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=====Participant Biographies=====

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====J. Stewart Aitchison, Ph.D.====

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**J. Stewart Aitchison, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Electrical and Computer Engineering, **University of Toronto**

|**Research Interests**| Nonlinear optics in semiconductor superlattices, nonlinear optics and wavelength conversion in AlGaAs nanowires, magnetic metamaterials, ultrafast pulse-shaping devices.|
|**Website**|http://photonics.light.utoronto.ca/aitchison/index.html|

**Saturday 17:00-18:00:** Panel moderator - //Micro/nano devices//
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====David Andrews, Ph.D.====

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**David Andrews, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, **McMaster University** \\
Canada Research Chair in Membrane Biogenesis\\
<tab><tab><tab><tab>Director, McMaster Biophotonics Facility

|**Research Interests**|Molecular mechanisms of the assembly of subcellular membranes, regulation of apoptosis by Bcl-2 family proteins, drug discovery, image based high content screening, automated image analysis.  |
|**Website**|www.andrewslab.ca\\ www.macbiophotonics.ca|

**Sunday 13:00-13:30:** //Optical imaging in drug discovery// \\
**Sunday 15:00-16:00:** Panel discussion - //Molecular imaging, drug discovery, and biomaterials//

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====Brian E. Applegate, Ph.D.====

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**Brian E. Applegate, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Biomedical Engineering, **Texas A&M University**

|**Research Interests**| Optical and molecular imaging for biomedical applications: optical coherence tomography/microscopy, multiphoton microscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging, and photoacoustic microscopy.|
|**Website**|http://biomed.tamu.edu/lomi|

**Saturday 14:30-15:30:** Panel discussion - //Endomicroscopy//
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====Richard Berman, Ph.D.====

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**Richard Berman, Ph.D.**\\
Chief Executive Officer\\
**Spectral Applied Research**

|**Website**|www.spectral.ca  |

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====Caroline Boudoux, Ph.D.====

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**Caroline Boudoux, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Engineering Physics, **École polytechnique de Montréal**

|**Research Interests**| Endoscopic confocal microscopy, spectrally encoded confocal microscopy, optical coherence tomography, Doppler optical coherence tomograhy, SECM imaging.|
|**Website**|http://www.polymtl.ca/lodi/en/equipe/cv.php|

**Saturday 14:30-15:30:** Panel discussion - //Endomicroscopy//
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====John L. Brash, Ph.D.====

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**John L. Brash, Ph.D.**\\
Director, Distinguished Professor\\
School of Biomedical Engineering, **McMaster University** \\

|**Research Interests**|Biomaterials and biocompatibility, materials for use in blood contact, vascular grafts, coronary stents, heart valves, behaviour of proteins at interfaces.<tab>  |

**Sunday 14:00-14:30:** //Biomaterials and biocompatibility// \\ \\

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====Pramod Butte====

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**Pramod Butte**\\
Post-Doctorate Fellow\\
Neurosurgery, **Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre**

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====Alexander N. Cartwright, Ph.D.====

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**Alexander N. Cartwright, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Electrical/Biomedical Engineering, **University of New York, Buffalo**

|**Research Interests**| Characterization and fabrication of III-V and II-VI structures, characterization by ultrafast spectroscopy, hybrid organic-semiconductor nanocrystals, biosensing.|
|**Website**|www.ee.buffalo.edu/faculty/cartwright/|

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====Zhongping Chen, Ph.D.====

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**Zhongping Chen, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Biomedical Engineering, **University of California, Irvine** \\

|**Research Interests**|Optical coherence tomography, intravascular imaging, endoscopic nonlinear optical imaging. <tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab>  |
|**Website**|http://chen.bli.uci.edu/  |

**Saturday 13:30-14:00:** //Optical coherence tomography// \\

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====Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Ph.D.====

