Babak Taati, University of Toronto

Research

Computer Vision Environmental Sensor Falls Gait Long Term Care Machine Learning Postural Stability

Latest papers

Development and evaluation of a vision pose-tracking based Beighton score tool for generalized joint hypermobility in individuals with suspected Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.
Biomedical engineering online · 2026
Computer vision for pain detection during procedural sedation.
Scientific reports · 2026
Paincontrol: identity-preserving pain expression transfer with generative diffusion models.
Biomedical engineering online · 2026 · senior author

All 55 publications

Latest funding

Automating the design of digitally made prostheses
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$485,268
Computer Vision Systems to Analyse Face and Body Movements, to Automated the Assessment of Physical Health, Mobility, and Safety in Natural Settings and Over Time
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$174,000
Computer vision for daily monitoring of gait instability to detect an increased risk of falling.
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$344,250

All 8 grants and awards

55 publications.

01

Development and evaluation of a vision pose-tracking based Beighton score tool for generalized joint hypermobility in individuals with suspected Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.

Sabo A, Taati B, Deshpande A, Mittal N

Biomedical engineering online2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12938-026-01527-4 PMID: 41639883

02

Computer vision for pain detection during procedural sedation.

Zarghami Y, Rad MG, Mafeld S, Taati B, Conway A

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-45130-y PMID: 41957050

03

Paincontrol: identity-preserving pain expression transfer with generative diffusion models.

Zarghami Y, Muzammil M, Adeli V, Reimer H, Hadjistavropoulos T, Taati B

Biomedical engineering online2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12938-026-01561-2 PMID: 41968302

04

Dravet syndrome: From neurodevelopmental to neurodegenerative disease?

Selvarajah A, Sabo A, Gorodetsky C, Marques PT, Chandran I, Thompson M, Ali QZ, McAndrews MP, Tartaglia MC, Lira VST

Epilepsia202517 citations

DOI: 10.1111/epi.18329

05

Real-time evaluation of an automated computer vision system to monitor pain behavior in older adults

Stopyn RJ, Moturu A, Taati B, Hadjistavropoulos T

Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering20253 citations

DOI: 10.1177/20556683251313762

06

Evidence demands action: An invitation to share the burden of proof

Andrade DM, Berg AT, Selvarajah A, Sabo A, Gorodetsky C, Marques P, Chandran I, Thompson M, Ali QZ, McAndrews MP

Epilepsia20251 citations

DOI: 10.1111/epi.18583

07

Special collection in association with the 2024 International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation.

Taati B, Popovic M

Biomedical engineering online2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12938-025-01427-z PMID: 40660244

08

Automating sedation state assessments using natural language processing.

Conway A, Li J, Rad MG, Warren B, Mafeld S, Taati B

Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12968 PMID: 38532639

09

Using AI to triage patients without clinically significant prostate cancer using biparametric MRI and PSA.

Grabke EP, Heming CAM, Hadari A, Finelli A, Ghai S, Lajkosz K, Taati B, Haider MA

Abdominal radiology (New York)2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00261-025-05019-2 PMID: 40445307

10

Automated, Vision-Based Goniometry and Range of Motion Calculation in Individuals With Suspected Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes/Generalized Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders: A Comparison of Pose-Estimation Libraries to Goniometric Measurements.

Sabo A, Mittal N, Deshpande A, Clarke H, Taati B

IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1109/jtehm.2023.3327691 PMID: 38088992

Automating the design of digitally made prostheses

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Andrysek, Jan J

$485,268

Computer Vision Systems to Analyse Face and Body Movements, to Automated the Assessment of Physical Health, Mobility, and Safety in Natural Settings and Over Time

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Taati, Babak

$174,000

Computer vision for daily monitoring of gait instability to detect an increased risk of falling.

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Iaboni, Andrea; Taati, Babak

Keywords: Computer Vision; Environmental Sensor; Falls; Gait; Long Term Care; Machine Learning; Postural Stability

$344,250

Privacy-Aware and Acceptable Life-logging services, technologies, and solutions for older and frail people

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant: More Years / Better Lives

Principal investigators: Mihailidis, Alex

Keywords: Aging; Artificial Intelligence; Cultural; Ethics; Sex/Gender; Smart Homes; Technology

$326,100

RFID technology to identify study participants and automated recording of video gait data

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Taati, Babak

$25,000

Development of an Automated System for Pain Detection and Monitoring in Older Adults with Dementia

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas

Keywords: Dementia; Non-Verbal Expressions; Pain

$318,659

Augmented reality head mounted display calibration

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Taati, Babak

$22,900

Vision-Based Evaluation of Mobility, Physical Health, and Rehabilitation Progress in Natural Settings

