Biography:Ervin Sejdic

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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

  • 2018 University of Pittsburgh, Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award[21]
  • 2017 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
  • 2013 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
  • 2010 Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew Senior Life, Melvin First Young Investigator's Award
  • 2005 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Postgraduate Scholarship
  • 2003 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Postgraduate Scholarship

References

  1. ↑ "SSOE - Sejdic, Ervin". http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/Ervin_Sejdic/. 
  2. ↑ "Editorial Board" (in en). 25 February 2016. https://signalprocessingsociety.org/publications-resources/ieee-signal-processing-magazine/editorial-board. 
  3. ↑ "BioMedical Engineering OnLine" (in en). https://biomedical-engineering-online.biomedcentral.com/about/editorial-board. 
  4. ↑ "Associate Editors" (in en-US). https://tbme.embs.org/editorial-board/associate-editors/. 
  5. ↑ Bari, A. "Jin Jiang" (in en). http://cies-western-eng.ca/jjiang/home.htm. 
  6. ↑ "Western Alumni Magazine - Spring 2016". http://www.alumni.westernu.ca/alumni-gazette/pdf/spring-2016.pdf. 
  7. ↑ Durey, Adriane Swalm. "IEEE EMBS - Atlanta Chapter - Chapter Activities 2015". https://ewh.ieee.org/r3/atlanta/emb/activity_2015.htm. 
  8. ↑ Digital Signal Processing. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/digital-signal-processing/most-downloaded-articles. 
  9. ↑ "Five things to know today, and more donations for Point Park's Pittsburgh Playhouse". http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2017/02/15/more-donations-for-pittsburgh-playhouse.html. 
  10. ↑ "Health briefs: Women's health video challenge" (in en). Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2017/04/11/Health-brief-Women-s-health-video-challenge/stories/201704110002/. 
  11. ↑ "President Honors 20 NIH-Supported Early Career Scientists - The NIH Record - June 17, 2016". https://nihrecord.nih.gov/newsletters/2016/06_17_2016/story5.htm. 
  12. ↑ "Dual gait testing as early predictor of dementia: Early dementia detection can lead to halting its progression" (in en). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523124132.htm. 
  13. ↑ "Rhythmic beat may help Parkinson's rehab - Futurity" (in en-US). Futurity. 2012-09-04. http://www.futurity.org/rhythmic-beat-may-help-parkinson%E2%80%99s-rehab/. 
  14. ↑ "The beat goes on: Study finds trekking to a tempo could help Parkinson's patients | Medical Practice Insider" (in en). http://www.medicalpracticeinsider.com/news/patient-care/beat-goes-study-finds-trekking-tempo-could-help-parkinsons-patients. 
  15. ↑ "How Medicine Makes Sense of Big Data" (in en-US). 3D PERSPECTIVES. 2015-01-20. http://blogs.3ds.com/perspectives/how-medicine-makes-sense-of-big-data/. 
  16. ↑ "Ervin Sejdic named to RFID Center post". https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2012/11/19/sejdic-named-to-rfid-center-post.html. 
  17. ↑ Shryock, Todd (2016-12-05). "Can computers help doctors reduce diagnostic errors?" (in en). http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/can-computers-help-doctors-reduce-diagnostic-errors. 
  18. ↑ "Ervin Sejdić: Od izbjeglice do Obamine liste najboljih stoji samo upornost". Akta.ba. https://www.akta.ba/bs/Vijest/licnosti/ervin-sejdic-od-izbjeglice-do-obamine-liste-najboljih-stoji-samo-upornost/75592. 
  19. ↑ "Ugledni bh. naučnik dobitnik Predsjedničke nagrade u SAD-u" (in bs-Latn-BA). N1 BA. http://ba.n1info.com/a143736/Sci-Tech/Ugledni-bh.-naucnik-dobitnik-Predsjednicke-nagrade-u-SAD-u.html. 
  20. ↑ "Ultrasound for Mind Reading" (in en). IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. https://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/ultrasound-for-mind-reading. 
  21. ↑ "Recent Award Winners | Office of the Chancellor | University of Pittsburgh" (in en). http://chancellor.pitt.edu/about-chancellor/chancellors-awards/recent-award-winners. 

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