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**Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Electrical and Computer Engineering, **McGill University**

|**Research Interests**| CMOS sensor microsystems, biochemical sensors, mixed-signal VLSI design, nanostructured sensor materials, and polymeric MEMS/microfluidics.|
|**Website**|www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vchoda/homepage.htm|

**Saturday 16:30-17:00:** //Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip//
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====Christopher H. Contag, Ph.D.====

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**Christopher H. Contag, Ph.D.**\\
Associate Professor\\
Depts. of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Immunology and Radiology \\
School of Medicine, **Stanford University** \\

|**Research Interests**|Noninvasive optical measures of biological function in living systems. <tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab><tab>  |
|**Website**|http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Christopher_Contag/  |

**Sunday 13:30-14:00:** //Molecular imaging// \\
**Sunday 15:00-16:00:** Panel discussion - //Molecular imaging, drug discovery, and biomaterials//


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====M. Daniel Côté, Ph.D.====

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**M. Daniel Côté, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Biophotonics CRULRG, **Université Laval**

|**Research Interests**| In vivo imaging, live animal imaging, coherent Raman microscopy, myelin, multiple sclerosis, histopathology.|
|**Website**|http://dcclab.ca|

**Saturday 14:00-14:30:** //in vivo multiphoton imaging//
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====M. Jamal Deen, Ph.D.====

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**M. Jamal Deen, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Electrical and Computer Engineering, **McMaster University**\\
Senior Canada Research Chair in Information Technology

|**Research Interests**| Micro-, nano- and opto-electronics for life and environmental sciences; biosensors, imaging systems, micro- and nano-systems.|
|**Website**|www.ece.mcmaster.ca/~jamal/|
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**Saturday 9:00-11:30:** Chair - //Overview: Clinical needs and technology capabilities// \\
**Saturday 16:00-16:30:** //Micro/nano biosensors//

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====Erik Dutson, M.D.====

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**Erik Dutson, M.D.**\\
Physician\\
Surgery, Ronald Reagan Medical Centre, **University of California, LA**

|**Clinical Interests**|Bariatric surgery, colorectal (colon, rectum and anus), fundoplication, gastrointestinal, general surgery, laparoscopic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, urgent gastrointestinal surgery.|

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====Qiyin Fang, Ph.D.====

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**Qiyin Fang, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Engineering Physics and Biomedical, **McMaster University**\\
Canada Research Chair in Biophotonics

|**Research Interests**| Optical spectroscopic and imaging technologies for minimally invasive diagnosis and guided therapy, miniaturized MOEMS sensors and imaging systems, advanced optical microscopy and emerging applications.|
|**Website**|http://wiki.mcmaster.ca/Biophotonics/|

**Sunday 10:30-11:30:** Panel discussion - //Functional imaging// \\
**Sunday 13:00-16:00:** Chair - //Molecular imaging, drug discovery and biomaterials//

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====Daniel L. Farkas, Ph.D.====

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**Daniel L. Farkas, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, **Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre**\\
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgical Technologies Institute

|**Research Interests**|Molecular imaging, in vivo imaging, medical applications of bioimaging, optical cancer diagnostics; fast neuroimaging, spectral/hyperspectral imaging, acousto-optics, lasers, optical coherence tomography.|

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**Sunday 15:00-16:00:** Panel discussion - //Molecular imaging, drug discovery and biomaterials//

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====Warren S. Grundfest, M.D.====

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**Warren S. Grundfest, M.D.**\\
Professor\\
Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering, **University of California, LA**\\
UCLA Schools of Engineering and Medicine

|**Research Interests**| Image-guided therapies and medical device development: minimally invasive surgery, optical diagnostics, medical robotics, and advanced medical imaging technologies.|
|**Website**|www.bioeng.ucla.edu/people/faculty/warren-s.-grundfest-m.d|

**Saturday 9:10-9:30:** //Overview translation in optical imaging// \\
**Saturday 10:45-11:30:** Panel discussion - //Clinical needs and technological capabilities//

