This is a joint meeting of Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and IEEE Life Members Affinity Groups.
This series of presentations has been occurring for more than 20 years and is now being also advertised to the IEEE Northern Canada Section (NCS) Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) through vTools and other IEEE LMAG's and IEEE members depending upon the topic. At the same time the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) is using their national organization to provide information, the subject and speaker to members across Canada.
The next meeting will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025. The meeting will open at 12:30 pm MST (2:30pm Eastern), with the presentation starting at 12:45 (2:45 pm EST). The meeting will be held via the Zoom platform, with the actual invitations sent the afternoon of Wednesday, February 19. If you plan to attend and be included on the Zoom invite for this meeting please respond to Tom Madsen, [email protected], before noon on Wednesday, February 19.
Please note the meeting originates in Alberta which is in the Mountain Time Zone, so if you are in another province you must account any necessary time shift.
Title: Spinal Micro-implant for restoring the ability to walk after spinal cord injury.
Presenter: Vivian K. Mushahwar, Ph.D., AIMBE Fellow, CAHS Fellow
Summary: In this talk, Dr. Mushahwar will present her work on developing a micro-implant to restore walking after spinal cord injury. She will demonstrate the evidence that this approach is viable and describe the process of moving it towards clinical implementation.
Bio: Dr. Vivian K Mushahwar is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Functional Restoration. She is also the Director of the Institute for Smart Augmentative and Restorative Technologies and Health Innovations (iSMART) and its business arm, Smart Technology (ST) Innovations. She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Her work focuses on developing intelligent wearable and implantable neuromodulation devices that restore mobility and prevent secondary complications. She also focuses on developing activity-based therapy rehabilitation interventions that are both efficacious and cost-saving. She initiated the development of micro-implants for stimulating the spinal cord to restore standing and walking after complete spinal cord injury, and demonstrated the benefits of simultaneous arm and leg cycling for improving walking capacity after incomplete spinal cord injury. She and her group invented the wearable garments, Smart-e-Pants and the SOCC, for preventing pressure injuries and deep vein thrombosis, respectively. She co-founded 3 companies and has been appointed to advisory boards at both academic institutions and industry. She holds funding from numerous agencies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, PrairiesCan and the US Department of Defense. She also holds 6 patents and has published >100 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/468568
