The cluster's research aims to advance our understanding of the mechanistic principles of healthy balance control and the mechanisms that underlie balance deficits and falls. Our research will provide the foundation for developing improved clinical balance screening tools, effective therapeutic interventions and new technological advances to reduce the likelihood and impact of balance deficits and falls.
Campus
Vancouver
Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Blouin, Jean-Sebastien | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | sensorimotor integration; Motor System; robotics and automation; Trauma / Injuries; Physiology; Balance robot; Computational approaches; Head and neck; Sensorimotor physiology; Sensory virtualisation; Standing balance; Whiplash injuries; Sensorimotor Integration, Motor System, Robotics and Automation, Trauma / Injuries, Physiology, Balance robot, Computational approaches, Head and neck, Sensorimotor physiology, Sensory virtualisation, Standing balance, Whiplash injuries |
| Carpenter, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | neural control of movement, fear of falling, Neural control of movement, postural control, fears of falling, balance disorders, Parkinson's disease |
| Chua, Romeo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Other natural sciences; Human sensorimotor control; Visual-motor control; Sensorimotor adaptation; Human sensorimotor control, Visual-motor control, Sensorimotor adaptation |
| Cripton, Peter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | biomechanics; Cranio-Encephalic and Spinal Cord Trauma; hip fracture; injury prevention; Mechanical Systems; neurotrauma; Spinal cord injury; spine biomechanics; Trauma / Injuries; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sex Differences in Seat Belt Performance; Biomechanics, Cranio-Encephalic and Spinal Cord Trauma, Hip fracture, Injury prevention, Mechanical Systems, Neurotrauma, Spinal cord injury, Spine biomechanics, Trauma / Injuries, Traumatic brain injury, Sex Differences in Seat Belt Performance |
| Hodges, Nicola | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | action anticipation and observation; coaching and motor skill expertise; skill acquisition; Motor learning; observational learning and instruction; sports skill development; action anticipation and observation, coaching and motor skill expertise, skill acquisition, motor learning, observational learning and instruction, sports skill development |
| Hunt, Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis; biomechanics; Running; rehabilitation; Orthoses and Prostheses; Joints (Articulations); Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis, Biomechanics, Running, Rehabilitation, Orthoses and Prostheses, Joints (Articulations) |
| Inglis, Tim | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Exercise science, neurophysiology, biomechanics, stance and balance control, human microneurography, physical therapy and rehabilitation, vestibular system |
| Kingstone, Alan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Cognitive sciences; Brain mechanisms of human perception, attention, and behaviour in experimental & everyday situations; Brain mechanisms of human perception, attention, and behaviour in experimental & everyday situations |
| Kramer, John | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Neuromechanical, Systems Biology, Exercise & Health |
| Kuo, Calvin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Sensing human motion; How humans make sense of their own motion; Sensorimotor Neutrophysiology; Wearable Sensing; Musculoskeletal Modeling; Sensing human motion, How humans make sense of their own motion, Sensorimotor Neutrophysiology, Wearable Sensing, Musculoskeletal Modeling |
| McKeown, Martin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | novel treatments for Parkinson's; Video Monitoring Parkinson's; Brain Stimulation; Biomedical Engineering; Machine Learning; fMRI; EEG; novel treatments for Parkinson's, Video Monitoring Parkinson's , brain stimulation, biomedical engineering, Machine Learning, fMRI, EEG |
| Pollock, Courtney | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; impact of neurological changes associated with aging, disease and injury on motor control; motor control of walking balance and balance reactions; , Impact of neurological changes associated with aging, disease and injury on motor control, Motor control of walking balance and balance reactions |
| Wu, Lyndia | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomechanical engineering; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Biomedical signal processing; Mechanical characterization (including modeling, testing, and monitoring); Wearable sensors; Injury biomechanics; Soft Tissue Biomechanics; Traumatic Brain Injury; Sleep Monitoring; Sensors and Instrumentation; Data Mining and Machine Learning; Wearable Sensors, Injury Biomechanics, Soft Tissue Biomechanics, Traumatic Brain Injury, Sleep Monitoring, Sensors and Instrumentation, Data Mining and Machine Learning |