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Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Yih-Kuen Jan, PhD is an Associate Professor and Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Research Lab in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Jan obtained his PhD in Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the University of Pittsburgh where he also completed a postdoctoral fellow training. Dr. Jan’s research focuses on rehabilitation engineering for people with disabilities and soft tissue biomechanics for wound prevention and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Dr. Jan’s research on using blood flow dynamics to assess tissue viability has been funded by NIH, NIDILRR, and PVA for more than $2 million. His research findings have been contributing to the development of clinical guidelines on using wheelchair seating systems and support surfaces to prevent soft tissue injury. Dr. Jan serves as an Associate Editor for several prestigious journals, including the Assistive Technology, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and Frontiers in Physiology as well as on the editorial board for the Journal of Tissue Viability, BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, PLOS ONE, and Scientific Reports. Dr. Jan served as the Chair of Scientific Papers of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) in 2015-2021. He serves on the Research Committee of RESNA since 2013. Dr. Jan was a councilor of the World Association of Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE). He has published more than 110 peer-reviewed journal papers.