Jose Zariffa
PhD
Dr. José Zariffa is a Senior Scientist at the KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehab, University Health Network, and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. He obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. He then completed post-doctoral fellowships at the International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries (ICORD) in Vancouver, Canada, and at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
Dr. Zariffa's research interests focus on technology for upper limb neurorehabilitation and neuroprosthetics, encompassing work in functional assessment, wearable sensors, peripheral nerve interfaces, electrophysiology, and machine learning. His team was awarded the Grand Prize in the Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge, a national competition focused on new tools to measure rehab activities and their impact.
Honours & Awards
- Grand Prize Winner, Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge, 2021
- KITE Leadership and Mentorship Award, 2021
- Ontario Early Researcher Award, 2017