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'''Ali Khademhosseini''' (born October 30, 1975) is an Iranian-Canadian academic and an Associate Professor at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Medical_School Harvard Medical School], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard-MIT_Division_of_Health_Sciences_and_Technology Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyss_Institute_for_Biologically_Inspired_Engineering Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering]. He has carried out research in the area of biomedical microdevices and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/biomaterials biomaterials]. He has developed a number of methods for controlling the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stem_cell stem cell] microenvironment using microscale devices and to engineer biomaterials for tissue engineering. He has published extensively in the area of biomedicine and stem cell bioengineering. He has over 130 peer-reviewed publications, more than 100 invited presentations and 14 issued or pending patents. He received his PhD in Bioengineering at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT MIT] and his undergraduate and Masters degrees, both in chemical engineering at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Toronto University of Toronto]. | '''Ali Khademhosseini''' (born October 30, 1975) is an Iranian-Canadian academic and an Associate Professor at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Medical_School Harvard Medical School], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard-MIT_Division_of_Health_Sciences_and_Technology Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyss_Institute_for_Biologically_Inspired_Engineering Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering]. He has carried out research in the area of biomedical microdevices and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/biomaterials biomaterials]. He has developed a number of methods for controlling the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stem_cell stem cell] microenvironment using microscale devices and to engineer biomaterials for tissue engineering. He has published extensively in the area of biomedicine and stem cell bioengineering. He has over 130 peer-reviewed publications, more than 100 invited presentations and 14 issued or pending patents. He received his PhD in Bioengineering at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT MIT] and his undergraduate and Masters degrees, both in chemical engineering at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Toronto University of Toronto]. | ||
Khademhosseini’s interdisciplinary research has been recognized by over 20 major national and international awards. He has received early career awards from three major engineering discipline societies: electrical (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology award / IEEE Nanotechnology award), chemical (AIChE Colburn award) and mechanical engineering (ASME YC Fung award). In addition, he has received the young investigator awards of the Society for Biomaterials and the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-North America. He has also received the American Chemical Society’s Viktor K. Lamer award and the Unilever award and has been recognized by major governmental awards including the NSF Career award and the Office of Naval Research young investigator award. In 2007, he was named a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR35 TR35] recipient by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_Review Technology Review] Magazine as one of the world’s top young innovators. He received the TR35 based on his work on developing 'living legos' that can be used to make artificial organs. He has also received major recognitions from other organizations including the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Innovation Award, a Sloan fellowship as well as the IAMBE and the Coulter foundation early career awards. For his PhD work he received the BMW Scientific Award. | Khademhosseini’s interdisciplinary research has been recognized by over 20 major national and international awards. He has received early career awards from three major engineering discipline societies: electrical (IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology award / IEEE Nanotechnology award), chemical (AIChE Colburn award) and mechanical engineering (ASME YC Fung award). In addition, he has received the young investigator awards of the Society for Biomaterials and the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-North America. He has also received the American Chemical Society’s Viktor K. Lamer award and the Unilever award and has been recognized by major governmental awards including the NSF Career award and the Office of Naval Research young investigator award. In 2007, he was named a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR35 TR35] recipient by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_Review Technology Review] Magazine as one of the world’s top young innovators. He received the TR35 based on his work on developing 'living legos' that can be used to make artificial organs. He has also received major recognitions from other organizations including the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Innovation Award, a Sloan fellowship as well as the IAMBE and the Coulter foundation early career awards. For his PhD work he received the BMW Scientific Award. | ||
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Veena Sood is a Canadian-based film and television actress of Punjabi descent.
She works in both the UK and Canada. She starred in ITV's Compulsion featuring Ray Winstone and Parminder Nagra. She has also starred in the UK film Nina's Heavenly Delights, as well as the Canada/UK film Touch of Pink, which received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival. She co-founded Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre Company best known for their Improvisational theatre work. She also performs one-woman improvised shows at Canadian and U.K. comedy festivals with her character "The Maharani". She used to co-host CBC Television's women's talk show In the Company of Women.
She has been seen on television in recurring roles in the series Hope Island, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Little Mosque on the Prairie, and Endgame. You can also see her in the feature films Connie and Carla, Helen and 50/50. She is sister to Ashwin Sood, Sarah McLachlan's drummer and husband, and Manoj Sood, who plays Baber on Little Mosque on the Prairie.
She has a great ear for accents, having had to do a Scottish/Punjabi accent for Nina's Heavenly Delights.
She is an outdoor enthusiast and enjoys hiking the back country of the Canadian Rockies and kayaking the remote B.C. coastline. She has also canoed down the Amazon River and safaried the Masai Mara in Kenya, the country of her birth.
She was born in Nairobi, Kenya and grew up in Calgary, Alberta.
Currently Veena continues her improvisational theatre work as the co-artistic director of Keith Johnstone's "The Life Game".