Staff
Tom Chau (Ph.D., P.Eng.)
Senior Scientist, Innovation and Development Theme Lead,
Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation Engineering,
Bloorview Research Institute
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Associate Professor, Graduate coordinator, Clinical Engineering Program, Leader, NSERC CREATE: Academic Rehabilitation Engineering (CARE) Program,
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Tom Chau, Ph.D., P.Eng., received his education at the Universities of Toronto (BASc, MASc) and Waterloo (PhD). From 1996-97, he worked on a number of consulting contracts with KPMG Management Consulting and subsequently joined IBM Canada as a consultant in the Enterprise Resource Planning practice (1997-1999). In 1998, he was awarded an IBM Special Achievement Award as one of the highest grossing technical consultants in the Canadian practice. In 2000, Tom received the Duncan L. Gordon post-doctoral fellowship from the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. He was appointed Canada Research Chair in Paediatric Rehabilitation Engineering at the University of Toronto in 2004 and a Scientist and Theme Leader at the Bloorview Research Institute in 2005.
Tom occupies his time with a combination of research, teaching, advocacy and fund raising. He draws motivation from witnessing the courage and tenacity of children with disabilities and their families. Tom cherishes the multidisciplinary milieu of health and allied health professions at Bloorview and within the University of Toronto community. In particular, he is inspired daily by the passion of his graduate students to make a difference through excellence in applied science and engineering.
