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Nima Toosizadeh
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Nima Toosizadeh

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine

Nima Toosizadeh is assistant professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, with a co-appointment within the Division of Geriatrics, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine in the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Eng
    • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Interests

Teaching

Biomechanics

Research

Wearable sensors, Gait and Balance, Aging, Frailty, Cognitive impairments

Courses

Intro to Biomechanics

BME 214 (Fall 2022)
BME 214 (Fall 2021)
BME 214 (Fall 2020)
BME 214 (Fall 2019)
BME 214 (Fall 2018)
BME 214 (Fall 2017)

Independent Study

BME 299 (Fall 2022)
BME 299 (Spring 2019)
BME 599 (Spring 2023)
BME 599 (Fall 2022)
BME 599 (Spring 2019)

Honors Independent Study

BME 299H (Spring 2023)
BME 299H (Spring 2022)
BME 299H (Spring 2021)

Biomechanical Engr

AME 466 (Fall 2016)
AME 566 (Fall 2016)
BME 466 (Fall 2016)
BME 566 (Fall 2016)

Directed Research

BME 492 (Spring 2023)
BME 492 (Fall 2022)
BME 492 (Spring 2022)
BME 492 (Fall 2021)
BME 492 (Spring 2021)
BME 492 (Spring 2020)
BME 492 (Fall 2019)
BME 492 (Spring 2019)
BME 492 (Spring 2018)

Rsrch Meth Biomed Engr

BME 592 (Fall 2022)
BME 592 (Spring 2022)
BME 592 (Fall 2021)
BME 597G (Fall 2019)
BME 597G (Fall 2018)

Biomedical Engr Seminar

BME 696A (Fall 2017)
BME 696A (Fall 2016)

Bme Student Forum

BME 696C (Spring 2018)
BME 696C (Spring 2017)

Research

BME 900 (Fall 2020)
BME 900 (Spring 2020)
BME 900 (Fall 2019)

Master's Report

BME 909 (Spring 2021)

Thesis

BME 910 (Spring 2023)
BME 910 (Spring 2022)

Dissertation

BME 920 (Spring 2023)
BME 920 (Fall 2022)
BME 920 (Spring 2022)
BME 920 (Fall 2021)
BME 920 (Spring 2021)

Selected Publications

Journals/Publications

  • Laksari, K., Wendel, C. S., Toosizadeh, N., Mohler, J., Laksari, K., & Kumar, D. P. (2021). Between-day repeatability of sensor-based in-home gait assessment among older adults: assessing the effect of frailty.. Aging clinical and experimental research, 33(6), 1529-1537. doi:10.1007/s40520-020-01686-x
  • Parthasarathy, S., Toosizadeh, N., Ruberto, K., Parvaneh, S., Parthasarathy, S., Mohler, J., Ehsani, H., & Carpenter, B. (2021). Frailty and heart response to physical activity.. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 93, 104323. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2020.104323
  • Toosizadeh, N., Ruiz, M., Pena, M., Mohler, J., Joseph, B., Fain, M., Ehsani, H., & Cohen, A. (2021). Physical and Cognitive Function Assessment to Predict Postoperative Outcomes of Abdominal Surgery.. The Journal of surgical research, 267, 495-505. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2021.05.018
  • Toosizadeh, N., Tax, T., Mohler, J., Ehsani, H., Cohen, A. T., & Asghari, M. (2021). Nonlinear analysis of the movement variability structure can detect aging-related differences among cognitively healthy individuals.. Human movement science, 78, 102807. doi:10.1016/j.humov.2021.102807
  • Arrué, P., Toosizadeh, N., Babaee, H., & Laksari, K. (2020). Low-Rank Representation of Head Impact Kinematics: A Data-Driven Emulator. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 8, 555493.
  • Ehsani, H., Parvaneh, S., Mohler, J., Wendel, C., Zamrini, E., O'Connor, K., & Toosizadeh, N. (2020). Can motor function uncertainty and local instability within upper-extremity dual-tasking predict amnestic mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease?. Computers in biology and medicine, 120, 103705.
  • Follis, S., Chen, Z., Mishra, S., Howe, C. L., Toosizadeh, N., & Dohm, M. (2020). Comparison of wearable sensor to traditional methods in functional outcome measures: A systematic review. Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society.
  • Pradeep Kumar, D., Toosizadeh, N., Mohler, J., Ehsani, H., Mannier, C., & Laksari, K. (2020). Sensor-based characterization of daily walking: a new paradigm in pre-frailty/frailty assessment. BMC geriatrics, 20(1), 164.
  • Pradeep Kumar, D., Wendel, C., Mohler, J., Laksari, K., & Toosizadeh, N. (2020). Between-day repeatability of sensor-based in-home gait assessment among older adults: assessing the effect of frailty. Aging clinical and experimental research.
  • Toosizadeh, N., Ehsani, H., Parthasarathy, S., Carpenter, B., Ruberto, K., Mohler, J., & Parvaneh, S. (2020). Frailty and heart response to physical activity. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 93, 104323.
  • Vahdat, I., Toosizadeh, N., Tanbakoosaz, A., Parnianpour, M., & Ghomsheh, F. T. (2020). COMPARING METHODS FOR 3D INVERSE DYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF SQUAT LIFTING USING A FULL BODY LINKED SEGMENT MODEL. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 20(03), 2031001. doi:10.1142/s0219519420310016
  • Wahlert, G., Fain, M. J., Wahlert, G., Toosizadeh, N., Mohler, J., & Fain, M. (2020). The effect of vibratory stimulation on the timed-up-and-go mobility test: a pilot study for sensory-related fall risk assessment.. Physiological research, 69(4), 721-730. doi:10.33549/physiolres.934451
  • Yanquez, F. J., Peterson, A., Weinkauf, C., Goshima, K. R., Zhou, W., Mohler, J., Ehsani, H., & Toosizadeh, N. (2020). Sensor-Based Upper-Extremity Frailty Assessment for the Vascular Surgery Risk Stratification. The Journal of surgical research, 246, 403-410.
  • Ehsani, H., Mohler, M. J., Golden, T., & Toosizadeh, N. (2019). Upper-extremity function prospectively predicts adverse discharge and all-cause COPD readmissions: a pilot study. International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 14, 39.
  • Ehsani, H., Mohler, M. J., O'Connor, K., Zamrini, E., Tirambulo, C., & Toosizadeh, N. (2019). The association between cognition and dual-tasking among older adults: the effect of motor function type and cognition task difficulty. Clinical interventions in aging, 14, 659-669.

