Help shape the future of rehabilitation through wearable technology
How could wearable technology support people through recovery—from acute rehabilitation to longer-term care?
Join us for a four-day, in-person student innovation challenge. Working in an assigned team, you’ll explore a real-world rehabilitation problem, learn from subject matter experts, and use Siemens Healthineers’ innovation methodology to develop and present a proposed solution.
The program is led by Siemens Healthineers Canada in partnership with Brock’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and Brock LINC. It combines expert sessions, team-based work, and feedback to help you move from an initial idea to a final presentation.
- Dates: January 29 – 30 and February 5 – 6, 2027
- Time: 9 am – 4 pm each day
- Location: Brock University, Rankin Family Pavilion
- Eligibility: Current Brock undergraduate and graduate students who can attend all four sessions
- Application deadline: Wednesday, January 13, 2027
Compete for cash prizes: 1st – $600, 2nd – $300, 3rd – $150.
*Please note that prize amounts are awarded per team
Participants who complete the full program will receive an e-certificate from Siemens Healthineers Canada.
For questions about the Siemens Healthineers Innovation Think Tank, please contact [email protected].
The Innovation Think Tank is only open to Brock University Undergraduate and Graduate Students.
Students must attend all four in person sessions: January 29-30, February 5-6, 2027, from 9am – 4pm.
Students that hold a Regulated or Registered Health/Medical Professional in Ontario or another jurisdiction will be ineligible for award funding.
Students will be organized into teams and are expected to present their final outcomes to a panel of judges preselected by Brock University and Siemens Healthineers Canada.
Cash prizes
1st – $600
2nd – $300
3rd – $150
*Please note that prize amounts are awarded per team
First place and runner-up teams will have funds evenly distributed directly into their student accounts following the program and will be publicly awarded at the Brock University Innovation Awards.
Students are asked to complete the application form below.
The program is led by Siemens Healthineers Canada in partnership with Brock’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and Brock LINC. It combines expert sessions, team-based work, and feedback to help you move from an initial idea to a final presentation.
- Dates: January 29 – 30 and February 5 – 6, 2027
- Time: 9 am – 4 pm each day
- Location: Brock University, Rankin Family Pavilion
- Eligibility: Current Brock undergraduate and graduate students who can attend all four sessions
- Spots are limited, apply today
- Application deadline: Wednesday, January 13, 2027
For questions about the Siemens Healthineers Innovation Think Tank, please contact [email protected].
Subject Matter Experts
Shawn Beaudette
Associate Professor, Kinesiology, Graduate Program Director, Applied Health Sciences PhD Program, and Director of the Spine Biomechanics and Neuromuscular Control Laboratory
Shawn Beaudette’s research integrates biomechanics, neurophysiology and data science to examine movement control, spinal muscle function, and the effects of sensory feedback, fatigue and pain. Using advanced measurement technologies and computer vision, Dr. Beaudette develops practical tools to improve musculoskeletal rehabilitation, workplace injury prevention and athletic performance through research, innovation and industry collaboration.
Asif Khowaja
PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences
Asif Khowaja’s research applies health economics modelling and mixed-methods approaches to inform healthcare resource allocation and policy decisions. Dr. Khowaja’s research has included the economic impact of quality improvement initiatives, the cost-effectiveness of community-based interventions for maternal and newborn health, vaccine effectiveness, and patient-oriented research to measure societal costs.
Alisa Grigorovich
PhD, Associate Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies and Master of Applied Gerontology Program Director
Alisa Grigorovich’s research program focuses on the social and cultural dimensions of aging and health with a focus on understanding how technology and leisure can be used to enrich later life. Dr. Grigorovich explores these topics using primarily community-oriented approaches and qualitative and mixed methods.
Ryan Schroeder
PhD, Assistant Professor, Engineering
Ryan Schroeder’s research employs a diverse set of tools and methods to investigate the
mechanics and energetics of human locomotion and other biomechanical activities.
For example, dynamic optimization models are used to predict movement patterns based on empirical data obtained from experiments in order to uncover fundamental determinants of tasks such as walking and running. Dr. Schroeder uses insights from these studies to drive the development of novel rehabilitation strategies and gait-assistive technologies to improve mobility for both impaired and unimpaired populations.
Nicole Chimera
PhD, Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Master of Athletic Therapy Program Director
Dr. Chimera’s research focuses on lower-extremity movement patterns and injury
prevention. She investigates how the neuromuscular system stabilizes and supports the kinetic chain to better understand injury mechanisms. Dr. Chimera’s career has emphasized intervention research aimed at translating this knowledge into effective strategies to reduce injury risk and enhance prevention.