CLEAR Adds Two New Members From UK, Harvard
The Dr. William M. Scholl College’s Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR) at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago has added two new members to its distinguished team.
Bijan Najafi, PhD, comes to CLEAR from Harvard's renowned Neuromotor Control Laboratory. He is a researcher in bioengineering and motion analysis. Dr. Najafi's pioneering work in this area of medicine and engineering has influenced research ranging from fall prevention in the elderly to alpine skiing and high-performance athletics.
He is now assistant professor and director of CLEAR's Human Performance Laboratory.
The second appointment is Manish Bharara, PhD, a biomedical engineer who received his doctorate from Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom. His work, in thermography and biomedical imaging, has advanced this rapidly expanding field.
He is performing a postdoctoral fellowship with Professor David G. Armstrong and is working in the Human Performance Laboratory.
"I am so enormously pleased to have Drs. Najafi and Bharara in our unit", notes Dr. Armstrong, CLEAR's Director.
"Podiatric research is increasing exponentially. Nowhere is this more evident than here in the Chicago area. It is really an exciting time to be a passenger on this journey."
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About Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Formed in 1912 as the Chicago Hospital-College of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a national leader in interprofessional medical and healthcare education, offering a doctor of medicine program through the Chicago Medical School and doctor of podiatric medicine program through the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine.
RFUMS also offers a range of degrees through its College of Health Professions, including nurse anesthesia, nutrition, physical therapy and physician assistant, and advanced biomedical degrees through the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
There are more than 15,000 RFUMS graduates in the United States and worldwide.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
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