Bijan Najafi
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Associate Professor of Surgery and Director interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP) |
| Location | Tucson, AZ, United States |
| Introduction | Dr Najafi is currently serving with the University of Arizona, Department of Surgery, Department of Medicine, and Department of Biomedical Engineering (Tucson, USA) since April 2012. He serves as Associate Professor of Surgery and the Director of interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP), member of Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), member of Arizona Center on Aging, Associate Member of Arizona Cancer Center, and scientific advisory board member of Arizona Arthritis Center. He received a Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Applied Biomechanics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Tech (Lausanne, Switzerland), and in Neuroscience at Harvard University. His unique expertise is the translation of wearable sensors for more accurate movement assessment of patients in their natural environment where they're the most comfortable and active. His goal, which he shares with his iCAMP colleagues, is to better understand how people move through their environment. In this way, he believes we may be able to fundamentally change the way we objectively measure quality of life for people across disciplines. |
| Interests | Diabetic, Quality of life assessment, Ambulatory technique based on body worn sensors, Balance control, Physical activity, Gait, motor learning and motor adaptation |