive-technology based veinfinding device to solve difficult intravenous access in healthcare settings
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Abbas Milani, Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan; Director, Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute
• Roger Tam, Associate Professor and Director of Engineers in Scrubs Program, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Faculty of Medicine
• Rohith Krishnamurthy, Master’s Student, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan
• Ammar Zavahir, Undergraduate Student, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan​​​​

Development of a deep-learning model using eye-mapping of radiologists: a medical imaging educational tool
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Chen Feng, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan
• Tim Salcudean, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Collaborative virtual platform to optimize functional outcomes and understanding for patients with advanced head and neck oncology
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Sidney Fels, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Antony Hodgson, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Hamidreza Aftabi, PhD Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Atabak Eghbal, PhD Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
• Melissa Yu, Master’s Student, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
• Kevin Gilmore, Master’s Student, School Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
• Katrina Zaraska, Undergraduate Student, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
• Alex Chen, Undergraduate Student, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine

Field testing of a new and affordable sickle cell disease screening technology for low-resource settings
HIFI Award: $25,000

• Boris Stoeber, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science 
• Pranav Shrestha, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science