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====Javier A. Jo, Ph.D.====

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**Javier A. Jo, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Biomedical Engineering, **Texas A&M University**\\

|**Research Interests**|Tissue fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging; multimodal optical imaging; biomedical signal and image processing.|
|**Website**|http://people.tamu.edu/~javierjo/|

**Sunday 10:30-11:30:** Panel discussion - //Functional imaging//

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====Vassili Karanassios, Ph.D.====

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**Vassili Karanassios, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Department of Chemistry, **University of Waterloo**

|**Research Interests**|Micro- and nano-analytical chemistry, micro- and nano-samples, lab-on-a-chip, micro-ITV for battery-operated micro-plasma devices (MPDs) as light or ion sources, micro optical or mass spectrometers.|
|**Website**|http://orchard.uwaterloo.ca/|

**Saturday 16:00-18:00:** Chair - //Micro/nano-sensing and microfluidics//

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====Mohamed A. Karmali, M.D.====

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**Mohamed A. Karmali, M.D.**\\
Professor\\
Pathology and Molecular Medicine, **McMaster University**\\
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto

|**Research Interests**| Biology, ecology, epidemiology, and public health significance of emerging foodborne and waterborne bacterial pathogens: microbiology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of VTEC infections.|
|**Website**|http://iidr.mcmaster.ca/investigators/mohamed-karmali.html|

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====Stephen Lam, M.D.====

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**Stephen Lam, M.D.**\\
Professor of Medicine\\
Chair, Lung Tumour Group, **BC Cancer Agency**

|**Research Interests**| Lung cancer control through early detection and personalized therapy, integrates socio-demographic factors, smoking, clinical data and biomarkers in the sputum or blood; autofluorescence bronchoscopy and spiral CT scan, natural products, prescription drugs.|

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====Regina Leung====

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**Regina Leung**\\
Research Student\\
Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, **McMaster University**

|**Research Interests**| Deconvolution algorithms for time-domain fluorescene decay lifetime estimations, diagnostic imaging and real time cavity surface profiling, assistive technologies for the elderly and disabled, medical robotics, and power-assisted exoskeletons.|

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====Yudong Li, Ph.D.====

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**Yudong Li, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
School of Physics, **Nankai University**

|**Research Interests**| Ultrafast optics; nonlinear optics;  micro- and Nano-structure fabrication.|
|**Website**|http://physics.nankai.edu.cn/grzy/yudongli/|

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====Louis W.C. Liu, M.Eng., M.D., Ph.D.====

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**Louis W.C. Liu, M.Eng., M.D., Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Department of Medicine, **University of Toronto**\\
Toronto Western Hospital - University Health Network

|**Research Interests**| Clinical research in functional bowel disease and neurogastroenterology, biomedical instrumentations in endoscopic diagnostic imaging.|

**Saturday 10:45-11:30:** Panel moderator - //Clinical needs and technology capabilities//

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====Qing-Bin Lu, Ph.D.====

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**Qing-Bin Lu, Ph.D.**\\
Associate Professor\\
Depts. of Physics, Biology, Chemistry, **University of Waterloo**

|**Research Interests**| Femtochemistry, femtobiology and femtomedicine, ultrafast biophotonics, time-resolved spectroscopy and imaging, molecular pathways of DNA damage and cell death, molecular mechanisms and development of novel anticancer drugs; environmental sciences.|
|**Website**|http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~qblu/|

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====Calum MacAuley, Ph.D.====

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**Calum MacAuley, Ph.D.**\\
Associate Professor\\
Department of Pathology, **University of British Columbia**\\
Associated Member Physics \\
<tab><tab><tab><tab>Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre

|**Research Interests**| Early detection and treatment of cancer using quantitative imaging tools in microscopy: tissue fluorescence, automated cytometry, self excitation light fluorescence (SELF), understanding the pre-invasive neoplastic process in epithelial tissue at multiple space scales.|
|**Website**|[[http://www.pathology.ubc.ca/NewPathology/ClinicalAssociateProfessor/Calum_MacAulay.html|www.pathology.ubc.ca/.../Calum_MacAulay.html]]|

