The Department awards two travel awards, of $2000 each, in honour of Prof. Galiana's devotion to student well-being and her contributions to biomedical engineering. These awards are for new BBME students, supervised by a core BME member, to attend a leading national/international conference within the student's field. Presenting at the conference is not a requirement to receive this award. Awardees will be selected at random.

Award Criteria and Time Period

Eligibility

• BBME student (Master鈥檚 or听Doctoral) who is supervised by a core BME member
• Must be a first-year student/incoming student in the program
• The conference must be one of the top two leading conferences in the student鈥檚 area of research

Application Instructions

• The student鈥檚 supervisor must submit 听
• Awardees have one year to use the award
• Awardees must provide proof of attendance at the conference upon their return

Application Deadline

November 29 at 5PM

About Prof. Galiana

Henrietta (Mimi) Galiana, former Chair of the Department of BME and Professor Emerita following her retirement, has made significant contributions to the newly emerging fields of modern neuroscience with her research on data processing of eye movement reflexes, and modelling of reflexes with neural networks. Biomimetic strategies based on her research on biological systems associated with vision are advancing control of robotic arms and heads in man-made and living organisms. She is also co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of NeuroFlex (formerly Saccade Analytics), a startup built on Mimi鈥檚 30+ years of research.

Learn More about Mimi's career, the travel award, and what 91社区 means to her.

View Mimi's Research Seminar Talk on Saccade Analytics below.