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Plinio Morita is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo's School of Public Health Sciences, with cross-appointments in Systems Design Engineering (University of Waterloo) and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (University of Toronto). He holds positions as a Research Scientist at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation and Techna Institute (University Health Network). His research focuses on leveraging IoT, mHealth, and AI-driven technologies to improve healthcare delivery through remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and aging-in-place solutions. Morita directs the Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab (UbiLab), which develops systems that integrate data from wearable and ambient sensors to enhance population health surveillance and precision medicine. He emphasizes ethical design and equitability in technology deployment for vulnerable populations.
Education:
- BEng in Electrical Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil
- MSc in Biomedical Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil
- PhD in Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Healthcare Human Factors, Techna Institute
Research Interests:
- Population-level health surveillance via IoT
- Non-invasive monitoring systems (e.g., radar-based gait analysis)
- AI applications in infodemic management and clinical inquiry
- Ethics of smart health technologies and data governance
Professional Contributions:
- Editor for Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIH and JMIR mHealth/uHealth)
- Member of IEC/SCC SyC Active Assisted Living Standards Council
- Professional Engineer (PEO Ontario)
Lab & Teams: The Ubiquitous Health Technology (UbiLab) collaborates across disciplines to advance smart health ecosystems, with recent projects focusing on radar-based in-home monitoring and misinformation detection systems.