**Sunday 15:00-16:00:** Panel moderator - //Molecular imaging, drug discovery, and biomaterials//

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====Nicholas MacKinnon, Ph.D.====

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**Nicholas MacKinnon, Ph.D.**\\
President\\
**OneLight Corporation**

|**Research Interests**|Spectrally programmable illumination systems for surgical imaging; hyperspectral tissue imaging, image sensor calibration: fluorescence and multispectral imaging of tissues.|
|**Website**|www.onelightcorp.com|

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====Kristen Maitland, Ph.D.====

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**Kristen Maitland, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Biomedical Engineering, **Texas A&M University**

|**Research Interests**| Confocal microscopy with other optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques for disease detection, diagnosis, and treatment; endoscope and miniature optics development for improved access for in vivo applications.|
|**Website**|[[http://biomed.tamu.edu/faculty_detail.asp?lname='kmaitland']]|

**Saturday 14:30-15:30:** Panel discussion - //Endomicroscopy//

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====Ognian Marinov, Ph.D.====

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**Ognian Marinov, Ph.D.**\\
Researcher\\
Electrical Engineering, **McMaster University**

|**Research Interests**| Low frequency noise in devices and breakdown; micro-power circuit design; organic electronics; technology and automation of measurements and characterization.|

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====Ozzy Mermut====

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**Ozzy Mermut**\\
Program Manager\\
**Institut national d'optique**

|**Website**|www.ino.ca|

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====Michael S. Patterson, Ph.D.====

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**Michael S. Patterson, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Depts. of Radiology and Medical Physics, **McMaster University**\\
Head of Medical Physics\\
<tab><tab><tab><tab>Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences

|**Research Interests**| Biomedical optics, photodynamic therapy, optical spectroscopy, radiation physics, optical imaging, radiation therapy, signal processing, medical imaging.|

**Sunday 8:30-9:15:** //PDT - new developments// \\
**Sunday 10:30-11:30:** Panel discussion - //Functional imaging//

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====Eric O. Potma, Ph.D.====

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**Eric O. Potma, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Department of Chemistry, **University of California, Irvine**\\
Beckman Laser Institute

|**Research Interests**| Nonlinear microscopy, nano-plasmonics, single molecule spectroscopy, biomedical imaging.|
|**Website**|www.chem.uci.edu/~potma/webpage_test.htm|

**Saturday 14:30-15:30:** Panel discussion: //Endomicroscopy// \\
**Sunday 9:45-10:15:** //Raman and CARS//

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====Marinko V. Sarunic, Ph.D.====

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**Marinko V. Sarunic, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Engineering Science, **Simon Fraser University**

|**Website**|http://borg.ensc.sfu.ca/aboutme.htm|

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====Herb E. Schellhorn, Ph.D.====

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**Herb E. Schellhorn, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Department of Biology, **McMaster University**

|**Research Interests**| Determination of factors affecting bacterial virulence and persistence of E. coli, adenovirus vector technology, gene expression technologies, bacterial molecular biology.|
|**Website**|www.biology.mcmaster.ca/faculty/schellhorn/web/labwebpage/index.htm|

**Sunday 15:00-16:00:** Panel discussion - //Molecular imaging, drug discovery and biomaterials//

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====P. Ravi Selvaganapathy, Ph.D.====

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**P. Ravi Selvaganapathy, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Mechanical Engineering, **McMaster University**

|**Research Interests**| Micro- and nano-fluidic devices, biosensors, micro- and nano-systems.|
|**Website**|www.mech.mcmaster.ca/faculty/about_selvaganapathy.html|

**Saturday 17:00-18:00:** Panel discussion - //Micro/nano devices//

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====Peyman Servati, Ph.D.====

