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Babak Shadgan

ResearcherDepartment of Emergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Babak Shadgan

Researcher

Department of Emergency Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Cardiac Arrest Machine Learning Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Photoplethysmography Resuscitation Sudden Cardiac Death Wearable Sensors Cancer

Latest papers

Regional tissue perfusion index (RTPI): a new optical-based metric for quantifying regional tissue perfusion.
Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2026 · first author
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Used During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Instrumentation, Signal Metrics, Clinical Context, and Feasibility: A Scoping Review.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · senior author
From mat to sand: a comparative injury surveillance study of Olympic and Beach Wrestling at the 2025 World championships.
Injury epidemiology · 2026 · senior author

All 54 publications

Latest funding

Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$348,074
Care Anywhere: Smart Biosensors to Promote Healthy Aging and Transform Healthcare
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$450,000
Advanced optical monitoring of free tissue transfer hemodynamics
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$669,376

All 6 grants and awards

54 publications.

Regional tissue perfusion index (RTPI): a new optical-based metric for quantifying regional tissue perfusion.

Shadgan B, Amani Tehrani I, Khosravi S, Askari Z, Pirhadi Rad AP, Bashashati A

Journal of clinical monitoring and computing2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10877-026-01424-0 PMID: 41733851

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Used During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Instrumentation, Signal Metrics, Clinical Context, and Feasibility: A Scoping Review.

Askari Z, Nourizadeh M, Hutton J, Hossain S, Kuo C, Christenson J, Grunau B, Shadgan B

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s26072136 PMID: 41977922

From mat to sand: a comparative injury surveillance study of Olympic and Beach Wrestling at the 2025 World championships.

Molnár S, Metahni D, Falahati S, Lee F, Filipov R, Shadgan B

Injury epidemiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40621-026-00664-7 PMID: 41761235

Non-invasive assessment of muscle spasticity in children with cerebral palsy undergoing botulinum toxin treatment using near-infrared spectroscopy.

Nourizadeh M, Juricic M, Begin J, Bektash L, Miller S, Mulpuri K, Shadgan B

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12984-025-01853-z PMID: 41423601

Towards accurate penetration depth estimation in near-infrared spectroscopy: a quantitative analysis of source-detector distance dependence in porcine kidney models.

Khurana AS, Khodavandi A, Amani Tehrani I, Shadgan B

Biomedical optics express2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1364/boe.572790 PMID: 41394489

Dynamic Epidural Monitoring of Spinal Cord Neural Conduction Using a Novel Implantable Electrodiagnostic Sensor: A Pre Clinical Study.

Shadgan B, Burden A, Bégin J, Lu M, Askari S

Neurotrauma reports2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/2689288x251394340 PMID: 41356657

Quantitative analysis of tissue oxygenation variability across anatomical landmarks in healthy individuals via near-infrared spectroscopy.

Rad APP, Alizadeh P, Nourizadeh M, Jahanshahi K, Bégin J, Baktash L, Mah A, Levandier V, Shadgan B

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-23102-y PMID: 41145596

Design projections for prospective studies evaluating the clinical effectiveness of cardiac arrest detection technologies.

Hutton J, Khalili M, Lingawi S, Askari Z, Nourizadeh M, Sekhon M, Shadgan B, Kuo C, Puyat JH, Morrison LJ, Sobolev B, Christenson J, Grunau B

Resuscitation2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110681 PMID: 40517937

Evaluating the Intensity of Muscle Contraction by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, a Potential Application for Scaling Muscle Spasm.

Nourizadeh M, Saremi Y, Pirhadi Rad AP, Mortezanezhad S, Tehrani IA, Bégin J, Juricic M, Mulpuri K, Shadgan B

Journal of biophotonics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jbio.70020 PMID: 40178030

Detecting cardiac states with wearable photoplethysmograms and implications for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest detection.

Khalili M, Lingawi S, Hutton J, Fordyce CB, Christenson J, Shadgan B, Grunau B, Kuo C

Scientific reports2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-74117-w PMID: 39369015

Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Grunau, Brian E; Dainty, Katie N; Kuo, Calvin; Sekhon, Mypinder S; Shadgan, Babak

Keywords: Cardiac Arrest; Machine Learning; Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest; Photoplethysmography; Resuscitation; Sudden Cardiac Death; Wearable Sensors

$348,074

Care Anywhere: Smart Biosensors to Promote Healthy Aging and Transform Healthcare

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Hodgson, Antony J

Keywords: aging; bioengineering; biosensors; digital health; health technologies; machine learning; remote monitoring; wearables

$450,000

Advanced optical monitoring of free tissue transfer hemodynamics

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shadgan, Babak

Keywords: Cancer; Free Transfer Tissue; Hemodynamics Monitoring; Near Infrared Spectroscopy; Reconstructive Surgery; Sensor Design; Signal Processing; Surgical Flap; Tissue Perfusion; Wearable Sensor

$669,376

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Madden, John

$8,000,000

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Madden, John

Keywords: Nanomaterials Biomaterials Spinal cord injury Nerve regeneration Biomedical implants Surgical robotics Minimally invasive procedures Tissue engineering Electric, Magnetic and Acoustic Field Alignment of Materials Neuropharmacology Localized drug delivery Neural stimulation Multimodal biomedical imaging Biosensors

$8,025,000

Bridging the Gap: How near infrared spectroscopy can change the research landscape of northern BC

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Harris, R. Luke; Tippett, William J

Keywords: Near Infrared Spectroscopy; Neurological; Neuromuscular; Non-Invasive Diagnostics; Tissue Metabolism

$24,328

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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Babak Shadgan

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Regional tissue perfusion index (RTPI): a new optical-based metric for quantifying regional tissue perfusion.

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Used During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Instrumentation, Signal Metrics, Clinical Context, and Feasibility: A Scoping Review.

From mat to sand: a comparative injury surveillance study of Olympic and Beach Wrestling at the 2025 World championships.

Non-invasive assessment of muscle spasticity in children with cerebral palsy undergoing botulinum toxin treatment using near-infrared spectroscopy.

Towards accurate penetration depth estimation in near-infrared spectroscopy: a quantitative analysis of source-detector distance dependence in porcine kidney models.

Dynamic Epidural Monitoring of Spinal Cord Neural Conduction Using a Novel Implantable Electrodiagnostic Sensor: A Pre Clinical Study.

Quantitative analysis of tissue oxygenation variability across anatomical landmarks in healthy individuals via near-infrared spectroscopy.

Design projections for prospective studies evaluating the clinical effectiveness of cardiac arrest detection technologies.

Evaluating the Intensity of Muscle Contraction by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, a Potential Application for Scaling Muscle Spasm.

Detecting cardiac states with wearable photoplethysmograms and implications for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest detection.

Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System

Care Anywhere: Smart Biosensors to Promote Healthy Aging and Transform Healthcare

Advanced optical monitoring of free tissue transfer hemodynamics

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Bridging the Gap: How near infrared spectroscopy can change the research landscape of northern BC

Frequent collaborators

Calvin Kuo

Brian Grunau

Kishore Mulpuri

Boris Sobolev

John Madden

Mypinder Sekhon

Ali Bashashati

Pierre Guy

Eitan Prisman