Ervin Sejdic

Ervin Sejdic
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
AwardsPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2013), National Science Foundation CAREER Awards (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsBiomedical engineering, Electrical engineering, Data science, Medicine
InstitutionsNorth York General Hospital
Doctoral advisorProfessor Jin Jiang
Websitewww.nygh.on.ca

Ervin Sejdic is North York General Hospital's Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Health Outcomes. He focuses on biomedical signal processing, gait analysis, swallowing difficulties, advanced information systems in medicine, rehabilitation engineering, assistive technologies and anticipatory medical devices. He was previously a researcher at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh,[1] where he directs a research laboratory focused on engineering developments in medicine. His research has focused on creating computational biomarkers indicative of age- and disease-related changes in functional outcomes such as swallowing, gait and handwriting. In particular, he aims to develop clinically relevant solutions by fostering innovation in mechatronic systems (computational data-centric approaches and instrumentation) that can be translated to bedside care. Due to his contributions in signal processing and biomedical engineering, Sejdic has been named to editorial positions of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine,[2] BioMedical Engineering Online[3] and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.[4]

Education

Sejdic has received his Bachelor of Engineering Science in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Western Ontario in 2002. He continued to a graduate program in electrical and computer engineering at the same university while being advised by Professor Jin Jiang,[5] where Sejdic obtained his PhD in electrical and computer engineering in January 2008.[6] Next, Sejdic joined Dr. Tom Chau's group at the University of Toronto and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, where he was a postdoctoral fellow specializing in pediatric rehabilitation engineering and biomedical instrumentation. In 2011, Sejdic joined Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as a research fellow in medicine, where he specialized in geriatrics (cardiovascular and cerebrovascular monitoring of older diabetic adults)[7]

Research

Sejdic's early research revolved around signal processing, specifically the area of time–frequency analysis.[8] In more recent years, he has focused on modeling of human functions such as swallowing and gait.[9][10][11][12][13][14] Sejdic has also made contributions in computational medicine,[15] implantable medical devices,[16] and biomedical engineering,[17][18][19] including a novel brain-machine interface modality based on transcranial Doppler sonography[20]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "SSOE - Sejdic, Ervin". engineering.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  2. ^ "Editorial Board". IEEE Signal Processing Society. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  3. ^ "BioMedical Engineering OnLine". BioMedical Engineering OnLine. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  4. ^ "Associate Editors". tbme.embs.org. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  5. ^ Bari, A. "Jin Jiang". cies-western-eng.ca. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  6. ^ "Western Alumni Magazine - Spring 2016" (PDF).
  7. ^ Durey, Adriane Swalm. "IEEE EMBS - Atlanta Chapter - Chapter Activities 2015". ewh.ieee.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  8. ^ Digital Signal Processing.
  9. ^ "Five things to know today, and more donations for Point Park's Pittsburgh Playhouse". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  10. ^ "Health briefs: Women's health video challenge". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  11. ^ "President Honors 20 NIH-Supported Early Career Scientists - The NIH Record - June 17, 2016". nihrecord.nih.gov. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  12. ^ "Dual gait testing as early predictor of dementia: Early dementia detection can lead to halting its progression". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  13. ^ "Rhythmic beat may help Parkinson's rehab - Futurity". Futurity. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  14. ^ "The beat goes on: Study finds trekking to a tempo could help Parkinson's patients | Medical Practice Insider". medicalpracticeinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  15. ^ "How Medicine Makes Sense of Big Data". 3D PERSPECTIVES. 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  16. ^ "Ervin Sejdic named to RFID Center post". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  17. ^ Shryock, Todd (2016-12-05). "Can computers help doctors reduce diagnostic errors?". Medical Economics. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  18. ^ "Ervin Sejdić: Od izbjeglice do Obamine liste najboljih stoji samo upornost". Akta.ba. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  19. ^ "Ugledni bh. naučnik dobitnik Predsjedničke nagrade u SAD-u". N1 BA (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  20. ^ "Ultrasound for Mind Reading". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  21. ^ "Recent Award Winners | Office of the Chancellor | University of Pittsburgh". chancellor.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-21.

External links

  • "President Obama Honors Extraordinary Early-Career Scientists". whitehouse.gov. 2016-02-18. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  • "Obama awards four Pitt professors - The Pitt News". The Pitt News. 2016-02-21. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  • "Honoring Federally-Funded Scientists and Engineers at the Forefront of Research and Discovery". whitehouse.gov. 2016-05-05. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  • "NSF Award Search: Award#1652203 - CAREER: Advanced data analytics and high-resolution cervical auscultation can accurately predict dysphagia". NSF.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  • "Five Pitt engineering faculty set university and school record by receiving competitive NSF CAREER awards in first months of 2017". engineering.pitt.edu. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  • "A Better Way to Swallow". engineering.pitt.edu. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  • "Five things to know today, and more donations for Point Park's Pittsburgh Playhouse". bizjournals.com. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  • "Pitt researcher receives NSF CAREER Award to develop improved screening method for dysphagia". News-Medical.net. 2017-02-14. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  • "A better way to swallow". EurekAlert!. Retrieved May 7, 2017.


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