Dr. Jousse Lecture Series
Welcome to the new Dr. Albin T Jousse Lecture Series in collaboration with Best Practice Forum, which is sponsored by the Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, the Spinal Cord Rehab Program, the Neural Engineering and Therapeutics Team, and Toronto Rehab.
The purpose of this lecture series is to provide a venue for scientists, physicians and clinicians working in rehab settings as well as students, consumers and their caregivers to share knowledge, present the latest research findings and participate in a dialogue on what it means to live with disability. The lectures will be 45 minute long followed by 15 minutes of questions.
Coordinator of the Dr. Albin T. Jousse Lecture Series is Dr. Kristin Musselman . If you have any comments, concerns or would like to present please send us an email at kristin.musselman@uhn.ca.
The series is currently in its 11th season.
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Dr. Milos R. Popovic – Electrical Stimulation: Improving walking, treating depression and controlling stem cell mobility.
February 9, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Abstract
In this lecture three different applications of electrical stimulation will be discussed. In one embodiment, the electrical stimulation is used as a tool to improve voluntary locomotion. In second embodiment, the electrical stimulation is used to change mood. And in third embodiment, the electrical stimulation is used to navigate stem cells and direct their movement. All three interventions have one thing in common. They use identical electrical stimulation pulses and identical software-hardware systems to deliver very different clinical interventions. These interventions belong to a broader spectrum of neuromodulation interventions. Hence, this entire lecture will be focused on presenting unique and unusual neuromodulation interventions of great relevance to the spinal cord injury population.
About the Speaker
Milos R. Popovic received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1996, and the Dipl. Electrical Engineer degree from the University of Belgrade, Serbia in 1990.
Dr. Popovic is the Associate Scientific Director at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network and the Toronto Rehab Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research. He is also a Professor (Tenured) in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, as well as Senior Scientist and the Neural Engineering and Therapeutics Team Leader at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Dr. Popovic is also the founder and co-director of the CenteR for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application (CRANIA) at the University of Toronto and University Health Network.
Dr. Popovic’s fields of expertise are functional electrical stimulation, neuroprostheses, neuro-rehabilitation, neuromodulation, brain machine interfaces, physiological control systems, assistive technology, modeling and control of linear and non-linear dynamic systems, robotics, and signal processing.
In 1997, together with Dr. Keller, he received the Swiss National Science Foundation Technology Transfer Award – 1st place. In 2008, Dr. Popovic was awarded the Engineering Medal for Research and Development from the Professional Engineers of Ontario, and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers. In 2011, he was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2012, company MyndTec Inc., which Dr. Popovic co-founded in 2008, won the 1st Prize and the Best Intellectual Property Award at the annual TiEQuest Business Venture Competition. In 2013, he received the Morris (Mickey) Milner Award for outstanding contributions in the area of Assistive Technologies from the Health Technology Exchange. Also, in 2013, together with Drs. Prodic, Lehn, and Huerta-Olivares, and Mr. Tarulli, Dr. Popovic received the University of Toronto Inventor of the Year Award. In 2015, Dr. Popovic received the 2014 University Health Network’s Inventor of the Year Award.
Dr. Popovic is the co-founder and co-chair of the Canadian National Spinal Cord Injury Conference established in 2004.