Proceedings Publications

  • Golden, T., Junna, S., Wadeea, R., Ghazala, S., Tirambulo, C., Toosizadeh, N., Taleban, S., & Mohler, J. (2018). Frailty Status Predicts Screening Colonoscopy Adverse Events. In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, 66.
  • Sayre, M. K., Pike, I. L., Bunkley, E. N., Odera, D. A., Reeves, C. A., Toosizadeh, N., Mohler, J., Alexander, G. E., & Raichlen, D. A. (2018). Assessing age-related differences in frailty measurements among Pokot agro-pastoralists of Kenya. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 165.
  • Tirambulo, C., Sutherland-Mills, C., Ehsani, H., Golden, T., Toosizadeh, N., & Mohler, J. (2018). Frailty and Depression in Older Adults: A Cross Sectional Study. In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, 66.
  • Parvaneh, S., Dabanloo, N. J., Rezaei, S., Moharreri, S., & Toosizadeh, N. (2017). Heart rate asymmetry in response to colored light. In 2017 Computing in Cardiology (CinC).
  • Parvaneh, S., Najafi, B., Toosizadeh, N., Riaz, I. B., & Mohler, J. (2016). Is there any association between ventricular ectopy and falls in community-dwelling older adults?. In 2016 Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC).
  • Veldhuizen, J., Mager, R., Toosizadeh, N., Mohler, J., Reiman, E., O'Connor, K., & Najafi, B. (2016). Association between cognitive impairment and upper-extremity performance under a dual task condition. In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, 64.
  • Parvaneh, S., Toosizadeh, N., & Moharreri, S. (2015). Impact of mental stress on heart rate asymmetry. In 2015 Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC).
  • Hendershot, B., Bazrgari, B., Muslim, K., Toosizadeh, N., Nussbaum, M. A., & Madigan, M. L. (2010). Disturbances to intrinsic stiffness and reflexive muscle responses following prolonged trunk flexion. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Providence, Rhode Island, USA./http://www. asbweb. org/conferences/2010/abstracts/72. pdfS.
  • Haghpanahi, M., & Toosizadeh, N. (2008). Generating exact finite element model of lower cervical spine (C3-C7). In Proceedings of the Sixth IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering.
  • Haghpanahi, M., & Toosizadeh, N. (2008). Generating finite element model of the cervical spine, investigating the role of the muscle forces in flexion/extension. In Proceedings of the 1st WSEAS international conference on Biomedical electronics and biomedical informatics.

Poster Presentations

  • Mohler, M. J., Toosizadeh, N., Hsu, C., & Taylor-Piliae, R. E. (2019, March). Novel Dual-Task Balance Challenge to Prevent Falls in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors. American Heart Association's 2019 EPI/Lifestyle Scientific Sessions. Houston, TX: American Heart Association.

Others

  • Najafi, B., Mohler, M. J., & Toosizadeh, N. (2015). Method and system to identify frailty using body movement.
  • Lei, H., Toosizadeh, N., Schwenk, M., Sherman, S., Karp, S., Parvaneh, S., Esternberg, E., & Najafi, B. (2014). Objective assessment of electro-acupuncture benefit for improving balance and gait in patients with Parkinson’s disease (P3. 074).
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