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**Peyman Servati, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Electrical & Computer Engineering, **University of British Columbia**

|**Research Interests**| Nanowires, nanocomposites, mechanically flexible electronics, nanocomposite fibers, nanowire sensors, disposable medical sensors, nanocomposite solar cells.|
|**Website**|www.ece.ubc.ca/~peymans|

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====Rahul Singh, Ph.D.====

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**Rahul Singh, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professional Researcher\\
Electrical Engineering, **University of California, LA**

|**Research Interests**| Acoustics resesarch with applications in dentistry and biomedical engineering.|

**Saturday 17:00-18:00:** Panel discussion - //Micro/nano devices//

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====Qian Sun, Ph.D.====

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**Qian Sun, Ph.D., Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
School of Physics, **Nankai University**\\
Director of Tianjin Key Lab of Information Materials and Technology

|**Research Interests**| Nonlinear optics and nonlinear materials. Nanostructure fabrication and application.|

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====Shuo Tang, Ph.D.====

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**Shuo Tang, Ph.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Electrical & Computer Engineering, **University of British Columbia**

|**Research Interests**| Biophotonics, biomedical optics, optical tissue imaging instrumentation, optical coherence tomography, multiphoton microscopy, endoscopy, cancer imaging.|
|**Website**|www.mina.ubc.ca/tang|

**Saturday 14:30-15:30:** Panel discussion - //Endomicroscopy//

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====Zachary D. Taylor, Ph.D.====

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**Zachary D. Taylor, Ph.D.**\\
Postdoctoral Scholar\\
Bioengineering, **University of California, LA**

|**Research Interests**| Optical and optoelectronic and laser based techniques for medical sciences, lifetime fluorescence imaging, laser microscopy, THz imaging systems, components, and devices.|
|**Website**|www.casit.ucla.edu|

**Saturday 17:00-18:00:** Panel discussion - //Micro/nano devices//

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====Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D.====

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**Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, **University of California, Irvine**\\
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic

|**Research Interests**| Diffuse optical spectroscopy and imaging, non-linear optical microscopy, photodynamic therapy, optical biology / physiology.|
|**Website**|www.bli.uci.edu|

**Saturday 13:30-15:30:** Chair - //Endomicroscopy// \\
**Saturday 14:30-15:30:** Panel moderator - //Endomicroscopy//

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====Frances Tse, M.D.====

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**Frances Tse, M.D.**\\
Assistant Professor\\
Division of Gastroenterology, **McMaster University**

|**Research Interests**| EUS, ERCP, endoscopic mucosal resection, and therapeutic endoscopy, endoscopy training, endoscopic technologies.|
|**Website**|http://www-fhs.mcmaster.ca/medicine/gastro/faculty-member_tse.htm|

**Sunday 8:30-10:15:** Chair - //Functional imaging//

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====Dafydd Rhys Williams, M.D.====

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**Dafydd Rhys Williams, M.D.**\\
Professor\\
Department of Surgery, **McMaster University** \\
Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine \\
<tab><tab><tab><tab>Director, McMaster Centre for Medical Robotics \\
<tab><tab><tab><tab>St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

|**Research Interests**| Cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation, pre-hospital emergency cardiac care, space medicine, critical care aero-medical transport, robotic and telerobotic surgery.|

**Saturday 9:30-10:30:** //Robotics// \\
**Saturday 10:45-11:30:** Panel discussion: //Clinical needs & technological capabilities//

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====Brian Wilson, Ph.D.====

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**Brian Wilson, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Biophysics, **University of Toronto**\\
Ontario Cancer Institute

|**Research Interests**| Laser biophysics: therapeutic and diagnostic techniques, light transport in tissues, development of light sources/optical-fiber light delivery devices and of optical dosimeters, in vivo optical spectroscopy of tissues.|
|**Website**|http://medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/wilson.html|

