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[ Dr. Ugo Piomelli smiling ]
Blind Date with Knowledge
April 1, 2015

Please return to your seats and fasten your seat belts…

Queen's researcher Dr. Ugo Piomelli, Canada Research Chair in Turbulence Simulation and Modelling, discusses the relationship between turbulent flow and the surfaces it interacts with as part of his research at the Turbulence Simulation Lab (TSL) at Queen's.

[ Professor Margaret Walker holding her book ]
Blind Date with Knowledge
April 1, 2015

Dancing Through Time

Queen's researcher Margaret Walker is an ethnomusicologist who discusses her research on kathak with her book India’s Kathak Dance in Historical Perspective. 

[ David Maslove with equipment ]
Blind Date with Knowledge
April 1, 2015

David Maslove and Big Data: Transforming Medicine

Queen's researcher and critical care physician at the KGH Research Institute David Maslove's research involves capturing and analyzing massive volumes of detailed electronic data derived from patients in a hospital ICU to understand more about the nature and progression of acute illnesses.

[ Ian Janssen skating with children ]
Blind Date with Knowledge
April 1, 2015

Finding the formula for physically active kids

Queen's researcher Ian Janssen, a professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, has over the last four years undertaken three projects with the support of the Heart & Stroke Foundation, each with the aim of pinning down just how active Canadian children are, what factors affect their activity, and how their activity influences their health.

[ Dr. Birtwhistle smiling at computer ]
Blind Date with Knowledge
April 1, 2015

Richard Birtwhistle and Big Data: Transforming Medicine

Queen's researcher Richard Birtwhistle is the chair and principal investigator of the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) which collects patient information stored in electronic medical records (EMR) of primary care practitioners across Canada to help researchers advance treatments of chronic diseases.