Prof. Jeffrey Hausdorff

Director; Laboratory for Gait & Neurodynamics, Neurology Division


Education

The Cooper Union, New York, NY BSE 1982-1985, Biomechanics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA MSME 1986-1988 Mech Eng/ Biomech
Boston University, Boston, MA PhD 1992-1995 Biomedical Engineering
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Fellowship 1996-1997 Geriatrics

Clinical experience

1986 – 1988   Research Associate, MIT Newman Biomechanics Laboratory
1990 – 1995    Biomedical Scientist, Harvard Medical School
1995 – 1998    Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1996 – 1997   NRSA Fellow, Harvard Medical School
1997 – 2002   Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999 – 2002 Associate Director, Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine
1999 – 2002    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
2002 – Present   Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
2000 – Present   Director, Laboratory for Gait Analysis and Neurodynamics,
Tel-Aviv Sourasky  Medical Center
2002 – 2006   Senior Lecturer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2006 – Present   Associate Professor, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
2005 – Present Director of Research, National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence,  Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Prizes and achivements

Samuel Belkin Scholar; 1985 Henry Dickinson Award; 1992-1993 Boston University Presidential Scholar; 1996 New Investigator Awardees: Older Americans Independence Centers; 1996 Biomedical Engineering Society Whitaker Young Investigator Award; 1997 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Junior Investigator; 1998 Merck / American Geriatrics Society New Investigator Award; 1997 Who's Who in Physics of Life; 2000 American Physiological Society’s Arthur C. Guyton Award  for Excellence in Integrative Physiology; 2000 Neurological and Behavioral Sciences Best Paper Award, American Geriatrics Society; 2000 Shapiro Award; AGS 2003 Best Poster in its Category; AGS 2004 Best Poster in its Category, AGS 2005 Geriatrics: Organ Specific Diseases and Biology of Aging Best Paper Award; European Journal of Neuroscience – paper listed among top 5 most read in 2008 (Hausdorff, Lowenthal et al., EJN, 2007);  Award: 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, London, UK. Best paper award. Title: Parkinson patients' perspective on context aware wearable technology for auditory assistance 2009;  4th International conference on Body Area Networks. Los Angeles, CA ,USA. Best paper award. Title: Online Detection of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease Patients: A Performance Characterization;  2010 American Geriatrics Society – Winner Presidential Poster Presentation - Rehabilitation Category.  Title: Virtual reality for gait training in Parkinson’s disease

Union membership

International Society of Posture and Gait Research
Gerontology Society of America
The Movement Disorder Society
American Geriatrics Society