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Leah Groves

Leah Groves

Summer Research Student

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Medical imaging research scientist

  • Education

    • Western University

      2017 - 2022
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomedical/Medical Engineering 90% average

      Activities and Societies: Wellness representative for Western's Biomedical Engineering Graduate School Committee (2018-2021) My thesis Mixed-reality visualization environments to facilitate ultrasound-guided vascular access focused on the development and evaluation of various components for ultrasound-based surgical navigation systems including calibration, visualization, machine-learning for segmentation, and user evaluation.

    • University of Guelph

      2013 - 2017
      Bachelor’s Degree Biomedical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Engineers without boarders, Woman in Science and Engineering, Guelph golden gears society, Orientation volunteer Design projects:- Sept-Dec 2016 Oral hygiene assistive device for stroke patients (working prototype)- Sept- Dec 2016 Drowsy driver alter system (working prototype)- Jan-April 2015 Medical equipment sterilization system for third world countries (no prototype)- Jan-April 2014 Large kinder egg dragon wind up toy (working prototype)- Sept-Dec 2013 Teddy bear wheel chair (working prototype)

  • Experience

    • Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

      Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
      Summer Research Student

      Responsible for producing a research project to test and validate the FinoMeter fingertip plethysmography blood pressure device. Skills used in this job were independent planning, utilizing engineering principals, exploring principals of the cardiovascular system and working along side other members of the lab.

    • Robarts Research Institute

      Sept 2017 - Sept 2021
      PHD Researcher

      I completed my PhD at Western University in Biomedical Engineering. My thesis Mixed-reality visualization environments to facilitate ultrasound-guided vascular access focused on the development of surgical navigation systems and advanced visualizations for ultrasound-guided needle navigation.

    • Queen's University

      Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
      Postdoctoral Fellow

      Postdoctoral fellow researching low-cost and accessible computer-assisted interventional systems. Research interests include ultrasound imaging, spatial tracking, machine-learning, advanced visualizations, calibration, and surgical navigation.

    • Wosler Corp

      Oct 2022 - now
      Chief Scientific Officer

      Leading the research initiatives at Wosler Corp. Wosler is a health care company focused on improving patient access to ultrasound services. Wosler is working towards deploying a telerobotic ultrasound system enabling sonographers to perform scans remotely.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • TCPS 2: CORE