2023 Winner: Medical / Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals
Winner: Dr. Elise Fear, Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary; Co-Founder, Wave View Imaging
Presenter: Jesse Monck, Director – Alberta Blue Cross
In photo: Dr. Elise Fear’s colleague accepted the award on her behalf.
Initiative: Imaging Technologies to Improve Breast Cancer Detection
Dr. Fear is a Professor and Associate Head, Research in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. She is the former Alberta Innovates iCORE Strategic Chair in Multimodality Imaging and Sensing. Her team has developed new approaches to breast imaging using low-power microwaves implemented with participant and patient groups. Dr. Fear co-founded Wave View Imaging in 2020 with the aim of bringing this technology to market to improve women’s health.
