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Reed Ferber

ResearcherMechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringUniversity of Calgary

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Reed Ferber

Researcher

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (6 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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103

Publications

669

Citations

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Biosensors Digital Health Immunity Level Improved Care Infectious Monitoring Long-Term Care Facilities Machine Learning Models Point-Of-Care

Latest papers

Comparison of Consumer Smartwatch and Research-Grade Accelerometer-Derived Step Counts in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Muscle & nerve · 2026
Objective assessment of physical activity using wearable devices in patients with mild-to-moderate Crohn's disease.
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2026
Between-session reliability and minimal detectable difference of peak tibial acceleration during running on an indoor track.
Sports biomechanics · 2026

All 103 publications

Latest funding

Teachers of Tomorrow: Mobilizing Partnerships for School Wellness Across the Education System
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$94,949
Teachers of Tomorrow: Mobilizing Partnerships for School Wellness Across the Education System
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$61,516
Optimizing Artificial Turf Surfaces
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$90,000

All 18 grants and awards

103 publications.

Comparison of Consumer Smartwatch and Research-Grade Accelerometer-Derived Step Counts in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Jewett G, Ferber R, Josephson CB, Korngut L, Lee J

Muscle & nerve2026

DOI: 10.1002/mus.70323 PMID: 42321151

Objective assessment of physical activity using wearable devices in patients with mild-to-moderate Crohn's disease.

Toews B, Raman M, Ferber R, Lu C, Reimer RA

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwag003 PMID: 42244848

Between-session reliability and minimal detectable difference of peak tibial acceleration during running on an indoor track.

Chan ZYS, Dimmick H, Ferber R, Cheung RTH

Sports biomechanics2026

DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2025.2542274 PMID: 40824238

Carryover effects of treadmill-based footstrike modification gait retraining on overground running biomechanics.

Chan ZYS, Zhang-Lea JH, Subasinghe Arachchige RSS, Ferber R, Cheung RTH

Journal of sports sciences2026

DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2025.2577541 PMID: 41139306

Head Acceleration Events Sustained During High School Wrestling Matches: Grappling With Differences Between Male and Female Adolescents.

Friesen KB, Masood Z, Wu L, Galarneau JM, Dennison CR, Ferber R, Emery CA

Journal of applied biomechanics2025

DOI: 10.1123/jab.2024-0228 PMID: 40902990

Test-retest reliability of a dance-specific jump test using wearable technology among university contemporary dancers.

Critchley ML, Benson LC, Ferber R, Pasanen K, Kenny SJ

Journal of biomechanics2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112644 PMID: 40209582

Longitudinal relationships between free-living activities, fatigue, and symptom severity in myasthenia gravis using cohort and individualized models.

Dimmick HL, Jewett G, Korngut LW, Ferber R

Muscle & nerve2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/mus.28282 PMID: 39473433

A Biomechanical Dataset of 1,798 Healthy and Injured Subjects During Treadmill Walking and Running.

Ferber R, Brett A, Fukuchi RK, Hettinga B, Osis ST

Scientific data2024First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-04011-7 PMID: 39543120

Interlaboratory Study Toward Combining Gait Kinematics Data Sets of Long-Distance Runners.

Fukuchi RK, Duarte M, Ferber R

Journal of applied biomechanics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1123/jab.2024-0007 PMID: 39117317

Age related changes in skin sensitivity assessed with smartphone vibration testing.

Lindsay OR, Hammad H, Baysic J, Young A, Osman N, Ferber R, Culos-Reed N, Peters RM

Scientific reports2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68579-1 PMID: 39090148

Teachers of Tomorrow: Mobilizing Partnerships for School Wellness Across the Education System

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Russell-Mayhew, Michelle (Shelly) K.

Keywords: school wellness; student and teacher wellbeing; teacher preparation; comprehensive school health; health promoting schools

$94,949

Teachers of Tomorrow: Mobilizing Partnerships for School Wellness Across the Education System

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Russell-Mayhew, Michelle (Shelly) K.

Keywords: school wellness; student and teacher wellbeing; teacher preparation; comprehensive school health; health promoting schools

$61,516

Optimizing Artificial Turf Surfaces

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Wannop, John J

Keywords: Gender; Slipping; Stiffness; Traction; Turf; Wearables; Youth

$90,000

A multi-disciplinary approach for assessing risk-factors of concussion in youth sports: Concussion injury identification with use of instrumented mouthguards, injury surveillance, video observation, and neuroimaging techniques

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Friesen, Kenzie

Keywords: Biomechanics; Concussion; Inertial Measuring Units; Injury; Sports; Video Analysis

$90,000

REMOTE Study: Longitudinal Monitoring of the Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Immunity Levels in Long-term Care Facilities

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.:Emerging COVID-19 Res. Gaps & Priorities (July 2021) - Immune Responses

Principal investigators: Sanati Nezhad, Amir; Duffett-Leger, Linda A; Ferber, Reed

Keywords: Biosensors; Digital Health; Immunity Level; Improved Care; Infectious Monitoring; Long-Term Care Facilities; Machine Learning Models; Point-Of-Care; Vaccination

$500,000

Before Operational Stress: Evaluating Novel Psychosocial Interventions for Public Safety Personnel (PSP) and their Families

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Mental Wellness in Public Safety Team Grants

Principal investigators: Schwartz, Kelly D; McElheran, Megan; McLuckie, Alan; Mcmorris, Carly A

Keywords: Family; Intervention; Mental Health; Operational Stress; Posttraumatic Stress; Psychoeducation; Public Saftey Personnel; Trauma

$974,897

Building predictive models of joint loading using integrated motion capture and inertial measurement technologies.

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Ferber, Reed

$150,000

Methods to improve the reliability of wearable sensor gait data.

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ferber, Reed

$276,000

NSERC CREATE for the Wearable Technology Research and Collaboration (We-TRAC) training program

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Ferber, Reed

$1,650,000

SHRed Injuries: Preventing Injuries and their Consequences in Youth Sport and Recreation

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Emery, Carolyn A

Keywords: Child And Adolescent; Concussion; Epidemiology; Healthy Outcomes; Injury; Musculoskeletal Injury; Physiotherapy; Prevention; Sport And Recreation; Sport Medicine

$1,039,450

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Reed Ferber

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Comparison of Consumer Smartwatch and Research-Grade Accelerometer-Derived Step Counts in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Objective assessment of physical activity using wearable devices in patients with mild-to-moderate Crohn's disease.

Between-session reliability and minimal detectable difference of peak tibial acceleration during running on an indoor track.

Carryover effects of treadmill-based footstrike modification gait retraining on overground running biomechanics.

Head Acceleration Events Sustained During High School Wrestling Matches: Grappling With Differences Between Male and Female Adolescents.

Test-retest reliability of a dance-specific jump test using wearable technology among university contemporary dancers.

Longitudinal relationships between free-living activities, fatigue, and symptom severity in myasthenia gravis using cohort and individualized models.

A Biomechanical Dataset of 1,798 Healthy and Injured Subjects During Treadmill Walking and Running.

Interlaboratory Study Toward Combining Gait Kinematics Data Sets of Long-Distance Runners.

Age related changes in skin sensitivity assessed with smartphone vibration testing.

Teachers of Tomorrow: Mobilizing Partnerships for School Wellness Across the Education System

Teachers of Tomorrow: Mobilizing Partnerships for School Wellness Across the Education System

Optimizing Artificial Turf Surfaces

A multi-disciplinary approach for assessing risk-factors of concussion in youth sports: Concussion injury identification with use of instrumented mouthguards, injury surveillance, video observation, and neuroimaging techniques

REMOTE Study: Longitudinal Monitoring of the Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Immunity Levels in Long-term Care Facilities

Before Operational Stress: Evaluating Novel Psychosocial Interventions for Public Safety Personnel (PSP) and their Families

Building predictive models of joint loading using integrated motion capture and inertial measurement technologies.

Methods to improve the reliability of wearable sensor gait data.

NSERC CREATE for the Wearable Technology Research and Collaboration (We-TRAC) training program

SHRed Injuries: Preventing Injuries and their Consequences in Youth Sport and Recreation

Frequent collaborators

Dylan Kobsar

Carolyn Emery

Lawrence Korngut

Daniel Fuller

Cathy Lu

Joon Lee

Lyndia Wu

Linda Duffett-Leger

Marcello Tonelli