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Reaching for the stars: New Ontario Tech research on the health of astronauts in space
July 22, 2021
Ontario Tech researcher leading one of the first projects to stream live data from the Moon
March 16, 2021
Ontario Tech researcher asks: Can we be faster at identifying positive COVID-19 cases?
January 22, 2021
Remarkable COVID-19 observation: Fewer incidents of aggression in a mental health-care setting
October 14, 2020
Doctoral programming at Ontario Tech achieves new milestone
September 16, 2020
Improved animal care, guest and educational experiences drive Ontario Tech University-Toronto Zoo partnership
March 2, 2020
Ontario Tech University and Ontario Shores exploring new frontiers in AI to enhance mental wellness
February 12, 2020
Ontario Tech University strengthens international ties with Australian agreement
August 27, 2019
Dr. Carolyn McGregor’s AI big data analytics platform to assess human performance in any weather condition
February 15, 2019
Researcher Carolyn McGregor receives prestigious ORION Leadership Award
May 9, 2018
University-driven big data analytics research gains new Australian partners
February 5, 2018
The future of Big Data health analytics in space
December 6, 2016
In The Media
- 2020 Nov/Dec, “Machine learning makes progress in clinical care at hospitals across Ontario”, Canadian Health Technology p 18-19
- 2018, “New frontier in Medicine”, Canning Times, Perth, Pg 9, http://readnow.isentia.com/articlepresenter.aspx?guid=c1b59489-0606-4ef6-8c7b-7d33ceca1847&serid=85323&ArticleID=914731286&output=txt&serid=85323
- 2018, “Space race for babies”, Southern Gazette, Perth, Pg 9, http://readnow.isentia.com/articlepresenter.aspx?guid=c1b59489-0606-4ef6-8c7b-7d33ceca1847&serid=85323&ArticleID=914746159&output=txt&serid=85323
- 2018, “Analytics used to understand premature babies”, The West Australian 5th February 2018 https://thewest.com.au/news/health/analytics-used-to-understand-premature-babies-ng-b88734839z
- 2018, “MINIATURE MIRACLES: NASA technology will soon be used to help care for WA's tiniest babies.”, 7 News Perth (TV), 5th February 2018 https://www.facebook.com/7NewsPerth/videos/10155464884284072/
- 2016, “The Artemis Project: Pushing new frontiers in healthcare”, Canadian Health Technology, November/December 2016, page 6
- 2016, “Australian researcher uses big data to monitor astronaut health on mission to Mars”, Sydney Morning Herald, March 23
- 2015 Nov, “UOIT’s Carolyn McGregor making a difference on the World Stage”, Oshawa This Week, Oshawa, Canada
- 2015 Nov The Human Face of Big Data Video, USA
- 2015 Dec “Harnessing Health Informatics: Dilemmas of Big Data and Adaptive Technologies” http://globalhealth.ie/harnessing-health-informatics-dilemmas-of-big-data-and-adaptive-technologies/
- 2015 May, National Film Board of Canada’s (NFB) Do Not Track Documentary Series Big Data: Inside the Algorithm https://donottrack-doc.com/en/episode/5
- 2015 Big Data in Healthcare, NHK Documentary, Japan
- 2014 Dec Prime Minister of Canada announcement of Canada First Research Excellence Awards
- 2014 Careers with Code, https://careerswithstem.com/code/read-it-here/, pg 29
- 2014 Oct “Big Data analytic in medicine”, Slon.ru, (in Russian)
- 2014 Oct ‘In Naples World Experts Explore the Future and “Big Data” is a Big Deal’, wordpress.com
- 2014 Aug, “NASA turns to Sydney professor Carolyn McGregor to keep astronauts alive on Mars”, Sydney Daily Telegraph
- 2014 Jun, “Scientist Leading the Way”, Hills Shire Times, p 11
- 2014 Mar, MaRS Market Insights Wearable Tech: Leveraging Canadian Innovation to Improve Health
- 2014 Feb, ARTE film, “Early Warning For Preemies” (Europe)
- 2014, “Strength in Numbers”, Allianz
- 2013 Dec, “UOIT-led Artemis Project wins Ingenious Award”, Canadian Healthcare Technology
- YouTube, “IEEE WIE Live Chat with Carolyn McGregor, IEEE WIE EMBS Liaison”, 11th Oct 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDvALUsu-Fs&ab_channel=IEEEWomeninEngineering
- 2013 Sep, CNBC, “Rise of the Machines”
- 2013 Sep, Human Face of Big Data Video
- 2013 Aug, BBC UK Science Club Story
- 2013 Jun, CBC, The National TV Show
- 2013 Mar, Australia Women’s Weekly, “Women we Admire”, p27
- 2012 Dec, Backbone Magazine, “We seek but we don’t always find”, pp16-17 http://www.backbonemag.com/Digital-Magazine/2012-11/#/16/
- Aug, Globe and Mail, “New monitors help physicians, even in rural areas, treat premature babies with weak immune systems, August 12
- 2012 Apr, Computerworld, “Data Analytics Driving Medical Breakthroughs”
- 2012 Apr, ITWorld, “Big Data Analytics may Detect Infection Before Clinicians”
Big Data- Korean Documentary from HIR @ UOIT on Vimeo.
- 2012 Mar, KBS Documentary: “Big Data: Changes the World” , Korea
- Hospital News, Feb 2012, “Implementation of eHealth Patient Record Improves Quality of Care”, p32, http://free.trader-epubs.ca/doc/Hospital-News/HOS/2012020601/#0
- Canada Foundation for Innovation, Feb 2nd, 2012, Featured Story “Vital Signs: Making sense of life-saving data for premature babies” http://www.innovation.ca/en/ResearchInAction/OutcomeStory/Vitalsigns
- Dr. McGregor speaks about BIG DATA at the IBM Information On Demand Conference in Las Vegas, Oct 23, 2011
Dr. Carolyn McGregor was among the distinguished panelists taking part in the IBM Information on Demand Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 25. During her session in front of an audience of about 10,000 delegates, Dr. McGregor was interviewed by Katty Kay, journalist and anchor for BBC News, Washington, D.C. about her future research directions in health care.
- IBM Centenary media reports featured in Times of London, the Wall Street Journal and the Australian, June 16th, 2011
- IBM “Wild Ducks” Centenary Video profiling my research. Available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksQrJh7s7N0
- IBM Smarter Planet television ad featuring my research also available on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVbnrlqWG5I
- The Economist, “Data, data everywhere: A special report on managing information”, February 27th, 2010
- YouTube, “FOAK Tales: A Prescription for Prediction”, 18th Jan 2010, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=robD54z9hbk
- 2009 Oct, “Saving Babies”, Backbone Magazine
- IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine, “Giving Babies a Better Chance”, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 14-5
- The Globe and Mail, “New Software May Help Save Preemies”, July 24, 2008
- MarketWatch, “First-of-a-Kind Technology to Help Doctors Care for Premature Babies”, July 23, 2008
- Metroland Durham Region Media Group, “From Lab to Life: New Professor Makes inroads in Virtual Care” and A Helping Hand for ‘Tiny Babies’ “, Friday, November 30th, 2007
- Durham Regional TV News Monday, July 9th, 2007
- UOIT Website, July 5th, 2007, “UOIT Awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics”
- Canada Research Chair Website ( www.chairs.gc.ca), “Canada Research Chair Canada’s New Government Invests Over $80 Million in the Next Generation of Canadian Researchers: Researchers to focus on terrorism, business management and health technology”, May 23, 2007
