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SFU.CA SUmmEr 2016 15 09 KEEPING PACE SFU biomedical physiolo- gist Andy Hoffer develops Lungpacer, a device that helps activate the diaphragm (through a process called pacing) in critically ill patients who require a mechanical ventilator to survive. The breakthrough technol- ogy helps curtail muscle atrophy, a side effect of mechanical ventilation, and speeds patient recov- ery. Spinoff company Lungpacer Medical Inc. has expanded to a new location in Burnaby and in 2016 plans to pilot human clinical trials. COASTAL CONNECTIONS SFU researchers manage resources on B.C.'s Central Coast though the Hakai Network for Coastal People, Ecosystem and Management. The institute's work is possible thanks to $8 million in funding from a private, B.C.- based charitable foundation run by Eric Peterson and his wife, Christina Munck. REDUCING RISK Robert McMahon, an internationally renowned clinical child psychologist, is appointed B.C. Leadership Chair in Proactive Approaches to Reducing Risk for Violence Among Children and Youth. Funding of $4.5 million will support research to improve understanding of the origin and evolution of violent behaviour in children and youth, and develop more effective prevention and treatment strategies. Dr. Selma Wassermann, professor emerita of Education, makes homework cool with the My Word! Reader, an iPad app she created that pairs practice with play—tapping into technol- ogy to empower remedial readers through self-guided word games and stories that serve as building blocks to literacy. 10 SPECTRUM SCIENCE Our world view of mental illness could change, thanks to a theory developed by SFU biologist Bernard Crespi and London School of Economics sociologist Christopher Badcock. The pair sug- gests that parents' genes "compete," thus tipping brain development toward a particular spectrum (autism from the father and schizophrenia from the mother). Their hypothesis was described by The New York Times as perhaps psychiatry's "grandest working theory" since Freud. A SOUND DEAL Created by SFU busi- ness student Milun Tesovic, MetroLeap Media Inc. (a music and entertainment content provider that includes MetroLyrics, the world's most popular lyrics website) is acquired by CBS Interactive Music Group. SFU Business grad Ryan Beedie and his father, Keith Beedie, donate an unparalleled $22 million to estab- lish SFU's Beedie School of Business. 2011 2011 2008 11 PAIN PROJECT The Pain Studies Lab at SFU's Surrey campus is founded in 2007 by professor Diane Gromala, PhD, a Canada Research Chair. The lab engages chronic-pain patients in its research and designs tech- nology to help sufferers cope. In 2012, undergraduate research fellow Cheryl Yu, along with graduate students Xin Tong and Amber Choo, create a virtual reality game called Mobius Floe, intended for burn patients and people suffering from chronic illness. 07 SFU.CA 09 Eric Peterson and his wife, Christina Munck. 2011 IMAGINATIVE EDUCATORS Children learn better when their imagination and emo- tions are engaged. That's just one example of the creative educa- tion initiatives recognized by the Cmolik Prize for Enhancement of Public Educa- tion in B.C. Endowed to SFU's Faculty of Education by Russ and Ellen Cmolik, the $50,000 prize is awarded for an inven- tion, innovation, concept, process or procedure that enhances educational practice in the province's K-12 public school system. The inau- gural prize was presented to the Surrey School District in 2015. 08 SPECTRUM SCIENCE Our world view of mental illness could change, thanks to a theory developed by SFU biologist Bernard Crespi and London School of Economics sociologist Christopher Badcock. The pair sug gests that parents' genes "compete," thus tipping brain development toward a particular spectrum (autism from the father and schizophrenia from the mother). Their hypothesis was described by The New York Times "grandest working theory" since Freud. 2008 2008 The Pain Studies Lab at SFU's Surrey campus is founded in 2007 by professor Diane Gromala, PhD, a Canada Research Chair. The lab engages chronic-pain patients in its research and designs tech- nology to help sufferers cope. In 2012, undergraduate research fellow Cheryl Yu, along with graduate students Xin Tong and Amber Choo, create a virtual reality game called Mobius Floe, intended for burn patients and people suffering from chronic illness. Education by Russ and Ellen Cmolik, the $50,000 prize is awarded for an inven- tion, innovation, concept, process or procedure that enhances educational practice in the province's K-12 public school system. The inau- gural prize was presented to the Surrey School District in 2015.

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