Jose Zariffa

Dr. José Zariffa is a Senior Scientist at the Kite Research Institute, Toronto Rehab, University Health Network, and an Associate Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and biomedical engineering from the University of Toronto. He then completed post-doctoral fellowships at the International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (ICORD) in Vancouver, and at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. His research interests focus on neuroprosthetics and technology for upper limb neurorehabilitation, encompassing work in wearable sensors, neural interfaces, electrophysiology, and machine learning. Dr. Zariffa's recognitions include an Ontario Early Researcher Award and the Grand Prize in the Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge.