Dr Carl-Éric Aubin is a professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, Researcher at Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, and associate professor with the Department of Surgery at Université de Montréal. He holds two Chairs: the Canada Research Chair in Orthopedic Engineering and the NSERC-Medtronic Industrial Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics. Dr Aubin is also the responsible of the research axis on Musculoskeletal Health, Rehabilitation and Medtech at Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, and he is the director of the Biomedical Science and Technologies Research Group.
He was recently appointed Executive and Scientific Director of the TransMedTech Institute in biomedical engineering and medical technology, for which he was the leader in the obtention of a Canada First Research Excellence Fund (35.6 M$) and of 60 M$ in funding from many partners.
Dr Aubin has published more than 250 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and edited books, and over 600 abstracts in conference proceedings, and has coauthored 7 patents. Dr Aubin belongs to many professional associations, including Quebec’s Engineering Professional Order. He is Fellow of the Scoliosis Research Society, a founding member of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery and Scientific Director of the Québec Scoliosis Society.
Dr Aubin has been awarded many grants from major organizations (NSERC, CIHR, CFI, FRQS, Canada First, etc.) and industrial partners, including a 7.4 M$ grant (from CFI/MSSS-Québec) for a multicenter research platform on musculoskeletal diseases and for a new operating room dedicated to research, which was inaugurated in January 2017.
