NSERC CREATE in Medical Imaging Detector Technologies

目前，湖首大学、滑铁卢大学和萨斯喀彻温大学的研究生课程为各个科学和工程部门培养了高素质的人才，但这些大学在“健康和相关生命科学与技术”方面提供全面培训的能力有限。拟议的合作培训计划的目的是将这些独立机构的医学成像相关科学和工程研究整合为一个统一和完整的计划，涵盖医学成像技术和技术-这是加拿大现有医学成像计划中代表性不足的领域。我们项目的独特之处在于与专门从事医学成像设备和技术开发和制造的加拿大公司（初创企业，中型和大型企业）进行了广泛的合作，并将培训充分整合到桑德贝地区医疗保健中心的工作中。这将使受训者能够学习如何使有前途的技术发挥其创新潜力，并了解新技术如何能够对重大的人类健康问题产生积极影响。我们的使命和目标是：1。提供创新的成像技术和技术的发展，以检测疾病，了解疾病进展，开发微创治疗，并验证治疗效果，以造福加拿大医疗保健和生命科学产业。培养下一代科学家和医学成像研究人员，他们具备卓越的技术技能，并了解从未满足的患者需求到开发商业产品的途径。在资助期内，将培养21名硕士生、12名博士生、7名本科生暑期生和5名博士后。

Current graduate programs at Lakehead University, University of Waterloo and University of Saskatchewan train highly qualified personnel in individual science and engineering departments, but the ability of these Universities to provide fully rounded training in "Health and related life science and technologies" is however limited. The purpose of the proposed collaborative training program is to consolidate medical imaging-related science and engineering research at these separate institutions into a unified and complete program covering Medical Imaging Techniques and Technologies -an area which is underrepresented in existing Medical Imaging programs in Canada. The uniqueness of our program is in extended collaboration with Canadian companies (start-ups, medium-and large-size) specializing in development and fabrication of Medical Imaging Devises and Technologies as well as in full integration of the training into the working of a Thunder Bay Regional Health Care Centre. This will allow trainees to learn how to bring promising technology to the point where it can fulfill its innovation potential and to understand how new technology can positively affect significant human health problems. Our mission and objectives are:1. To provide for the development of innovative imaging techniques and technologies to detect disease, understand disease progression, develop minimally-invasive treatment, and validate treatment effectiveness to the benefit of Canadian healthcare and the life science industry.2. To create the next generation of scientists and medical imaging researchers equipped with exceptional technical skills and an understanding of the path from an unmet patient need to the development of a commercial product. Over the life of the grant, the program will train 21 Master degree students, 12 Doctoral students, 7 undergraduate summer students and 5 post-doctoral fellows.