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Taati, Babak

$120,000

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

Frequent collaborators

Elham Dolatabadi and Elham Dolatabadi: 23 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Nimish Mittal: 19 shared papers
Andrea Iaboni and Babak Taati: 13 shared papers
Avril Mansfield and Andrea Iaboni: 7 shared papers
Avril Mansfield and Babak Taati: 7 shared papers
Babak Taati and Azadeh Yadollahi: 7 shared papers
Babak Taati and Elham Dolatabadi: 7 shared papers
Babak Taati and Elham Dolatabadi: 7 shared papers
Yana Yunusova and Babak Taati: 6 shared papers
Hisham Alshaer and Azadeh Yadollahi: 6 shared papers
Alex Mihailidis and Andrea Iaboni: 5 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Antonio Finelli: 5 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Mandeep Singh: 5 shared papers
Alex Mihailidis and Babak Taati: 4 shared papers
Babak Taati and Alfonso Fasano: 4 shared papers
Azadeh Yadollahi and Mandeep Singh: 4 shared papers
Paula Teixeira Marques and Alfonso Fasano: 3 shared papers
Joseph Cafazzo and Antonio Finelli: 3 shared papers
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos and Babak Taati: 3 shared papers
Mark Boulos and Mark Boulos: 3 shared papers
Andrea Iaboni and Alastair Flint: 3 shared papers
Andrea Iaboni and Elham Dolatabadi: 3 shared papers
Andrea Iaboni and Elham Dolatabadi: 3 shared papers
Babak Taati and Nimish Mittal: 3 shared papers
Paula Teixeira Marques and Babak Taati: 2 shared papers
Paula Teixeira Marques and Ryan Yuen: 2 shared papers
Paula Teixeira Marques and Arezoo Rezazadeh: 2 shared papers
Avril Mansfield and Elham Dolatabadi: 2 shared papers
Hance Clarke and Babak Taati: 2 shared papers
Hisham Alshaer and Babak Taati: 2 shared papers
Andrea Iaboni and Alfonso Fasano: 2 shared papers
Babak Taati and Ryan Yuen: 2 shared papers
Babak Taati and Arezoo Rezazadeh: 2 shared papers
Alfonso Fasano and Ryan Yuen: 2 shared papers
Alfonso Fasano and Arezoo Rezazadeh: 2 shared papers
Jocelyn Harris and Avril Mansfield: 1 shared paper
Jocelyn Harris and Babak Taati: 1 shared paper
Joseph Cafazzo and Babak Taati: 1 shared paper
Joseph Cafazzo and Cedric Manlhiot: 1 shared paper
Alex Mihailidis and Elham Dolatabadi: 1 shared paper
Yana Yunusova and Mark Boulos: 1 shared paper
Yana Yunusova and Mark Boulos: 1 shared paper
Avril Mansfield and Alastair Flint: 1 shared paper
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos and Andrea Iaboni: 1 shared paper
Antonio Finelli and Babak Taati: 1 shared paper
Frank Rudzicz and Hisham Alshaer: 1 shared paper
Frank Rudzicz and Babak Taati: 1 shared paper
Frank Rudzicz and Azadeh Yadollahi: 1 shared paper
Mark Boulos and Babak Taati: 1 shared paper
Babak Taati and Mark Boulos: 1 shared paper
Babak Taati and Alastair Flint: 1 shared paper
Babak Taati and Mandeep Singh: 1 shared paper
Babak Taati and Cedric Manlhiot: 1 shared paper

Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Department of Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Health Policy and Management
Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Other

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

Elham Dolatabadi

Health Policy and Management

7 shared papers, latest 2024

Azadeh Yadollahi

Occupational Therapy

7 shared papers, latest 2023

Avril Mansfield

Department of Physical Therapy

7 shared papers, latest 2023

Yana Yunusova

Department of Speech-Language Pathology

6 shared papers, latest 2024

Alex Mihailidis

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

4 shared papers, latest 2018

Hance Clarke

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Mandeep Singh

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Teodor Grantcharov

Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Joseph Cafazzo

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Mark Boulos

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Rhonda Stopyn

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Jocelyn Harris

Rehabilitation Science

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Computer Vision Dear Professor Taati, 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 "Development and evaluation of a vision pose-tracking based Beighton score tool for generalized joint hypermobility in individuals with suspected Ehlers-Danlos syndromes." (2026), and it 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 NSERC-funded project "Computer Vision Systems to Analyse Face and Body Movements, to Automated the Assessment of Physical Health, Mobility, and Safety in Natural Settings and Over Time" (2020), 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]

Babak Taati

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Development and evaluation of a vision pose-tracking based Beighton score tool for generalized joint hypermobility in individuals with suspected Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.

Computer vision for pain detection during procedural sedation.

Paincontrol: identity-preserving pain expression transfer with generative diffusion models.

Dravet syndrome: From neurodevelopmental to neurodegenerative disease?

Real-time evaluation of an automated computer vision system to monitor pain behavior in older adults

Evidence demands action: An invitation to share the burden of proof

Special collection in association with the 2024 International Conference on Aging, Innovation and Rehabilitation.

Automating sedation state assessments using natural language processing.

Using AI to triage patients without clinically significant prostate cancer using biparametric MRI and PSA.

Automated, Vision-Based Goniometry and Range of Motion Calculation in Individuals With Suspected Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes/Generalized Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders: A Comparison of Pose-Estimation Libraries to Goniometric Measurements.

Automating the design of digitally made prostheses

Computer Vision Systems to Analyse Face and Body Movements, to Automated the Assessment of Physical Health, Mobility, and Safety in Natural Settings and Over Time

Computer vision for daily monitoring of gait instability to detect an increased risk of falling.

Privacy-Aware and Acceptable Life-logging services, technologies, and solutions for older and frail people

RFID technology to identify study participants and automated recording of video gait data

Development of an Automated System for Pain Detection and Monitoring in Older Adults with Dementia

Augmented reality head mounted display calibration

Vision-Based Evaluation of Mobility, Physical Health, and Rehabilitation Progress in Natural Settings

Frequent collaborators

Andrea Iaboni

Elham Dolatabadi

Elham Dolatabadi

Azadeh Yadollahi

Avril Mansfield

Yana Yunusova

Alfonso Fasano

Alex Mihailidis

Nimish Mittal

Thomas Hadjistavropoulos

Arezoo Rezazadeh

Ryan Yuen

Hisham Alshaer

Hance Clarke

Paula Teixeira Marques

Mandeep Singh

Milos Popovic

Alastair Flint

Yasbanoo Moayedi

Cedric Manlhiot

Mark Boulos

Teodor Grantcharov

Joseph Cafazzo

Frank Rudzicz

Mark Boulos

Antonio Finelli

Rhonda Stopyn

Jocelyn Harris