José Zariffa
@josezariffa.bsky.social
Developing technology to improve neurorehabilitation outcomes at @kiteuhn.bsky.social and @bme-uoft.bsky.social.
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José Zariffa
@josezariffa.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Engineering Innovations for Precision Medicine
www.biomedcentral.com
🧪The Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation & BioMedical Engineering Online @biomedcentral.bsky.social are launching an exciting cross-journal collection on Engineering Innovations for Precision Medicine. Find more information and submit you work here:
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
Thank you @uhnresearch.ca for showcasing our work!
Researchers at @kiteuhn.bsky.social are using #AI and wearable cameras to study hand function at home for individuals with hand impairments, offering personalized insights beyond the clinic.
🔗Read more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/rehabil...
🔗Read more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/rehabil...
October 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thank you @uhnresearch.ca for showcasing our work!
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Ever wanted to see research labs in action? KITE's doors are opening! Come see how real-life scientists evaluate problems in our Challenging Environment Assessment Laboratories.
The Institute is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 24 and 25.
Learn more: kite-uhn.com/news/kite-do...
The Institute is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 24 and 25.
Learn more: kite-uhn.com/news/kite-do...
May 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ever wanted to see research labs in action? KITE's doors are opening! Come see how real-life scientists evaluate problems in our Challenging Environment Assessment Laboratories.
The Institute is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 24 and 25.
Learn more: kite-uhn.com/news/kite-do...
The Institute is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 24 and 25.
Learn more: kite-uhn.com/news/kite-do...
Congratulations to all the winners! Dr. Li did an amazing job representing our lab!
Congratulations to the winners of the Vodovnik Award
1st Margaux Randolph
2nd Guijin Li
3rd Aidan McConnell-Trevillion
1st Margaux Randolph
2nd Guijin Li
3rd Aidan McConnell-Trevillion
May 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Congratulations to all the winners! Dr. Li did an amazing job representing our lab!
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Congress cuts $40M for spinal injury research for veterans, threatening Wisconsin research
A program funded by the US Department of Defense was one of 23 not renewed this year.
Link: www.wpr.org/news/congres...
A program funded by the US Department of Defense was one of 23 not renewed this year.
Link: www.wpr.org/news/congres...
Congress cuts $40M for spinal injury research for veterans, threatening Wisconsin research
Advocates for patients with spinal cord injuries are raising alarm over a $40 million research program they said was quietly cut from a Department of Defense office that funds medical research.
www.wpr.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Congress cuts $40M for spinal injury research for veterans, threatening Wisconsin research
A program funded by the US Department of Defense was one of 23 not renewed this year.
Link: www.wpr.org/news/congres...
A program funded by the US Department of Defense was one of 23 not renewed this year.
Link: www.wpr.org/news/congres...
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Interested in foundation models for #neuroscience? Want to contribute to the development of the next-generation of multi-modal models? Come join us at IVADO in Montreal!
We're hiring a full-time machine learning specialist for this work.
Please share widely!
#NeuroAI 🧠📈 🧪
We're hiring a full-time machine learning specialist for this work.
Please share widely!
#NeuroAI 🧠📈 🧪
🔍 [Job Offer] #MachineLearning Specialist.
Join the IVADO Research Regroupement - AI and Neuroscience (R1) to develop foundational models in the field of neuroscience.
More info: ivado.ca/2025/04/08/s...
#JobOffer #AI #Neuroscience #Research #MachineLearning
Join the IVADO Research Regroupement - AI and Neuroscience (R1) to develop foundational models in the field of neuroscience.
More info: ivado.ca/2025/04/08/s...
#JobOffer #AI #Neuroscience #Research #MachineLearning
Machine Learning Specialist | IVADO
ivado.ca
April 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Interested in foundation models for #neuroscience? Want to contribute to the development of the next-generation of multi-modal models? Come join us at IVADO in Montreal!
We're hiring a full-time machine learning specialist for this work.
Please share widely!
#NeuroAI 🧠📈 🧪
We're hiring a full-time machine learning specialist for this work.
Please share widely!
#NeuroAI 🧠📈 🧪
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Worth a listen, new podcast from @u2fp.bsky.social with Dr. Andy Taylor on the recently disbanded $40M DoD spinal cord injury research program.
This was a unique program which ensured people impacted by SCI were helping make funding decisions based on community priorities.
u2fp.org/get-educated...
This was a unique program which ensured people impacted by SCI were helping make funding decisions based on community priorities.
u2fp.org/get-educated...
