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Academic title(s): Associate Professor School of Physical and Occupational Therapy Associate Member Department of Biomedical Engineering Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Consciousness and Personhood Technologies Dr. Stefanie Blain-Moraes is the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Consciousness and Personhood Technology (2019-2024). Since starting at 91ÉçÇø in 2016, she has been principal or co-applicant on 29 successfully funded grant proposals that have brought a total of $9.6M to Canadian researchers; including $3.3M in operating funds awarded directly to her lab. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of her research program, she has been a Principal Investigator on grants awarded from all three branches of the Canadian Tri-Council (NSERC, CIHR, SSHRC). She has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers on the detection of consciousness and the development of technologies to maximize the personhood of non-communicative individuals. Her inventions are protected under one US Patent, and several Notices of Invention. Dr. Blain-Moraes’ research was recognized with 91ÉçÇø’s Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers in 2022, and has been featured in National Geographic, STAT news, the New Scientist and CTV National News. To date, Dr. Blain-Moraes has trained 51 highly qualified personnel (5 postdoctoral fellows, 4 PhD, 11 MSc and 24 BSc thesis students), and supervised an additional 56 undergraduate students for their capstone design projects. Collectively, her students have been awarded over $1.3 million through 33 scholarships and fellowships, and have received national and international recognition for their research and contributions to academia. The excellence of Dr. Blain-Moraes’ teaching and training was recognized with the 2020 Faculty of Medicine Teaching Innovation Award from 91ÉçÇø and by the 2023 Carrie M. Derrick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision.

Academic title(s): Associate Professor Department of Physiology Associate Member Department of Biomedical Engineering

Academic title(s): Associate Professor: Department of Biomedical Engineering; Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Associate Member: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Academic title(s): Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Associate Member Divison of Endocrinology

Academic title(s): Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering  Associate Member Department of Physiology School of Physical & Occupational Therapy  Department of Mechanical Engineering

Academic title(s): Medical Physicist 91ÉçÇø Health Centre Associate Professor Department of Oncology Associate member Medical Physics Unit Department of Physics  

Academic title(s): Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Associate Member Department of Biomedical Engineering

Academic title(s): Professor Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal Adjunct Member Department of Bioengineering

Academic title(s):   Adjunct Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, 91ÉçÇø. Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal. Research Chair holder, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, Polytechnique Montreal. Affiliate Professor, Research Center of the CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal. Member, Biomedical Engineering Joint Program, Polytechnique Montreal & Université de Montréal.      

Academic title(s): Professor, Marika Zelenka Roy Chair in Bioengineering Department of Bioengineering  

Academic title(s): Full Professor Department of Human Genetics Associate Member Department of Bioengineering