Cari Whyne

Dr. Cari Whyne, PhD, FIOR, is the Susanne and William Holland Chair in Musculoskeletal Research at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. She is a Senior Scientist and the Director of the Holland Bone & Joint Research Program at Sunnybrook Research Institute and a Full Professor in the Department of Surgery, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Dr. Whyne received her BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University and her PhD from the University of California Berkeley / University of California San Francisco in Bioengineering. Her focus on clinically translational musculoskeletal bioengineering research is aimed the development and application of minimally invasive technology and therapeutics, computational modeling and image analysis, and surgical modeling and optimization. She has a strong interest in accessible technology and global health. Innovations from her laboratory have been advanced through clinical trials and been shared on open source platforms or alternately commercialized through SMEs, start-up company formation and licensing. She works on numerous innovation initiatives providing mentorship to trainees and early stage companies.