The McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering Associate Professor and a team of researchers are creating a medical unit that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to help diagnose and treat patients from a distance. They are hoping to test it in the most remote location of all: outer space.

Alexander Sotra received the 2023 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Alexander is completing his PhD in Biomedical Engineering under supervision of Boyang Zhang.

Researchers at McMaster University have created a new packaging tray that can signal when Salmonella or other dangerous pathogens are present in packages of raw or cooked food such as chicken.