About Prof. Dr. Amir Sanati-Nezhad
Prof. Dr. Amir Sanati-Nezhad is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Calgary and the Canada Research Chair in BioMEMS. He is the Principal Investigator of BioMEMS and Bioinspired Microfluidic Laboratory at the University of Calgary with a joint affiliation with the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Calgary. Dr. Sanati-Nezhad is also a full member of Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and an associate member of Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, at the University of Calgary. He received a PhD from Concordia University in 2013. He then was a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University and University of Harvard (2013-2015).
Prof. Dr. Sanati-Nezhad’s interdisciplinary research is focused on microfluidics, sensors, tissue engineering, lab-on-chip and organ-on-chip. Dr. Sanati-Nezhad is leading significant projects in sensing, biosensing and diagnostic technologies at the University of Calgary. His team is developing new biosensors for rapid detection of biomarkers of concussion and brain injuries in blood samples of patients.
About the PostDoctoral Opportunity
Prof. Amir Sanati Nezhad is seeking to hire a postdoctoral scholar to join his research lab, with a specialized background in nanomaterials and nanosensors for methane detection. If you possess expertise in electrochemical or chemiresistive sensors, as well as experience with carbon nanotube-based sensors supported by catalysts, he would be particularly interested in receiving your CV/Resume. The position is available immediately. Please forward your application to amir.sanatinezhad@calgary.ca
Impact on Clinical Care and Quality of Life
The ICRP will share our research findings and their implications for clinical practice with knowledge users in health care settings. We will publish clinically relevant articles in professional outlets and provide workshops for healthcare providers involved in the care of individuals with concussion and mTBI.
The program also will seek to translate our findings into clinical guidelines, prediction rules, and pathways for the diagnosis and management of concussion, and share those with the broader healthcare community.
We will maintain leadership roles in provincial, national, and international efforts to develop guidelines regarding the assessment and management of concussion. For more information, see Community Engagement section of the website.
Within the Calgary area, we hope to facilitate the integration of adult, pediatric, and sports medicine clinical care into a single best practices care pathway.
Over the next decade, the ICRP will improve human lives by:
- Decreasing the annual rate of concussion
- Devising more sensitive diagnostic and prognostic tools that can identify concussion more effectively and predict who will have favourable versus adverse outcomes
- Developing evidence-based approaches to treating and managing concussion that reduce long-term negative outcomes and improve quality of life for individuals experiencing concussion
You can find the call to application here:
