Martin Ferguson-Pell Ph.D. Email and Phone Number

Dr. Ferguson-Pell is a biomedical engineer, credentialed clinical scientist and former Dean of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Alberta.He co-directs the University of Alberta's Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory which is based in the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy in Edmonton Alberta. He is a Principal Investigator in the University of Alberta's inter-faculty Smart Network. His team develops virtual reality systems to create learning objects in healthcare and uses VR simulation to study the biomechanics of physical functioning.He was the Founding Vice Principal of the Peter Lougheed Leadership College at University of Alberta which he developed in close collaboration with former Prime Minister Kim Campbell. He continues to be active in promoting leadership skills development and Mentorship for undergraduate and graduate students as they transition to their early stage careers.He is also CEO of the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute which is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2005 by Cy Frank and Bud McCaig to improve bone and joint health in Alberta. ABJHI is a trusted custodian of clinical data which the Institute uses in collaboration with the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network to promote improvements in care through innovation at the system level.He is a Fellow of Rehabilitation Engineering Society of America, a Chartered Physicist, a Certified Clinical Scientist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.Recently he and a group of colleagues have established a start up, Click&Push Accessibility Inc., that is a founding member of the University of Alberta Accelerator. Click&Push is a social enterprise that provides information about barriers and access challenges for people with mobility limitations in our built environments. More information can be found here https://clicknpush.ca/