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José Zariffa is a Scientist in the Neural Engineering Therapeutics team and a Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto. He received his PhD degree in electrical biomedical engineering from the University of Toronto and completed post-doctoral fellowships at the International Collaboration Repair Discoveries (ICORD) in Vancouver, Canada, and at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Dr. Zariffa's research focuses on developing technology for upper limb neurorehabilitation. For instance, he evaluates the true impact of rehabilitation strategies on daily life and is involved in the development of a system to measure hand function at home using wearable cameras. He is looking into the generation of assistive technologies, specifically learning to intercept and interpret neural signals to create direct interfaces with the nervous system. He is also a recipient of the Ontario Early Researcher Award.
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