Prof. Driscoll and colleagues publish a book about Fascia and its implication in our musculoskeletal system from ailments to treatment avenues.
January 2022
Prof. Driscoll and team develop a novel award winning device to assist in back pain patient treatment and diagnostics.
Source: McGill Reporter
January 2022
“The development of a novel surgical spine procedure into a physics based virtual reality FEM training platform” project was awarded the prize for the collaboration between Industry partners and an academic institution.
Source: MEDTEQ+
November 2021
BioOptic, a handheld physiotherapy device, developed by Natasha Jacobson and Trevor Cotter featured in Dean's Report.
Source: Faculty of Engineering
Fall 2021
Prof. Driscoll guided Jeff Bischoff for his three-talk mini symposium of the ORS Annual Meeting on 'Computational modeling and simulation to support implant design, evaluation, and clinical decision making – practical considerations on model credibility'.
Source: Orthopaedic Research Society
June 2021
Prof. Driscoll Awarded/appointed the Chwang-Seto Faculty Scholar in 2021 (2021-2023) in recognition of exceptional work and outstanding achievements within the Faculty of Engineering.
Source: Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
May 2021
Congratulating the 1st and 3rd place winners in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition, Trevor Cotter and Natasha Jacobson.
Source: McGill Skillsets
March 2021
Prof. Driscoll to give invited talk to over 1500 registrants via an online research summit.
Source: Fascia Online Summit
May 2020
Local Team Produce a Novel and Simple Emergency Ventilator with the Purpose of Making Open Access
April 2020
Prof. Driscoll featured in the 100th year anniversary special edition journal of the Order of Engineers “Representing the future of Engineering in Quebec”
Source: Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
February 2020
Prof. Mark Driscoll to present at Webinar: Highlights From the World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain.
Source: Fascia Research Society
November 2019
Prof. Driscoll awarded a NSERC Chair entitled “NSERC/McGill Design Engineering Chair for Interdisciplinary Innovation of Medical Technologies"
Source: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
October 2019
Prof. Mark Driscoll to give keynote talk at the World Congress of Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain entitled “How do thoracolumbar fascia and intra-abdominal pressure affect the mechanical loading of the low-back?"
Source: Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain
October 2019
Prof. Mark Driscoll gives invited talk at the MEDTEQ Annual General Meeting June 12th entitled “Numerical Simulation in Health Care – Valuable if Careful”
Source: MEDTEQ
June 2019
Virtual reality: McGill University, CAE Healthcare & DePuy Synthes partner for new spine surgery training
Source: Becker Spine Review Magazine
June 2018
McGill University to partner with industry in developing virtual reality training platform for spinal surgery.
Source: City of Montreal
June 2018
The Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec paid tribute to the excellence and know-how of its members at the 14th Soirée de l’Excellence en genie on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at Grévin Museum.
Source: Order of Engineers Quebec
June 2018
McGill University Partners with CAE Healthcare to develop VR spinal surgery training platform
Source: Medical Simulation Training
June 2018
Combining engineering and medicine to combat spinal disorders
Source: McGill Reporter
June 2018
McGill University Partners with industries to develop VR training tech for spinal surgery training
Source: Mobile Syrup (Online Tech Magazine)
June 2018