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Regional Development Corporation, November 17, 2021 - Fredericton
New facility for advanced prosthetics and rehabilitation research opens at UNB
A new research facility, funded in part by the provincial government’s Innovation Fund, officially opened today at the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Institute of Biomedical Engineering. The Centre for Adaptive Rehabilitation Engineering enables specialized neurological rehabilitation in a research space furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. From left: Chris McGibbon, professor of kinesiology and scientific principal investigator (CARE), UNB; Environment and Climate Change Minister Gary Crossman, who is also minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation; Leah Carr, acting co-CEO and director of research programs and human development, New Brunswick Health Research Foundation; Barbara Pickett; Bob Pickett; Laura Richard, director of research, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation; David MaGee, vice-president (research), UNB; Erik Scheme, associate director of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, UNB.