Vivian Mushahwar

Dr. Vivian Mushahwar is a professor in the department of medicine at the University of Alberta and director of the SMART Network, a state-of-the-art center for researchers from engineering, medicine, rehabilitation, computer science, and neuroscience working to translate knowledge into intelligent medical devices and innovative rehabilitation interventions. Dr. Mushahwar attended Brigham Young University, graduating with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1991. She then pursued a doctorate in bioengineering and neuroscience at the University of Utah. She did postdoctoral works at the University of Alberta on improving and restoring function and mobility after spinal cord injury and at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in rehabilitative medicine. Trained in the disciplines of biomedical engineering, rehabilitation, and neuroscience, Dr. Mushahwar combines these fields to divine more effective solutions to problems resulting from neural injuries and disease. She is the inventor of Smart-e-Pants and The SOCC and has co-founded three startups.