KHAN Mohammad Jobair

I am a PhD candidate supervised by Dr Stanley John Winser, a leading researcher. I am happy to be admitted to the prestigious Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at PolyU, which is well-equipped with advanced research facilities. Before that, I completed a BSc degree in physiotherapy and a research-based MPH course. I am a 2020 MEXT Scholarship awardee and had been a graduate research student at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Besides, I am a member of the Japan Association for International Health and a collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease study at the University of Washington. 

My past careers and education have kindled my research interest in the maximum health benefits of society’s vulnerable and rapidly growing elderly population. WHO reported the world’s population is ageing at an alarming rate, and idiopathic falls are causing unintentional deaths. Managing falls is challenging and greatly increases the economic burden not only on a family but also on society. Falls are not manageable by pharmacotherapy. Instead, an appropriate exercise intervention is imperative to reduce the number of falls in older adults. 

Therefore, we have started our work on testing the recently developed dual-task paradigm targeting older adults, with an aim to maximise their physical performance like balance while at the same time reducing economic burden.