Collateral Damage (Episode 119)
We are interrupting our regularly scheduled programming with this update on a major setback for SCI research. On March 15th, Congress eliminated an effective Spinal Cord Injury Research program...
u2fp.org
April 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Worth a listen, new podcast from @u2fp.bsky.social with Dr. Andy Taylor on the recently disbanded $40M DoD spinal cord injury research program.
This was a unique program which ensured people impacted by SCI were helping make funding decisions based on community priorities.
u2fp.org/get-educated...
This was a unique program which ensured people impacted by SCI were helping make funding decisions based on community priorities.
u2fp.org/get-educated...
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We’re unveiling a bold new initiative at UHN🍁💯
Join us for a livestream tomorrow, April 7, 2025 @ 11:45AM EST to learn more!
www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...
Join us for a livestream tomorrow, April 7, 2025 @ 11:45AM EST to learn more!
www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...
April 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We’re unveiling a bold new initiative at UHN🍁💯
Join us for a livestream tomorrow, April 7, 2025 @ 11:45AM EST to learn more!
www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...
Join us for a livestream tomorrow, April 7, 2025 @ 11:45AM EST to learn more!
www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...
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ARC-EX has received FDA approval for spinal cord injury rehabilitation thanks in part to KITE research. The FDA has approved ARC-EX for use in clinics in the U.S., and researchers hope it will come to Canada next. Learn more: ow.ly/pywn50VtUKr @milos-r-popovic.bsky.social @uhnresearch.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
ARC-EX has received FDA approval for spinal cord injury rehabilitation thanks in part to KITE research. The FDA has approved ARC-EX for use in clinics in the U.S., and researchers hope it will come to Canada next. Learn more: ow.ly/pywn50VtUKr @milos-r-popovic.bsky.social @uhnresearch.bsky.social
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#ICAIR 2025 includes three powerful panels. Anthony Lue will moderate "Breaking Barriers: Stories of Resilience and Impact in Accessibility Advocacy," which includes Luke Anderson, Shruti Kothari, Heela Omarkhail, and Matthew Shaw. Learn more at bit.ly/42hZZxJ
March 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#ICAIR 2025 includes three powerful panels. Anthony Lue will moderate "Breaking Barriers: Stories of Resilience and Impact in Accessibility Advocacy," which includes Luke Anderson, Shruti Kothari, Heela Omarkhail, and Matthew Shaw. Learn more at bit.ly/42hZZxJ
Come join our team! We are seeking a post-doctoral researcher to join our group at @bme-uoft.bsky.social and @kiteuhn.bsky.social. The work will focus on the chronic stability of peripheral nerve interfaces. Details at the link below:
bme.utoronto.ca/job-posting-...
bme.utoronto.ca/job-posting-...
March 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Come join our team! We are seeking a post-doctoral researcher to join our group at @bme-uoft.bsky.social and @kiteuhn.bsky.social. The work will focus on the chronic stability of peripheral nerve interfaces. Details at the link below:
bme.utoronto.ca/job-posting-...
bme.utoronto.ca/job-posting-...
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A fun data science competition with unique dataset access for those interested in spinal cord injury research (or who just want to make the world better).
Reveal of winning team results will be a highlight of the American Spinal Injury Association precourse this June!
🧪 #SCIrehab #PhySKYatry
Reveal of winning team results will be a highlight of the American Spinal Injury Association precourse this June!
🧪 #SCIrehab #PhySKYatry
Are you interested in data science and spinal cord injury? Looking for an opportunity to explore it?
Then I highly recommend checking out the data science challenge organized through ASIA.
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Then I highly recommend checking out the data science challenge organized through ASIA.
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Spinal Cord Injury Challenge - Functional Track
2025 American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Challenge: Prediction of functional recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury
www.kaggle.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A fun data science competition with unique dataset access for those interested in spinal cord injury research (or who just want to make the world better).
Reveal of winning team results will be a highlight of the American Spinal Injury Association precourse this June!
🧪 #SCIrehab #PhySKYatry
Reveal of winning team results will be a highlight of the American Spinal Injury Association precourse this June!
🧪 #SCIrehab #PhySKYatry
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Kris Shah, the co-founder, president and CEO of Baylis Medical Technologies is giving an invited lecture at the @bme-uoft.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social and @uoftengineering.bsky.social
Location: McLennan Physical Laboratories, room 202, 255 Huron St.
When: Now
Location: McLennan Physical Laboratories, room 202, 255 Huron St.
When: Now
February 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Kris Shah, the co-founder, president and CEO of Baylis Medical Technologies is giving an invited lecture at the @bme-uoft.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social and @uoftengineering.bsky.social
Location: McLennan Physical Laboratories, room 202, 255 Huron St.
