Overview
My research area is biomechanics, with focus on:
- Glaucoma, including studies of aqueous humour drainage and optic nerve head biomechanics
- Mechanobiology of Osteoarthritis
- Flow in the cardiovascular system; relationship between hemodynamics and arterial disease
- Cellular biomechanics
View an image showing some of the tissues that are important in glaucoma. We study the lamina cribrosa and the trabecular meshwork/inner wall of Schlemm’s canal.
Please follow this link to learn more about my research om osteoarthritis.
View an image showing computed flow and wall shear stress patterns in a mouse aorta and a human aorta. The mouse is a widely used model for studying arterial disease in humans, yet surprisingly its blood flow patterns are different than those in the human.
Funding
Collaborators
Professor Mark Johnson, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
Professor Dan Stamer, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arizona
Professor John Flanagan, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo
Research Staff
Lei,MY
Weinberg,DMSSWPPD
Research Student Supervision
London,MMVDIC
Toronto,MAE
Toronto,MCH
Toronto,MRN
Toronto,MSR