Welcome to the Human Mobility Research Centre
The Centre is a partnership between Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital (KGH) and serves as a point of collaboration between the disciplines of medicine, engineering, health sciences, and computer science. HMRC provides shared research space and services for clinicians, orthopaedic surgeons, university faculty, students, and industry.
At HMRC our focus is helping people live fuller, more mobile lives by pioneering the development of innovative and effective treatment strategies for bone and joint disorders caused by arthritis, osteoporosis, injury, and related problems.
Featured Research Project
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One of the operating theatres at KGH is the first in North America to have a CT scanner right in the room. The scanner uses x-rays to create thin cross-section images through bone and soft tissue, then assembles them into three-dimensional representations. A pre-operative scan enables surgeons to build a computer model of the affected area of the patient’s body—a model on which they can perform virtual surgery in order to develop the best strategy for the actual procedure.
HMRC News
- Congratulations to Brian Amsden and Lauren Flynn on receiving funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
March 21, 2012Brian Amsden (Chemical Engineering, amount over four years, $112,374 per year) - Arterial disease is a condition in which arteries in certain areas such as the lower leg become partly blocked. One approach to treating this condition is to locally deliver protein drugs. Dr. Amsden will examine the possibility of using polymer as an effective delivery vehicle for these protein drugs.
Lauren Flynn (Chemical Engineering, amount over four years, $105,982 per year) – Dr. Flynn’s collaborative research team is investigating adult stem cells from human fat to develop new strategies to help promote healthy tissue regeneration, rather than scarring, following soft tissue loss due to injury or disease.
HMRC Events & Seminars
- Grand Opening of the Human Motion Performance Lab at Hotel Dieu Hospital
May 25, 2012
Human Mobility Performance Lab at HDH
