User:Najafi.Bijan

Bijan Najafi (born March 12, 1972 in Iran) is a Biomedical Engineer and researcher most widely known for his work in wearable technology, digital health, Fall_prevention, and diabetic foot. He is currently serving with the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Michael_DeBakey Department of Surgery as a tenured Professor and Director of Clinical Research in the  Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. , Director of Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP), member of Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center , and member of Center for Precision Environmental Health. He has produced more than 400 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals or conference proceeding. He is also serving as the section editor for Gerontology, Technology section

Prior to his appointment at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Najafi served as a Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Surgery at University_of_Arizona as well as director of the interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP), chair of research operation at the Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), member of Arizona Center on Aging, Member of Arizona Cancer Center , and scientific advisory board member of the Arizona Arthritis Center

Early life and Education
Najafi was born in Isfahan, Iran to Jamshid and Fatemeh Najafi. After attending the Harati High School in Isfahan, he attended Isfahan University of Technology in Isfahan from 1990-1994, where he was graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree with major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1994 and was awarded as the First Rank of his Class. To pursue his education he moved to Tehran, Iran and attended Sharif University of Technology, Electrical Engineering Department from 1994-1997 and graduated in with Master of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering in 1997. Then he was awarded a research scholarship and moved to Switzerland and attended graduate program at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne,Switzerland, Department of Electrical Engineering from 1994-2002 and graduated with PhD Degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2002.

Lausanne, Switzerland Time
Najafi spent much of his young adult life in Lausanne from 1998-2006. During this time he met his wife, Bahareh Doroudain and married in 2001. While was a graduate student, he was involved in a national project with collaboration of The Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) and Swiss TeleAlarm under mentorship of Prof. Kamiar Aminian and Prof. Philippe Robert, to design a wearable platform to promote Aging in Place. Thanks to this project, he learned skills in the area of wearable technology, Biomechanics, and signal processing and have succesfully achieved to file two patents in the area of wearable technology in his early research career including remote daily physical activities and risk of falls in older adults monitoring using a single wearable sensor and one of the first gyroscope-based wearable platform for measuring body movement including gait parameters outside of a gait lab. After graduation he joined the Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement (LMAM) as research associate and a lecturer (chargé de cours) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne till 2006. During this time he was involved and contributed in several national and European projects including Prevention of Falls Network Europe (ProFaNE), a thematic network with 25 partners focusing on the issue of prevention of falls and improvement of postural stability amongst elderly people and LIAISON (LocatIon bAsed servIceS for the enhancement of wOrking enviroNment), an European Project focused on designing mobile technology for enhancing of working environment. To improve his research career, he has decided to move to US and joined Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Neuromotor Control Lab, as a research associate and under mentorship of Prof Maurice Smith.