Vivian Mushahwar

Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Deptment of Medicine - PhysMedRehab

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Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Deptment of Medicine - PhysMedRehab
Email
vmushahw@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-4519
Address
5005C Katz Group Centre For Research
11315 - 87 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

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About

Dr. Mushahwar is a Professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. An engineer by training (electrical), Dr. Mushahwar obtained her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Utah. Research in the Mushahwar lab focuses on many aspects such as the restoration of standing and walking after spinal cord injury and the detection and prevention of deep tissue pressure sores using functional electrical stimulation (FES) techniques. The Mushahwar lab is working with other groups of the Project SMART team to develop implantable devices that utilize intraspinal microstimulation (ISMS) to stimulate the "control centre" for standing and stepping in the spinal cord and thereby restore this ability after spinal cord injury. In addition, in collaboration with researchers in the Stein, Chan, and Dukelow research groups, Mushahwar’s lab is developing a garment to detect and prevent the onset of pressure sores in wheelchair and bed ridden patients.

Courses

MED 621 - The Art of Grant Writing

The purpose of this course is to train graduate students in preparing grant applications in order to improve their chances of future success in obtaining research funds from a major Canadian federal funding agency such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The course is targeted primarily towards students who have completed at least one year of graduate work. Preference will be given to those planning to pursue a PhD. Throughout the course, students will be instructed on how to prepare a complete grant application package on a topic that is different from their graduate project. The proposal will be prepared in stages and completed two weeks prior to the end of the semester. Students will then prepare and give presentations for a mock site visit by the funding agency. Students will also participate in a mock peer review committee and make final funding decisions. Enrolment is limited, and registration is by permission of the Department. May not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained in NEURO 621.


NEURO 621 - The Art of Grant Writing

The purpose of this course is to train graduate students in preparing grant applications in order to improve their chances of future success in obtaining research funds from a major Canadian federal funding agency such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The course is targeted primarily towards students who have completed at least one year of graduate work. Preference will be given to those planning to pursue a PhD. Throughout the course, students will be instructed on how to prepare a complete grant application package on a topic that is different from their graduate project. The proposal will be prepared in stages and completed two weeks prior to the end of the semester. Students will then prepare and give presentations for a mock site visit by the funding agency. Students will also participate in a mock peer review committee and make final funding decisions. Enrolment is limited, and registration is by permission of the Department.


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Featured Publications

Tawakol O., Mushahwar V.K., Troyk P.R.

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS. 2022 June; 10.1111/aor.14349


Evaluating glial cell response to functional microelectrode implants in vitro

Canadian Association for Neuroscience 15th Annual Conference - May 2022 . 2022 May;


Ding L., Xing H., Torabi A., Mehr J.K., Sharifi M., Gao H., Mushahwar V.K., Tavakoli M.

MECHATRONICS. 2022 May; 85 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2022.102821


Sharifi M., Mehr J.K., Mushahwar V.K., Tavakoli M.

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 2022 April; 27 (2):645-655 10.1109/TMECH.2022.3156168


2022 International Symposium on Medical Robotics, ISMR 2022. 2022 April; 10.1109/ISMR48347.2022.9807562


Intraspinal microstimulation implants with strain-relief system

UAlberta Neuroscience Research Day - March 2022. 2022 March;


Investigating the Sites of Activation of Epidural Stimulation and Intraspinal Microstimulation

UAlberta Neuroscience Research Day - March 2022. 2022 March;


Machine-learned Adaptive Switching in Human Participants’ Voluntary Lower-limb Exoskeleton Control

UAlberta Neuroscience Research Day - March 2022. 2022 March;


Motor control of bimanual and unimanual reaching movements: An electroencephalography study

UAlberta Neuroscience Research Day - March 2022. 2022 March;


Mirkiani S., Roszko D.A., O'Sullivan C.L., Faridi P., Hu D.S., Fang D., Everaert D.G., Toossi A., Konrad P.E., Robinson K., Mushahwar V.K.

Journal of Neural Engineering. 2022 March; 19 (2) 10.1088/1741-2552/ac55ac


International RehabWeek Conference 2021 - held virtually September 2021. 2022 February; https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14132


International RehabWeek Conference 2021 - held virtually September 2021. 2022 February; https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14132


International RehabWeek Conference 2021 - held virtually September 2021. 2022 February; https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14132


Artificial Organs: Abstracts from the IFESS 2021 conference. 2022 February; https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14132


Barss T.S., Parhizi B., Porter J., Mushahwar V.K.

Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022 January; 11 (3) 10.3390/jcm11030639


Comparative anatomy and functional neurophysiology of the lumbar spinal cordand locomotor networks: implications for spinal cord neuromodulation

Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference - held virtually November 2021. 2021 November;


Development of the Canadian activity-based therapy community of practice for spinal cord injury or disease

9th National Spinal Cord Injury Conference - held virtually November 2021. 2021 November;


Intraspinal microstimulation to restore functional walking after complete chronic spinal cord injury

Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference - held virtually November 2021. 2021 November;


Laser-microfabricated, smart polymer intraspinal multielectrodes reduce foreign body responses in mixed glial cell cultures and generate functional responses in the pig spinal cord

Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference - held virtually November 2021. 2021 November;


Robot-assisted investigation of the neural mechanisms underlying arm function

Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference - held virtually November 2021. 2021 November;


Strain-relief system for mechanically stable intraspinal microstimulation

Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference - held virtually November 2021. 2021 November;


Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation alters excitability between multiple converging segments of the spinal cord

Society for Neuroscience Annual Conference - held virtually November 2021. 2021 November;


Sharifi M., Mehr J.K., Mushahwar V.K., Tavakoli M.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2021 October; 6 (4):8261-8268 10.1109/LRA.2021.3105996


Mehr J.K., Sharifi M., Mushahwar V.K., Tavakoli M.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2021 October; 6 (4):7588-7595 10.1109/LRA.2021.3098915


A Locomotor Cat Model for Restoring Walking after Complete Spinal Cord Injury: Assessing the Capability of a Predictive Control Algorithm

International RehabWeek Conference 2021 - held virtually September 2021. 2021 September;


Sharifi M., Azimi V., Mushahwar V.K., Tavakoli M.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY. 2021 September; 30 (4):1345-1358 10.1109/TCST.2021.3107483


IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2021 September; 10.1109/IROS51168.2021.9635910


Effects of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation on Sensorimotor Circuitry and Cervico-Lumbar Coupling in Neurologically Intact Participants

International RehabWeek Conference 2021 - held virtually September 2021. 2021 September;


Design, Analysis, Development, and EMG-Based Control of an Upper-Limb Exoskeleton with Soft Artificial Muscles

International RehabWeek Conference 2021 - held virtually September 2021. 2021 September;


Compliant motion planning and intelligent postural stability for lower-limb exoskeletons

International RehabWeek Conference 2021 - held virtually September 2021. 2021 September;


Development of the Canadian activity-based therapy community of practice for spinal cord injury or disease

International Spinal Cord Society Annual Conference - held virtually September 2021. 2021 September;


Restoring Functional Walking in Animals with Complete Chronic Spinal Cord Injury using Intraspinal Microstimulation

BRAIN Initiative Conference. 2021 June;


Stretchable Lead Wires for Long-term Intraspinal Microstimulation

Neural Interfaces Conference. 2021 June;


Stretchable Lead Wires for Long-term Intraspinal Microstimulation

Military Health System Research Symposium. 2021 June;


Stretchable coiled cable as strain relief-mechanism for Intraspinal Microstimulation Implants

BRAIN Initiative Conference. 2021 June;


Safety of Mapping the Spinal Cord Motor Networks for Humans

Neural Interfaces Conference. 2021 June;


Safety of Mapping the Motor Networks in the Spinal Cord for Human Application

BRAIN Initiative Conference. 2021 June;


Online Predictions for Pavlovian Control During Overground Walking Using Intraspinal Microstimulation

Neural Interfaces Conference. 2021 June;


Machine Learning for Over-Ground Walking Using Intraspinal Microstimulation

BRAIN Initiative Conference. 2021 June;


Laser-Microfabricated Polymer Multielectrodes for Intraspinal Microstimulation

Neural Interfaces Conference. 2021 June;


Intraspinal Microstimulation using Laser-Microfabricated Polymer Multielectrodes

BRAIN Initiative Conference. 2021 June;


Implantation of Wireless Floating Multielectrode Arrays into Lumbar Spinal Cord for the Control of Locomotion in Yucatan Pigs

Neural Interfaces Conference. 2021 June;


Development of the Canadian activity-based therapy strategy for spinal cord injury or disease

9th National Spinal Cord Injury Conference. 2021 June;


Control Strategies to Restore Walking in Animals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury using Intraspinal Microstimulation

Neural Interfaces Conference. 2021 June;


Xing H., Torabi A., Ding L., Gao H., Deng Z., Mushahwar V.K., Tavakoli M.

MECHATRONICS. 2021 April; 74 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2021.102497


Parhizi B., Barss T.S., Mushahwar V.K.

Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2021 April; 15 10.3389/fnins.2021.615103


Toossi A., Bergin B., Marefatallah M., Parhizi B., Tyreman N., Everaert D.G., Rezaei S., Seres P., Gatenby J.C., Perlmutter S.I., Mushahwar V.K.

Scientific Reports. 2021 January; 11 (1):1955 10.1038/s41598-021-81371-9


Sharifi M., Zakerimanesh A., Mehr J.K., Torabi A., Mushahwar V.K., Tavakoli M.

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 2021 January; 10.1109/TCYB.2020.3043798