I am a bioengineer by training and my research expertise and interests are focused on falls prevention injuries in occupational settings and on postural control and mobility in older adults and in clinical populations. I have successfully led projects supported by federal agencies such as CDC/NIOSH, NIH in this area. More recently, I started a new research thrust focused on the performance of jobs requiring varying levels of visuomotor function and dexterity in older workers with reduced visual function capacities.
I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from McGill University in Montréal (Canada) and my PhD degree in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh (PA). Award and achievement: I am honored that I have been elected by my peers to the presidential line of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB); this is a 3-year position: I am currently serving as the ASB’s President-Elect (2021-2022), then will serve as the ASB President (2022-2023) and the ASB’s Past-President (2023-2024).
I am a Principal Investigator and believe that the strong and multidisciplinary research collaborations that I have developed with investigators at the University of Pittsburgh and beyond are among the best highlights of my academic career. These collaborations have allowed me to address prominent public health concerns, to seek funding from very diverse sources, and to provide superb training opportunities. My collaborators include researchers with expertise in physical therapy, psychology, psychiatry, ophthalmology, geriatrics, neurology, neuroscience, brain imaging, engineering, robotics, and biostatistics. I have already started multidisciplinary research with investigators in the Pittsburgh Low Vision Research Collaboration and look forward to building and continuing to grow in this area.
Roles and Expertise:
- Postural control
- Mobility
- Human Factors
For more information about my work, please visit the following website
https://www.engineering.pitt.edu/subsites/Labs/hmbl/hmbl/