**Sunday 10:30-11:30:** Panel moderator - //Functional imaging//

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====Brian J.F. Wong, M.D., Ph.D., FACS====

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**Brian J.F. Wong, M.D., Ph.D., FACS**\\
Professor\\
Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, **University of California, Irvine** \\
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic

|**Research Interests**| Tissue shape change and reshaping, tissue thermoviscoelasticity, clinical applications of optical coherence tomography.|
|**Website**|www.bli.uci.edu|

**Saturday 10:00-10:30:** //Endoscopy// \\
**Saturday 10:45-11:30:** Panel discussion - //Clinical needs & technology capabilities//

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====Chang-Qing Xu, Ph.D.====

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**Chang-Qing Xu, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Engineering Physics, **McMaster University**

|**Research Interests**| Nonlinear optic materials and devices, semiconductor laser diodes and amplifiers, waveguide devices; optoelectronics and optical sensors for laser display, telecommunication and biomedical applications.|
|**Website**|http://engphys.mcmaster.ca/faculty_staff/faculty/xu/|

**Saturday 17:00-18:00:** Panel discussion - //Micro/nano devices//

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====Orly Yadid-Pecht, D.Sc., FIEEE====

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**Orly Yadid-Pecht, D.Sc., FIEEE**\\
Professor\\
Electrical & Computer Engineering, **University of Calgary**\\
iCore Professor in Integrated Sensors and Intelligent Systems

|**Research Interests**| Image sensors, micro and nano systems, smart sensors, biosensors.|
|**Website**|www.ucalgary.ca/isis|

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====Shu-chi Yeh, ====

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**Shu-chi Yeh, **\\
M.A.Sc. Student\\
Biomedical Engineering, **McMaster University**

|**Research Interests**| PDT dosimetry in cancer research using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, computational design, nanoprobes, in vivo imaging, nanoparticles for molecular imaging and therapy.|

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====Benny Yeung====

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**Benny Yeung**\\
System Design Engineer\\
Space Missions Unit, **MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates**

|**Research Interests**| High-throughput automation systems in the department for molecular biology experiments focusing on cancer research, medical and surgical robotics.|
|**Website**|www.mdacorporation.com|

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====William H. Yong, M.D.====

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**William H. Yong, M.D.**\\
Associate Professor\\
Brain Research Institute, **University of California, LA**\\
Dept. of Autopsy, Neuropathology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

|**Research Interests**| Brain and pituitary tumours, biospecimen research, tracking movement of materials in and out of biorepositories, whole slide digital imaging (WSDI) and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags as tools to improve tracking.|
|**Website**|[[http://faculty.bri.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=45925|http://faculty.bri.ucla.edu/...personnel_id=45925]]|

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====Haishan Zeng, Ph.D.====

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**Haishan Zeng, Ph.D.**\\
Associate Professor\\
**British Columbia Cancer Research Centre**

|**Research Interests**| Optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques for improving early cancer detection, optical diagnosis and therapy, fluorescence endoscopy.|
|**Website**|http://www.bccrc.ca/dept/ic/cancer-imaging/haishan-zeng-phd|

**Sunday 9:15-9:45:** //Fluorescence endoscopy// \\
**Sunday 10:30-11:30:** Panel discussion - //Functional imaging//

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====Haiying Zhang, Ph.D.====

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**Haiying Zhang, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
RFIC, Institute of Microelectronics, **Chinese Academy of Sciences**

|**Research Interests**| RFIC design, MMIC design, SoC for healthcare, information technology for medical equipments.|
|**Website**|www.ime.ac.cn|

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====Yi-qi Zhuang, Ph.D.====

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**Yi-qi Zhuang, Ph.D.**\\
Professor\\
Dean, School of Microelectronics, **Xidian University**

|**Research Interests**| Radio-frequency and short-range communication ICs for applications in RFID, GPS and bioelectronics, micro-nano-electronic devices and materials, single-chip integration of digital, analog, RF and power.|

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