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SBME Seminar: Move well! Technology-enabled solutions for life-long mobility – Dr. Jesse Charlton
June 12 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT
SBME Seminar: Move well! Technology-enabled solutions for life-long mobility – Dr. Jesse Charlton
Location:
Lecture Theatre B1009, Gordon B. Shrum Building
Co-hosted by Centre for Aging SMART
Our healthcare system faces a growing challenge: an aging population and the rising prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions. Osteoarthritis is particularly concerning, leaving many adults with reduced mobility, independence, and quality of life for decades. Biomechanics offers promising strategies to slow its progression and restore function, but it has struggled to make a clinical impact due to lab-bound research. For the past decade, I have used biomechanical approaches to assess and manage osteoarthritis, from controlled laboratory studies to real-world monitoring and from mechanistic experiments to randomized clinical trials. My work seeks to understand how painful musculoskeletal disease alters real-world movement patterns, and to develop precision rehabilitation that helps older adults remain lifelong movers.
Dr. Jesse Charlton’s Biography:
Dr. Jesse Charlton is a postdoctoral fellow in the Schools of Kinesiology and Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, focused on advancing real-world biomechanics research to support rehabilitation and healthy aging. He leads a multidisciplinary research program that combines wearable sensing, human-interfacing devices, and biomechanics to assess and enhance human movement in everyday environments. By translating lab-based biomechanics into practical, scalable tools, Dr. Charlton is lowering barriers to clinical and real-world movement analysis, enabling more ecologically valid measurements and personalized musculoskeletal rehabilitation. He has dedicated substantial time to supporting early-career researchers and trainees through national and international leadership in education, professional development, and mentorship. His work is widely recognized for its impact across engineering and rehabilitation, having received both the Banting (NSERC stream) and the Michael Smith Health Research BC Fellowships. He earned his MSc and PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences, where he led innovative research on technology-enabled rehabilitation for osteoarthritis, funded by CIHR.