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J. Stewart Aitchison, Ph.D.

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

David Andrews, Ph.D.

David Andrews, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
Canada Research Chair in Membrane Biogenesis
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

Brian E. Applegate, Ph.D.

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.

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

Website

www.spectral.ca

Caroline Boudoux, Ph.D.

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

John L. Brash, Ph.D.

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.

Sunday 14:00-14:30: Biomaterials and biocompatibility

Pramod Butte

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

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Alexander N. Cartwright, Ph.D.

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/

Zhongping Chen, Ph.D.

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

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

Saturday 13:30-14:00: Optical coherence tomography

Vamsy P. Chodavarapu, Ph.D.

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

Christopher H. Contag, Ph.D.

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.
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

M. Daniel Côté, Ph.D.

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.

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

Erik Dutson, M.D.

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.

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

Daniel L. Farkas, Ph.D.

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.

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

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Warren S. Grundfest, M.D.

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.

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.

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

Mohamed A. Karmali, M.D.

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.

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.

Regina Leung

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.

Yudong Li, Ph.D.

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/

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

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

Qing-Bin Lu, Ph.D.

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.

Calum MacAuley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia
Associated Member Physics
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	www.pathology.ubc.ca/.../Calum_MacAulay.html

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

Nicholas MacKinnon, Ph.D.

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

Kristen Maitland, Ph.D.

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

Ognian Marinov, Ph.D.

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.

Ozzy Mermut

Ozzy Mermut
Program Manager
Institut national d'optique

Website

www.ino.ca

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Michael S. Patterson, Ph.D.

Michael S. Patterson, Ph.D.
Professor
Depts. of Radiology and Medical Physics, McMaster University
Head of Medical Physics
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

Eric O. Potma, Ph.D.

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.

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

Website

http://borg.ensc.sfu.ca/aboutme.htm

Herb E. Schellhorn, Ph.D.

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

P. Ravi Selvaganapathy, Ph.D.

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

Peyman Servati, Ph.D.

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

Rahul Singh, Ph.D.

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

Qian Sun, Ph.D.

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.

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

Zachary D. Taylor, Ph.D.

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

Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D.

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

Frances Tse, M.D.

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.

Dafydd Rhys Williams, M.D.
Professor
Department of Surgery, McMaster University
Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine
Director, McMaster Centre for Medical Robotics
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

Brian Wilson, Ph.D.

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

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

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.

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

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

Shu-chi Yeh,

Shu-chi Yeh, Ph.D.
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.

Benny Yeung

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

William H. Yong, M.D.

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/...personnel_id=45925

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Haishan Zeng, Ph.D.

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

Haiying Zhang, Ph.D.

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

Yi-qi Zhuang, Ph.D.

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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