Bijan Najafi
Associate Professor
University of Arizona
USA
Biography
Najafi is currently serving with the University of Arizona, Department of Surgery 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 the Arizona Center on Aging (ACOA), and Associate Member of Arizona Cancer Center (AZCC). He received a Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Applied Biomechanics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Tech (EPFL, LMAM, Lausanne, Switzerland), and in Neuroscience at Harvard University (Neuromotor Control Lab).
Research Interest
Biomechanics and biomechanical modeling, Balance, Gait, and Outcome research, Biosignal processing, Bioinformatics and Personal health networks, Fall prevention, Elderly care, Frailty assessment and Motor performance, Wearable technology, Home telemonitoring, and Bioinstrumentation, Neurorehabilitation, Motor learning, Virtual reality, and ExerGaming, Wound care, Diabetic Foot ulcer, and Amputation prevention, Patient adherence, Educational DVD, and web-based learning resource, Thermography and image processing and applications for wound care, vascular assessment, Charcot foot diagnosis/evaluation, etc, Simulation and Eyes tracking