Nizam Ahmed, University of Alberta

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Alberta profile.

Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery Electroencephalography Biological Signal Processing Machine Learning applied to EEG and MRI

Latest papers

Discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs after pediatric epilepsy surgery.
Pediatric neurology · 2007
Foville's syndrome masquerading as Wernicke's encephalopathy.
The New Zealand medical journal · 2006 · first author
Posterior resection for childhood epilepsy.
Pediatric neurology · 2005 · senior author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
Automated Individual-Tailored Task Biomechanics Correction Training with Brain Sensing, Augmented Reality, and Reinforcement Learning
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$250,000

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs after pediatric epilepsy surgery.

Sinclair DB, Jurasek L, Wheatley M, Datta A, Gross D, Ahmed N, Quigley D, Snyder T, Aronyk K, McKean J

Pediatric neurology200722 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.05.004 PMID: 17765808

02

Foville's syndrome masquerading as Wernicke's encephalopathy.

Ahmed N, Riazn A, Shuaib A, Siddiqi Z

The New Zealand medical journal2006First author

PMID: 16633387

03

Posterior resection for childhood epilepsy.

Sinclair DB, Wheatley M, Snyder T, Gross D, Ahmed N

Pediatric neurology200524 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.11.006 PMID: 15797182

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Mushahwar, Vivian

$4,000,000

Automated Individual-Tailored Task Biomechanics Correction Training with Brain Sensing, Augmented Reality, and Reinforcement Learning

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Lee, Gaang

$250,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Medicine Dept

Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Donald Gross

Medicine Dept

2 shared papers, latest 2007

Zaeem Siddiqi

Medicine Dept

1 shared papers, latest 2006

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery Dear Professor Ahmed, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs after pediatric epilepsy surgery." (2007), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]