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We strongly value the importance of interdisciplinary research, collaboration, and ethics. Our research philosophy is transitional research from bench to the bedside. Therefore, we are always looking to collaborate with talented students, faculties, researchers, clinicians, and industry.
Latest News :
- Dr. Parsin Haji Reza Receives the prestigious 2025 Ontario Professional Engineers Medal in Entrepreneurship.
- Dr. Parsin Haji Reza Receives 2025 Ontario's Early Researcher Award.
- PhotoMedicine Labs Receives $600,000 Donation from Alumnus Albert Douglas to Advance Cancer Research.
- Our research proposal has been ranked #1 by the Biomedical Engineering Committee in the 2024 CIHR Project Grant competition.
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Welcome to the PhotoMedicine Labs in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
Welcome to the PhotoMedicine Labs (PML) in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo. PML is dedicated to designing and developing novel optical imaging systems for clinical and pre-clinical biomedical applications. Our technologies aim to equip clinicians and researchers with capabilities and information that are currently difficult—or even impossible—to obtain using conventional methods.
Our research philosophy emphasizes translational research—from bench to bedside—with the overarching goal of improving global healthcare outcomes. At its core, PML is committed to advancing technologies that directly enhance human health. This mission is pursued through a highly interdisciplinary research program that bridges physics, engineering, and medicine to develop comprehensive and practical solutions to complex biomedical challenges.
We design, engineer, and build our entire hardware and software systems in-house at PML. Our research spans a wide array of domains, including—but not limited to—state-of-the-art optical imaging, photon absorption imaging, nonlinear optics, optical sensing, fibre optics, quantum imaging, magnetic resonance sensing, data acquisition, electronics, software development, image processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, ultrasound, instrument control, and analytical and computational modelling. Additionally, we design, conduct, and analyze both pre-clinical and clinical studies to validate and apply our technologies.
PML currently comprises several specialized laboratories: the Discovery Lab, Imaging Lab, Molecular Imaging Lab, Machine Learning and Image Processing Lab, In-Vivo Lab, Pre-Clinical Lab, Cell Culture Lab, and Pathology Lab.
Our team is deeply committed to fostering a dynamic, respectful, intellectually stimulating, and creatively engaging environment. We are passionate about our research and value working together as a collaborative and innovative team. Our goal is to unite talent and ideas to make meaningful contributions to science, medicine, and society. We recognize that this ambition demands dedication, knowledge, creativity, teamwork, efficiency, honesty, and sustained focus. With these values at our core, we strive each day to push the boundaries of biomedical innovation and improve lives through science and technology.
Our research philosophy emphasizes translational research—from bench to bedside—with the overarching goal of improving global healthcare outcomes. At its core, PML is committed to advancing technologies that directly enhance human health. This mission is pursued through a highly interdisciplinary research program that bridges physics, engineering, and medicine to develop comprehensive and practical solutions to complex biomedical challenges.
We design, engineer, and build our entire hardware and software systems in-house at PML. Our research spans a wide array of domains, including—but not limited to—state-of-the-art optical imaging, photon absorption imaging, nonlinear optics, optical sensing, fibre optics, quantum imaging, magnetic resonance sensing, data acquisition, electronics, software development, image processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, ultrasound, instrument control, and analytical and computational modelling. Additionally, we design, conduct, and analyze both pre-clinical and clinical studies to validate and apply our technologies.
PML currently comprises several specialized laboratories: the Discovery Lab, Imaging Lab, Molecular Imaging Lab, Machine Learning and Image Processing Lab, In-Vivo Lab, Pre-Clinical Lab, Cell Culture Lab, and Pathology Lab.
Our team is deeply committed to fostering a dynamic, respectful, intellectually stimulating, and creatively engaging environment. We are passionate about our research and value working together as a collaborative and innovative team. Our goal is to unite talent and ideas to make meaningful contributions to science, medicine, and society. We recognize that this ambition demands dedication, knowledge, creativity, teamwork, efficiency, honesty, and sustained focus. With these values at our core, we strive each day to push the boundaries of biomedical innovation and improve lives through science and technology.
At PML, we’re always looking for visionary students and bold researchers who thrive on challenge, embrace curiosity, and are driven to push the frontiers of science and technology to shape the future of healthcare.
**Please note: Only candidates who are successful in the application process and invited for an interview will be contacted by us via email. **
**Please note: Only candidates who are successful in the application process and invited for an interview will be contacted by us via email. **
PhotoMedicine Labs is an advocate for equity and is committed to ensuring representation in its team. We welcome applications from members of visible minorities, women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities.