BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-8213@eng.ufl.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T104000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T113000 DTSTAMP:20260216T155904Z URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/ise-seminar-bill-marras/ SUMMARY:ISE Seminar: Bill Marras DESCRIPTION:100 Williamson Hall or Zoom: \nhttps://ufl.zoom.us/j/9815500414 2?pwd=2KyFaTolVBWl4OTM4AmI8Jv1vVfPzH.1\n\nThe Role of Wearable Spine Motio n Sensors in the Assessment and Prevention of Low Back Disorders\n\nLow Ba ck Disorders (LBDs) remain the most disabling condition known to mankind. They can negatively impact work and can lead to long term (chronic) suffer ing for a large portion of the population. While most major health problem s can be assessed and controlled using quantitative exposures and biomarke rs (e.g. heart disease\, diabetes)\, there are few meaningful quantitative metrics available to assess and control LBDs. Previous work suggests that spine motion can provide valuable insights into realistic spine tissue lo ading. Our work has leveraged this concept and developed wearable spine mo tion-based biomarkers (spine motion signatures) that can be used to assess the degree of impairment as well as phenotype LBDs. We have developed a d atabase of patient spine motion over the past 5 years. This information ca n be used to quantitatively track LBD changes over time and inform treatme nt outcomes. In addition\, we have used similar spine motion approaches to help predict and control LBD risk given the workplace requirements. \n\n\ nWilliam S. Marras\, Ph.D.\, CPE\nWilliam S. Marras is the Distinguished U niversity Professor and holds the Honda Endowed Chair in Integrated System s Engineering at the Ohio State University. He serves as the Director of t he Spine Research Institute at the Ohio State University where he leads NI H\, NSF\, DoD\, Ohio BWC and privately funded research efforts. Dr. Marras also holds joint academic appointments in the Department of Orthopaedic S urgery\, the Department of Neurosurgery\, and the Department of Physical M edicine &\; Rehabilitation.\nHis research is focused on understanding m ultidimensional causal pathways for spine disorders through quantitative e pidemiologic evaluations\, laboratory biomechanical studies\, personalized mathematical modeling\, and clinical studies of the lumbar and cervical s pines. His findings have been published in over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles\, hundreds of refereed proceedings\, and numerous books and book chapters including a book entitled The Working Back: A Systems View. Profe ssor Marras has been active in the National Research Council (NRC) having served on over a dozen boards and committees and has served as Chair of th e Board on Human Systems Integration for multiple terms. He has also serve d as Editor-in-Chief of Human Factors is currently Deputy Editor of Spine and has served as the President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Societ y. Dr. Marras holds Fellow status in six professional societies and is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (the National Academ y of Science\, Engineering and Medicine)\, recorded a TEDx talk entitled “Back Pain and your Brain” and has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered.\n CATEGORIES:Seminars LOCATION:100 Williamson Hall\, 1843 Stadium Rd\, Gainesville\, Fl\, 32611\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1843 Stadium Rd\, Gainesvil le\, Fl\, 32611\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=100 Williamson Hall:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR