Episode 53: Brian Caulfield on wearable technologies and the potential of electrical muscle stimulation

STEM-Talk

Dawn Kernagis and Ken Ford

Natural Sciences, Alternative Health, Science, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Today’s interview is with Dr. Brian Caulfield, the dean of physiotherapy at the University College Dublin, where he also is one of the directors of Ireland’s largest research center, the INSIGHT Center for Data Analytics. Brian is especially known for the work he is doing with wearable and mobile sensing technologies and how their use is opening new avenues for human performance evaluation and enhancement in areas like elite sports to rehabilitation medicine to gerontology. He also is a leader in the use of electrical muscle stimulation, also known as EMS, which is being used in health and sports. Brian also is the principal investigator in Ireland’s industry-led Connected Health Technology Center and is the overall project coordinator for the Connected Health Early Stage Researcher Support System, which is Europe’s first networked Connected Health PhD training program. Brian graduated with a bachelor’s Degree in Physiotherapy, a master’s in Medical Science, and a PhD in Medicine from the University College of Dublin. He has co-authored more than 180 research publications and six patents. He also has supervised more than 30 master’s of science graduate research and PhD projects to completion. Brian was the recent recipient of the prestigious 2017 University College Dublin Innovation Award, which recognized his work in the development of a connected health ecosystem in Ireland.

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0:24.9	Hi, Don, great to be here with you.
0:27.8	So today's episode features Dr. Brian Caulfield, the Dean of Physiotherapy at the University College,
0:32.9	Dublin.
0:33.9	I've known Brian for four or five years and have visited him several times in Dublin.
0:38.5	He leads the university's connected health program, and today we'll be talking to Brian about a number of things,
0:45.2	but especially electrical muscle stimulation as applied to sport, clinical settings, and in the older population.
0:52.0	And we're also going to discuss the work he's doing with wearable and mobile sensing
0:55.5	technologies. These technologies are opening up new avenues for human performance evaluation
1:00.4	and enhancement in elite athletics, rehabilitation medicine, even gerontology.
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