When: Now
Location: McLennan Physical Laboratories, room 202, 255 Huron St.
When: Now
Are you considering a change of scenery? The University of Toronto @uoft.bsky.social has post-doctoral funding opportunities for Black and Indigenous scholars.
www.sgs.utoronto.ca/awards/provo...
www.sgs.utoronto.ca/awards/provo...
February 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Are you considering a change of scenery? The University of Toronto @uoft.bsky.social has post-doctoral funding opportunities for Black and Indigenous scholars.
www.sgs.utoronto.ca/awards/provo...
www.sgs.utoronto.ca/awards/provo...
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
🧪The Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation & BioMedical Engineering Online @biomedcentral.bsky.social are launching an exciting cross-journal collection on Engineering Innovations for Precision Medicine. Find more information and submit you work here:
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
Engineering Innovations for Precision Medicine
www.biomedcentral.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🧪The Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation & BioMedical Engineering Online @biomedcentral.bsky.social are launching an exciting cross-journal collection on Engineering Innovations for Precision Medicine. Find more information and submit you work here:
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
Reposted by José Zariffa
We're growing our community on Bluesky! ✨
Follow for regular updates on #research breakthroughs at Canada's largest research hospital:
➡️ go.bsky.app/5BvdkUW
Follow for regular updates on #research breakthroughs at Canada's largest research hospital:
➡️ go.bsky.app/5BvdkUW
November 26, 2024 at 4:49 PM
We're growing our community on Bluesky! ✨
Follow for regular updates on #research breakthroughs at Canada's largest research hospital:
➡️ go.bsky.app/5BvdkUW
Follow for regular updates on #research breakthroughs at Canada's largest research hospital:
➡️ go.bsky.app/5BvdkUW
Reposted by José Zariffa
Here is a draft you can use to reach out to your Elected Reps about the devastating impact on NIH:
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
B.I.O.N.I.C. Lab - NIHExecutiveOrder2025
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative (use both home and work
www.bioniclab.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here is a draft you can use to reach out to your Elected Reps about the devastating impact on NIH:
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
Reposted by José Zariffa
Kristen Musselman, KITE Research scientist and University of Toronto professor, is improving access to neurorehabilitation.
Rehabilitation therapists can learn more about Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and download the free, self-directed resource here:
bit.ly/3ZSKKu9
Rehabilitation therapists can learn more about Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and download the free, self-directed resource here:
bit.ly/3ZSKKu9
Improving access to neurorehabilitation with a new toolkit
A toolkit created by a University of Toronto professor and her team will help rehabilitation therapists incorporate Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) into clinical practice for patients with spi...
bit.ly
December 12, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Kristen Musselman, KITE Research scientist and University of Toronto professor, is improving access to neurorehabilitation.
Rehabilitation therapists can learn more about Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and download the free, self-directed resource here:
bit.ly/3ZSKKu9
Rehabilitation therapists can learn more about Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and download the free, self-directed resource here:
bit.ly/3ZSKKu9
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The number of people with significant #disability has risen to 1 in 6.
Persons with disabilities are often disadvantaged in health care access and face stigma, abuse and neglect.
👉 bit.ly/40XJSmq
#HealthForAll
Persons with disabilities are often disadvantaged in health care access and face stigma, abuse and neglect.
👉 bit.ly/40XJSmq
#HealthForAll
December 3, 2024 at 8:39 AM
The number of people with significant #disability has risen to 1 in 6.
Persons with disabilities are often disadvantaged in health care access and face stigma, abuse and neglect.
👉 bit.ly/40XJSmq
#HealthForAll
Persons with disabilities are often disadvantaged in health care access and face stigma, abuse and neglect.
👉 bit.ly/40XJSmq
#HealthForAll
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The 3rd International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation #ICAIR2025 will take place in Toronto on May 1 & 2, 2025.
Secure your seat at the forefront of prevention, disability, aging, rehabilitation and innovation.
Register now: bit.ly/40Uhbqi
Secure your seat at the forefront of prevention, disability, aging, rehabilitation and innovation.
Register now: bit.ly/40Uhbqi
November 15, 2024 at 4:05 AM
The 3rd International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation #ICAIR2025 will take place in Toronto on May 1 & 2, 2025.
Secure your seat at the forefront of prevention, disability, aging, rehabilitation and innovation.
Register now: bit.ly/40Uhbqi
Secure your seat at the forefront of prevention, disability, aging, rehabilitation and innovation.
Register now: bit.ly/40Uhbqi