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Lyndia Wu

ResearcherMechanical EngineeringUniversity of British Columbia

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Lyndia Wu

Researcher

Mechanical Engineering

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (5 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Injury Biomechanics Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Concussion Biomechanical Modeling Brain Health Cumulative Injury Female Athlete Health Long-Term Brain Changes

Latest papers

A model of axonal damage accumulation from real-world head impact exposure.
Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026
Large-scale modeling of axonal dynamic responses via deep learning.
Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2025
Head Acceleration Events Sustained During High School Wrestling Matches: Grappling With Differences Between Male and Female Adolescents.
Journal of applied biomechanics · 2025

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$1,075,590
Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
Leveraging a Multi-modal Neuroimaging Framework for Better Understanding of the Influence of Contact Sports on Longitudinal Brain Health
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 9 grants and awards

17 publications.

A model of axonal damage accumulation from real-world head impact exposure.

Zhang C, Wu L, Ji S

Annals of biomedical engineering2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-026-04169-8 PMID: 42090120

Large-scale modeling of axonal dynamic responses via deep learning.

Zhang C, Clansey A, Bartels L, Bondi D, Kloiber J, Jaffray A, van Donkelaar P, Rauscher A, Wu L, Ji S

Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10237-025-02034-6 PMID: 41384998

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

Publisher Correction: On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.

Luke D, Masood Z, Bondi D, Zhang C, Kenny R, Clansey A, van Donkelaar P, Rauscher A, Ji S, Wu L

Annals of biomedical engineering2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-025-03893-x PMID: 41118007

On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.

Luke D, Masood Z, Bondi D, Zhang C, Kenny R, Clansey A, van Donkelaar P, Rauscher A, Ji S, Wu L

Annals of biomedical engineering2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-025-03747-6 PMID: 40397312

A Look "Inside" the Sport of Wrestling: Examination of Head Acceleration Events and Mechanisms in Female High-School Wrestlers Using Instrumented Mouthguards.

Friesen KB, Galarneau JM, Olapade E, Wu L, Dennison C, Emery CA

Annals of biomedical engineering2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-025-03703-4 PMID: 40057649

Immediate and Transient Perturbances in EEG Within Seconds Following Controlled Soccer Head Impact.

Rezaei A, Wang T, Titina C, Wu L

Annals of biomedical engineering2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-024-03602-0 PMID: 39136891

Sleep After Concussion: A Scoping Review of Sensor Technologies.

Takagi R, Wanasundara C, Wu L, Ipsiroglu O, Kuo C

Journal of neurotrauma2024

DOI: 10.1089/neu.2023.0526 PMID: 38832860

A computational pipeline towards large-scale and multiscale modeling of traumatic axonal injury.

Zhang C, Bartels L, Clansey A, Kloiber J, Bondi D, van Donkelaar P, Wu L, Rauscher A, Ji S

Computers in biology and medicine2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108109 PMID: 38364663

Neuroimaging, wearable sensors, and blood-based biomarkers reveal hyperacute changes in the brain after sub-concussive impacts.

Grijalva C, Mullins VA, Michael BR, Hale D, Wu L, Toosizadeh N, Chilton FH, Laksari K

Brain multiphysics2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.brain.2023.100086 PMID: 38292249

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia (Chun); Ji, Songbai

Keywords: Biomechanical Modeling; Brain Health; Concussion; Cumulative Injury; Female Athlete Health; Injury Biomechanics; Injury Mechanisms; Long-Term Brain Changes; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Sports Head Impact Exposure

$1,075,590

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Female Athlete Health

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia (Chun); Ji, Songbai

Keywords: Biomechanical Modeling; Brain Health; Concussion; Cumulative Injury; Female Athlete Health; Injury Biomechanics; Injury Mechanism; Long-Term Brain Changes; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Sports Head Impact Exposure

Leveraging a Multi-modal Neuroimaging Framework for Better Understanding of the Influence of Contact Sports on Longitudinal Brain Health

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Bondi, Daniel

Keywords: Brain Function; Brain Structure; Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy; Concussion; Contact Sport Participation; Head Acceleration Event Kinematics; Longitudinal Neuroimaging; Repetitive Head Impact Exposure

$120,000

Using clinical polysomnography data and machine learning to determine minimum sensing requirements for pediatric sleep studies

Nominated PICIHR2023Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia (Chun); Ansermino, John M; Kuo, Calvin; Wensley, David F

Keywords: Deep Learning; Machine Learning; Neural Networks; Pediatric Sleep; Polysomnography; Sleep Disordered Breathing; Sleep Disorders; Sleep Sensing; Sleep Staging; Transfer Learning

$75,000

Using translational biomarkers to define whether plane of motion and complexity of head kinematics modifies biomarker and neuropathological responses to concussion in mice and humans.

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wellington, Cheryl L; Cripton, Peter A; Kozlowski, Piotr; Wu, Lyndia (Chun)

Keywords: Blood Biomarker; Concussion; Head Motion; Injury Biomechanics; Light Sheet Microscopy; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Translational Study; Traumatic Brain Injury

$1,293,201

An Ultra-High-Speed Velocity-Based Interferometer System used for Innovative Discoveries on the Impact and Shock Responses of Materials and Structures

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Hogan, James

$150,000

A prospective and longitudinal investigation of concussive and subconcussive mild traumatic brain injury mechanisms in ice hockey

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia (Chun); Rauscher, Alexander; van Donkelaar, Paul

Keywords: Concussion Neuroimaging; Concussion Recovery; Head Impact Sensing; Injury Biomechanics; Injury Mechanism; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Myelin Imaging; Neurocognitive Assessments; Prospective Longitudinal Study; Subconcussive Head Impacts

$944,776

Biomechanical dose and real-time neurophysiological response during direct and whiplash head loading in humans

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia(Chun)

$259,000

Biomechanical dose and real-time neurophysiological response during direct and whiplash head loading in humans

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Wu, Lyndia(Chun)

$12,500

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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Lyndia Wu

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A model of axonal damage accumulation from real-world head impact exposure.

Large-scale modeling of axonal dynamic responses via deep learning.

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

Publisher Correction: On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.

On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.

A Look "Inside" the Sport of Wrestling: Examination of Head Acceleration Events and Mechanisms in Female High-School Wrestlers Using Instrumented Mouthguards.

Immediate and Transient Perturbances in EEG Within Seconds Following Controlled Soccer Head Impact.

Sleep After Concussion: A Scoping Review of Sensor Technologies.

A computational pipeline towards large-scale and multiscale modeling of traumatic axonal injury.

Neuroimaging, wearable sensors, and blood-based biomarkers reveal hyperacute changes in the brain after sub-concussive impacts.

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury

Sex-specific biomechanical thresholds and cumulative risk models for sports-related brain injury

Leveraging a Multi-modal Neuroimaging Framework for Better Understanding of the Influence of Contact Sports on Longitudinal Brain Health

Using clinical polysomnography data and machine learning to determine minimum sensing requirements for pediatric sleep studies

Using translational biomarkers to define whether plane of motion and complexity of head kinematics modifies biomarker and neuropathological responses to concussion in mice and humans.

An Ultra-High-Speed Velocity-Based Interferometer System used for Innovative Discoveries on the Impact and Shock Responses of Materials and Structures

A prospective and longitudinal investigation of concussive and subconcussive mild traumatic brain injury mechanisms in ice hockey

Biomechanical dose and real-time neurophysiological response during direct and whiplash head loading in humans

Biomechanical dose and real-time neurophysiological response during direct and whiplash head loading in humans

Frequent collaborators

Paul van Donkelaar

Alexander Rauscher

Calvin Kuo

Reed Ferber

Gunter Siegmund

Osman Ipsiroglu