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Researchers from the Schools of Engineering Science and Mechatronic Systems Engineering have received nearly $2 million from  (CIHR) through its Project Grant: Fall 2025 program.

The CIHR's Project Grant is designed to help advance fundamental and applied knowledge in health to improve research, healthcare delivery, health systems, and overall health outcomes

Recipients of CIHR Project Grant:

Mirza Faisal Beg, Professor, School of Engineering Science
CIHR鈥檚 contribution: $994,501
Project title: Commercializing Automated Whole-Body MRI Analytics for Precision Health
Description: CT and MRI scans provide detailed 3D images used to assess major diseases and are critical instruments relied upon by healthcare professionals. However, analyzing a single scan can take hundreds of hours, making it impractical for clinical use. professor Beg and his team is developing an AI system that automatically analyzes full-body MRI scans in minutes, rapidly measuring muscles, fat, bones and organs to support earlier detection, personalized care, and improved health outcomes.

Faranak Farzan, Professor, School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Project title: Electroencephalography-Based Prediction of Clinical Response to Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Comorbid Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
CIHR鈥檚 contribution: $979,965
Description: About eight per cent of Canadians experience PTSD, with higher rates among veterans, first responders and health-care workers. About half of those individuals also have major depressive disorder, leading to worse outcomes. Because treatment selection is often trial-and-error, professor Farzan and her team is developing EEG-based tools to predict which patients will respond to deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS), aiming to improve outcomes and reduce strain on Canada鈥檚 health-care system.

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