BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170525T170033Z UID:86DBA907-3F04-11E7-8752-0050568D2FB3 DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20170530T133000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20170530T153000 DESCRIPTION:Introduction by the Milica Popovic\, Chair of IEEE WIE Montreal Chapter with observations on roles of women in engineering\, followed by a technical presentation and discussion by Dr Emily Porter and Dr Adam San torelli.\n\nThe development of medical technologies and the challenges pos ed by bringing these devices to market are of key interest for modern acad emic and commercial researchers. Up to 75% of all medtech start-ups fail i n the first five years\; for those that do succeed\, the average cost of b ringing a medical device to the market is in the region of $9 million. In such a challenging and competitive environment\, successful medtech develo pment must consider not just the technology\, but also the validity and un iversality of the clinical need\, the competitive and intellectual propert y landscape\, the market size and reimbursement model\, and the clinical b urden of proof required to show safety and efficacy.\n\nMedical devices ar e increasingly investigated in the academic sector with the same rigor pre sent in a commercial setting\, thus ensuring that any technology developed has a realistic chance of moving from “research bench to patient bedsid e” and making a positive impact on patient care. Within the context of a n aging population and an exponential growth in healthcare costs\, electro magnetic (EM) therapeutics and diagnostic technologies provide an attracti ve solution\, since they are low cost\, non-ionising\, and largely non-inv asive. Underpinning the development of these technologies is the need for good knowledge of the underlying electrical properties of human tissue. Wh ile the dielectric properties of biological tissue have been examined for decades\, the majority of the studies have been very narrow in focus\, and several studies have resulted in data that are in direct conflict with ea ch other.\n\nThis talk will discuss the Translational Medical Device Lab ( TMD-Lab) at NUI Galway\, and its strategy to develop technologies that are both “close to patient and close to market”. The talk will also descr ibe a large dielectric study of the animal and human tissue at NUI Galway\ , funded by the European Research Council. The talk will conclude with a b rief description of a number of needs-driven medical devices in developmen t at the TMD-Lab.\n\nThese technologies tackle a number of clinical condit ions with large burdens of care (including Stroke and Breast cancer)\, and therefore have the potential to make very significant societal and econom ic impacts.\n\nProf. Milica Popović received her PhD at Norwestern Univer sity (EE\, 2001). Since 2001\, she has been with the Department of Electri cal and Computer Engineering at McGill University\, where she currently ho lds associate professorship. She teaches courses on electromagnetic fields \, electrical measurements and antennas and propagation. Her research revo lves\, in large part\, around biomedical applications of electromagnetic t heory. In particular\, she and her team are striving to develop a novel br east tissue monitor based on low-power microwave emissions. The goal of th is exciting work is to provide an affordable\, safe and comfortable tool\, which can complement current technologies used for breast cancer detectio n. Prof. Popović’s other interests include: antenna design for wearable devices and microwave tissue properties and high-field MRI. Prof. Popovi ć is a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation\, a Senior Member of the IEEE and a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. Since January 2017\, she is serving as the Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)\, M ontreal Chapter.\n\nDr. Emily Porter is a Marie-Curie ASSISTID Fellow at t he National University of Ireland Galway. She received her B.Eng.\, M.Eng. \, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from McGill University\, Mo ntreal\, Canada\, in 2009\, 2010\, and 2015 respectively. Since 2015\, she has been a postdoctoral researcher with the Translational Medical Device Laboratory at the National University of Ireland Galway. Her current resea rch interests include the measurement of dielectric properties of biologic al tissues and the development of novel technologies for therapeutic and d iagnostic applications of electromagnetic waves. Dr. Porter is the recipie nt of several prestigious national and international awards\, including th e URSI Young Scientist Award\, the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society D octoral Research Award\, the Irish Research Council (IRC) “New Foundatio ns” Grant\, and the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Charlemont Grant.\n\nDr. A dam Santorelli is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National University of Ireland Galway. He completed his B.Eng.\, M.Eng.\, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2010\, 2012\, and 2017\, respectively\, at McGill Universi ty in Montreal\, Canada. Adam's research interests are focused on biomedic al applications with the primary goal of increasing the accessibility to t echnology in order to improve diagnosis\, including the optimization and m iniaturization of off-the-shelf components to design and fabricate custom- built low-cost microwave systems. Adam has recently received a James M. Fl aherty Scholarship from the Ireland-Canada University Foundation and a Bes t Student Paper Award at the IEEE Sensors Application Symposium.\n\nSpeake r(s): \, \, \, \n\nAgenda: \n13:30 - 14:00 Welcome and Introduction\n\nPro f. Milica Popović\n\nChair of IEEE Women in Engineering Montreal Section\ n\nMcGill University\n\n14:00 - 15:00 Close to the Patient and Close to Ma rket: Development of Medical Technologies at NUI Galway\n\nDr. Emily Porte r (PhD McGill 2015)\n\nDr. Adam Santorelli (PhD McGill 2017)\n\nNational U niversity of Ireland\, Galway\n\n15:00 - 15:30 Discussion and Concluding R emarks\n\nRefreshments will be served.\n\nThe event is free\, but places a re limited! Please register through the event!\n\nRoom: MD 267\, Bldg: McD onald Engineering Building\, 817 Sherbrooke Str. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\ , Canada\, H3A 0C3 LOCATION:Room: MD 267\, Bldg: McDonald Engineering Building\, 817 Sherbrook e Str. West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3A 0C3 ORGANIZER:milica.popovich@mcgill.ca SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:Close to the Patient and Close to Market: Development of Medical Te chnologies at NUI Galway\, Ireland URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/45628 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 14pt\; font-family : 'trebuchet ms'\, geneva\;">Introduction&nbsp\;by the Milica Popovic\, Ch air of IEEE WIE Montreal Chapter with observations on roles of women in en gineering\, followed by a technical presentation and discussion&nbsp\;by D r Emily Porter and Dr Adam Santorelli.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-si ze: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms '\, geneva\; font-size: 12pt\;">The development of medical technologies an d the challenges posed by bringing these devices to market are of key inte rest for modern academic and commercial researchers. Up to 75% of all medt ech start-ups fail in the first five years\; for those that do succeed\, t he average cost of bringing a medical device to the market is in the regio n of $9 million. In such a challenging and competitive environment\, succe ssful medtech development must consider not just the technology\, but also the validity and universality of the clinical need\, the competitive and intellectual property landscape\, the market size and reimbursement model\ , and the clinical burden of proof required to show safety and efficacy.&n bsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'\, geneva\; f ont-size: 12pt\;">Medical devices are increasingly investigated in the aca demic sector with the same rigor present in a commercial setting\, thus en suring that any technology developed has a realistic chance of moving from &ldquo\;research bench to patient bedside&rdquo\; and making a positive i mpact on patient care.&nbsp\; Within the context of an aging population an d an exponential growth in healthcare costs\, electromagnetic (EM) therape utics and diagnostic technologies provide an attractive solution\, since t hey are low cost\, non-ionising\, and largely non-invasive. Underpinning t he development of these technologies is the need for good knowledge of the underlying electrical properties of human tissue. While the dielectric pr operties of biological tissue have been examined for decades\, the majorit y of the studies have been very narrow in focus\, and several studies have resulted in data that are in direct conflict with each other.</span></p>\ n<p><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'\, geneva\; font-size: 12pt\;" >This talk will discuss the Translational Medical Device Lab (TMD-Lab) at NUI Galway\, and its strategy to develop technologies that are both &ldquo \;close to patient and close to market&rdquo\;. The talk will also describ e a large dielectric study of the animal and human tissue at NUI Galway\, funded by the European Research Council. The talk will conclude with a bri ef description of a number of needs-driven medical devices in development at the TMD-Lab.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'\, geneva\;">These technologies tackle a number of clinical conditions with large burdens of care (including Stroke and Breast cancer )\, and therefore have the potential to make very significant societal and economic impacts.