Mechanical Engineering Professor appointed as next UBC Biomedical Engineering Program Director effective July 1, 2010.
Professor Hodgson earned a joint MIT-Harvard Ph.D. in Medical Engineering (1994). Since his Ph.D. he has focused his research in three areas, all related to biomedical engineering: human motor control, minimally invasive surgery, and computer-assisted orthopedic surgery and has taught courses on design, medical robotics and biomechanics. He holds the Associate Chair of the NSERC Chair in Design Engineering (Biomedical Design focus) and was one of the key people involved in developing the MECH Biomedical Option. A Board Member of the Medical Device Development Centre of Vancouver Hospital he collaborates closely with industry.