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Saif Ahmad PhD, MSc, BEng
Postdoctoral Fellow Room Number: 6371
Divisions of Thoracic Surgery and Critical Care Medicine 501 Smyth Road 6NW-6356 Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6 CANADA
Tel.: (613) 737-8899 Ext. 73262 FAX: (613) 737-8668
Email:_sahmad@ottawahospital.on.ca |
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Research Statement Physiologic systems exhibit great complexity and variety in health and illness. The temporal behaviors and structural patterns characterizing these systems defy the laws of linearity, reductionism, and classical homeostasis. The study of physiologic systems based on theories and insights adapted from the study of complex systems, for example, nonlinear dynamics, fractals, and “chaos theory”, promises to have a far-reaching influence on biology and medicine. My specific focus is on this emerging area of biomedical research which involves the prediction, diagnosis, and prognosis of life threatening diseases such as congestive heart failure, lung cancer, leukemia, sepsis and septic shock, based on the development, application, and evaluation of concepts and computational paradigms derived from complex systems science. |
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© Saif Ahmad Last Modified: June 22, 2008 |
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