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;< /span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'\ , geneva\;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Prof. Milica Popovi</span><span lan g="EN-US">ć</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> received her PhD at Norwes tern University (EE\, 2001). Since 2001\, she has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University\, where she c urrently holds associate professorship. She teaches courses on electromagn etic fields\, electrical measurements and antennas and propagation. Her re search revolves\, in large part\, around biomedical applications of electr omagnetic theory. In particular\, she and her team are striving to develop a novel breast tissue monitor based on low-power microwave emissions. The goal of this exciting work is to provide an affordable\, safe and comfort able tool\, which can complement current technologies used for breast canc er detection. Prof. Popovi</span><span lang="EN-US">ć&rsquo\;s other</spa n><span lang="EN-US"> interests include: antenna design for wearable devic es and microwave tissue properties and high-field MRI. Prof. Popović is a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation\, a Senior Member of the IEEE a nd a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. &nbsp\;Since January 2017\, she is serving as the Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)\, M ontreal Chapter.</span></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nb sp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'\, geneva\;"><span lang="EN-US"><strong><span lang="EN-CA">Dr. Emily P orter </span></strong><span lang="EN-CA">is a Marie-Curie ASSISTID Fellow at the National University of Ireland Galway. She </span><span lang="EN-CA ">received her B.Eng.\, M.Eng.\, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineeri ng from McGill University\, Montreal\, Canada\, in 2009\, 2010\, and 2015 respectively. Since 2015\, she has been a postdoctoral researcher with the Translational Medical Device Laboratory at the National University of Ire land Galway. Her current research interests include the measurement of die lectric properties of biological tissues and the development of novel tech nologies for therapeutic and diagnostic applications of electromagnetic wa ves.&nbsp\;Dr. Porter is the recipient of several prestigious national and international awards\, including the URSI Young Scientist Award\, the IEE E Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Award\, the Irish Res earch Council (IRC) &ldquo\;New Foundations&rdquo\; Grant\, and the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Charlemont Grant.</span></span></span></p>\n<p><span s tyle="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12 pt\; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'\, geneva\;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang ="EN-CA"><strong><span lang="EN-CA">Dr. Adam Santorelli</span></strong><sp an lang="EN-CA"> is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National University o f Ireland Galway. He completed his B.Eng.\, M.Eng.\, and Ph.D. in Electric al Engineering in 2010\, 2012\, and 2017\, respectively\, at McGill Univer sity in Montreal\, Canada. Adam's research interests are focused on biomed ical applications with the primary goal of increasing the accessibility to technology in order to improve diagnosis\, including the optimization and miniaturization of off-the-shelf components to design and fabricate custo m-built low-cost microwave systems. Adam has recently received a James M. Flaherty Scholarship from the Ireland-Canada University Foundation and a B est Student Paper Award at the IEEE Sensors Application Symposium.</span>< /span></span></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span ></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong> 13:30 - 14:00 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Welcome and Introduction</strong></span></p>\n<p><span s tyle="font-size: 12pt\;">Prof. Milica Popović</span></p>\n<p><span style= "font-size: 12pt\;">Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering Montreal Section</s pan></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">McGill&nbsp\;University</span ></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></span>< /p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>14:00 - 15:00 &nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </strong><stron g>Close to the Patient and Close to Market:&nbsp\;</strong><strong>Develop ment of Medical Technologies at NUI Galway</strong></span></p>\n<p><span s tyle="font-size: 12pt\;">Dr. Emily Porter (PhD McGill 2015)&nbsp\;</span>< /p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">Dr. Adam Santorelli (PhD McGill 20 17)</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">National University of Ireland\, Galway</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>&n bsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>15:0 0 - 15:30 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;& nbsp\;&nbsp\; Discussion and Concluding Remarks</strong></span></p>\n<p><s pan style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></span></p>\n<p><spa n style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>Refreshments will be served. </strong> </span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></ span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></sp an></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;">The event is free\, but places are limited! Please&nbsp\;register through the event!</span></p>\n<p><spa n style="font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR