Matthew Pan, Queen's University

Research

Balance Perturbation Cable-Trip System Fall Prevention Reactive Balance Training Virtual Reality

Latest funding

Co-Creating a VR-Enabled Cable-Trip System for Reactive Balance Training in Routine Care
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Meta Physical Theatre
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$494,700
ADVENTOR: Advanced Engineering and Training in Next-Generation Mobile Robotics for Human Spaces
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 5 grants and awards

Co-Creating a VR-Enabled Cable-Trip System for Reactive Balance Training in Routine Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Catalyst Grant: Digital Health

Principal investigators: Amiri, Pouya; Pan, Matthew K; Ritsma, Benjamin; Wong, Henry

Keywords: Balance Perturbation; Cable-Trip System; Fall Prevention; Reactive Balance Training; Virtual Reality

$100,000

Meta Physical Theatre

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wheeler, Michael C.

$494,700

ADVENTOR: Advanced Engineering and Training in Next-Generation Mobile Robotics for Human Spaces

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Wu, Amy AR

Keywords: collaborative robots; human-robotic interaction; human studies; intelligent systems; mechatronics; mobile robotics; robot ethics; social robotics; technology and society; unstructured environments

$150,000

Facilitating Bidirectional Communication for Fast and Flexible Human-Robot Collaboration

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Pan, Matthew

$75,000

Facilitating Bidirectional Communication for Fast and Flexible Human-Robot Collaboration

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Pan, Matthew

$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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Balance Perturbation Dear Professor Pan, 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]. Your research on balance perturbation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Co-Creating a VR-Enabled Cable-Trip System for Reactive Balance Training in Routine Care" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]