Pawan Kumar Email & Phone Number

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

As the Programs and Peer Review Manager at the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF), reporting to the Director of Programs and Partnerships, I play a key role in delivering SHRF’s suite of funding programs, which support our strategic goals of strengthening research capacity, advancing local health solutions, and fostering stakeholder connections.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

• As a project manager, I oversee the Western Canada's SCPOR/CIHR funded "Development of a Patient-Oriented, Cross-jurisdictional Long COVID Registry and Community of Practice."
• I facilitate the work of the Steering Committee and acts as a conduit between the Long COVID Project Steering Committee and SPOR SUPPORT Units’ services to ensure advancement of the project.
• Oversees all project activities and completes project documentation to ensure timelines, targets and milestones are met.
• Develops cross jurisdictional processes and communications across SUPPORT Units to ensure project activities are completed.
• Brings together the key operational members across the SPOR SUPPORT Units for project planning and implementation as well as building a community of practice.
• Assists the Patient Council with their meetings and helps facilitate the integration of their feedback.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

• Used REDCap to design and collect both quantitative and qualitative data for several projects
• Worked with various clinical populations including people with spinal cord injury, people with Multiple Sclerosis, people with amputation, people with diabetic neuropathy, and neurotypical people.

Saskatchewan, Canada

• Independently collected and analyzed kinematic (Vicon, Mobility Lab, Gaitrite), kinetic (AMTI force plates), EMG (Noraxon surface and in-dwelling electrodes), and qualitative data
• Collaborated with a team of engineers, researchers, doctors, and physicians to solve problems related to movement analysis.
• Used REDCap to design and collect both quantitative and qualitative data for several projects
• Used ImageJ software to quantify wound volume to improve the accuracy of clinical wound assessment
• Invited podcast interview: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/researchers-under/a-light-touch-dr-katherine-jqt0IAFfLzv/#episode
• Presented research as a part of Knowledge translation to people with amputation for “Who needs Twenty” support groupPopulation worked with: People with spinal cord injury, people with Multiple Sclerosis, people with.

Saskatchewan, Canada

• More than 800 hours as a teaching assistant teaching various disciplines including motor learning and control, biomechanics, functional basis of physical activity, thermodynamics
• Supported instructors in creating, revising, and updating course material and exams
• Communicated with students, TAs, and instructors
• Scheduled in-person and online (WebEx) meetings to help students with course and laboratory material

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

• Projects undertaken
• Exploring sensorimotor integration abilities of people with spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis and its impact on balance control.
• Investigated the effects of translingual stimulation combined with physical therapy to improve walking and balance in people with multiple sclerosis.
• Examining the effects of knee walker on physical functions and quality of life in people with lower limb amputation.
• Investigating the effects of knee walker on the healing of diabetic foot ulceration in people with diabetic neuropathy.
• Understanding the benefits of virtual vs in-person delivery of Minds in Motion, physical activity, and brain stimulation program for people with dementia and their caregivers.

Faridabad Area, India

• Designed and fabricated passive prosthetic devices based on customer requirement
• Designed and fabricated special purpose machine according to customer needs
• Provided poke-yoke for maintaining the quality of the product
• Involved in optimizing the process and designing the layout of the plant
• Provide marketing team with the overview of the product

Potsdam, NY, USA

• Analysis of an adaptive prosthetic ankle
• Develop algorithms for the prosthetic ankle, so that it can automatically adjust according to the slope
• Conducted research to determine preferred ankle angles on various slopes for an amputee - uphill, downhill, and level walking
• Made an assembly with a polycentric knee to fix the prosthetic ankle (amputee)
• Conducted experiments on an able-body as part of the Quality testing processControl of Active Knee Transfemoral Prosthesis
• Worked with the motion control system to collate data for the amputee

Potsdam, New York

• Implemented new "Meal Plan" ideas that enhanced the profitability by 10%+
• FTE Management in terms of - availability, breaks, fill-ups etc.
• Inventory Management
• Cash Flow Management - Keep track of sale/purchase records
• Tracking of log-in and log-out timings

Faridabad Area, India

• Assisted Principal Engineer in daily R&D activities
• Managed daily Inventory reporting
• Conducted independent research on -a) Enhancing the automation of the Manufacturing processb) How to optimize utilization of raw materials in the manufacturing phasec) Improving capacity enhancement of molding.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Kinesiology And Exercise Science

Masters In Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelors In Engineering, Mechanical