Topic: Wearables

Build an independent biosensing research programme studying environmental influences on human health in McGill’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. Areas include molecular and cellular sensors, synthetic biology, microfluidics, wearables and implantable or ingestible devices. Responsibilities include research funding, graduate supervision, teaching and interdisciplinary translation. Appointment must begin no later than 1 July 2027. Salary is commensurate with qualifications; the linked Emerging Leaders award supports research and is not the employment salary.

Human sleep is a complex physiological process necessary for the organisms’ restoration and the correct functioning of the brain. Insufficient sleep is an under-reported epidemic with sleep disturbances being common early signs of neurodegeneration, in particular of Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Clinical research is currently challenging the assumption that human sleep is a one-fits-all phenomenon: breaking new grounds into sleep research is needed. In this scenario, the European Research Council PathFinder Open project NAP proposes a new science-toward-technology paradigm enabling the study of hu