Oct. 13, 2015
Dr. Fedorak, Dean of FOMD visited SSRL, he met with Dr. Zheng's graduate students and computing science collaborators, and gave a insight into their projects.
May 7, 2016
Congratulations to Emanuel and Cailey, they were Surgical Simulation Research Lab's summer student last year. They all got enrolled into Medical School, University of Alberta at the same time this year.
July 23, 2016
SSRL whole lab members went hiking.
April 7, 2016
Dr. Bin Zheng was awarded by NSERC Discovery Grant in 2016. This 5-year grant support the study of using augmented reality technology to teaching surgical skill.
Oct. 03, 2015
Our summer students, Ian, Peter and Caily made poster presentations on their summer projects.
JulY 4, 2017
Dr. Antti-Pekka Elomaa, a neurosurgeon in an exchange program from Finland working at SSRL meeting neurologists Dr. Fang Ba and Dr. Taleh Fatehi
JulY 5, 2017
Ahmad Ismat Kathrada from the National University of Singapore presenting his SSRL research project at a poster exhibition at the university. His research is sponsored by the University of Alberta Research Experience Program (UARE).
Sept. 29, 2016
A group of visitors from Spain visited SSRL and SMRI MIS suite.
July 31, 2019
SSRL members took part in a fun barbecue outside under the sun.
June 28, 2016
Simon and David succeed their master's degree defense!
July 24, 2019
SSRL members provided a one day workshops for Global Medical Students in Surgical skills training, These workshops included virtual reality/augmented reality and obesity care.
June 13, 2017
Dr. Bin Zheng gave a lecture at the Global Academic Leadership Development (GALD) Program which offers world-class professional training courses for administrators, educators, researchers, and professionals.
April, 2019
SSRL was interviewed and reported by Edmonton Journal, UA Folio, CBC and Global TV. Check the link to see more details.
Edmonton Journal: https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/april-25-building-a-better-surgeon-simulation-lab-could-literally-put-rookies-in-best-hands-say-u-of-a-researchers
UA Folio: https://www.folio.ca/u-of-a-lab-testing-technologies-to-better-train-surgeons/
CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/uofa-ssrl-1.5111702
Global TV: Video Link
News and Events
August 19, 2015
Our summer student, Fengnan Yue, made a poster presentation "Smart Heart: A Wearable Device-Based CPR Guidance for Children".
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August 7- 13, 2015
A group of undergraduate medical students from Third Military Medical University visited SSRL, four workshops were given through one week,
1.Simulation & Simulation-based Education (Dr. Bin Zheng);
2.Surgical Skill Training & Assessment (Dr. Simon Byrns) / Haptic Feedback in Surgery (Dr. David Pinzon);
3.Visualization in Surgery (Dr. Rosi Bogdanova);
4.Surgical Team & Team Training (Dr. Wenjing He)
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July 20, 2015
Whole lab members of SSRL went out for hiking.
July 06, 2015
Dr. Alan Lomax, a retired surgeon and active researcher in the field of surgical innovation visited SSRL.
May 25, 2015
Dr. Zheng, graduate students, and summer students in our lab attended the Summer Camp held by Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. David, Rosi and Wenjing presented their research project.
May 8, 2015
On Tom Williams Research Day, Rosi and Wenjing were selected for oral presentation; Eric was selected for poster presentation, and won a second prize. Wenjing was awarded for Dr. Ray Rajotte Award in the dinner.
Mar 9, 2015
Wenjing He presented at the 3 Minute Thesis Mid-finals Competition.
Nov 17, 2014
Doctors Bin Zheng, Eric Fung and Simon Byrns taught third year medical students suturing skills at SMRI in the afternoon.
Nov 17, 2014
Eric Fung, Simon Byrns and Xianta Jiang presented their projects at the GRAND conference in the morning.
Feb. 11, 2014
Surgical Simulation Research Lab Celebrate Lunar New New Year with Multimedia Research Centre (MRC) And Advanced Man Machine Interface (AMMI) Laboratory
Aug 20, 2014
Summer students Yifan Hao and Maggie Yang presented their projects at the UARE Research Symposium for Visiting Interns. Their projects were titled "Impact of Distorted Haptic Feedback on Force Control in the Hands" and "Gaze Behaviors in Scanning 3D Models: Print-out vs On-Screen."