Education

MASc, Mechanical Engineering collaborative with IBBME, University of Toronto (2010)
BASc, Mechanical Engineering – minor in Biology, University of Toronto (2007)

Research

Testing of the Feasibility and Efficacy of Whole-Body Vibration as a Treatment for Osteoporosis in individuals with SCI.
Comprehensive Performance Evaluation and Cross-Comparison of different Vibration Platform, Highlighting the Differences and the Properties of each platform.
Implementation and Assessment of Armeo Gaming System as a Rehabilitation Tool for individuals with SCI.
Finite Element Modeling of Variability in Total Knee Arthroplasty – Assessment of the Effect of Knee Angle.

· 2009 – 5^th Annual Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day Best Masters Poster

· 2008 – Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship

· 2007 – Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship

· 2006 – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards (NSERC USRA)

BC Craven, M Alizadeh-Meghrazi, JD Delparte, A Morris, LM Giangregorio, MR Popovic. “Passive-standing and whole-body vibration device optimization for people with spinal cord injury,” Submitted to PMR for concurrent review Jan 2009.
DG Sayenko, K Masani, M Alizadeh-Meghrazi, MR Popovic, BC Craven. “Acute effects of whole body vibration during passive standing on soleus H-reflex in subjects with and without spinal cord injury,” Neuroscience Letters, Volume 482, Issue 1, 20 September 2010, Pages 66-70, ISSN 0304-3940.

M Alizadeh-Meghrazi, J Totosy de Zepetnek, M Miyatani, LM Giangregorio, K Masani, L You, MR Popovic, BC Craven. “Whole Body Vibration and Passive Standing for Treatment of Sublesional Osteoporosis After Spinal Cord Injury: Device Optimization & Assessment,” presented at the 4^th National Spinal Cord Injury Conference, Niagara, Canada, 2010.
DG Sayenko, K Masani, M Alizadeh-Meghrazi, MR Popovic, BC Craven. "The Acute Effects of Whole Body Vibration on the H-Reflex in subjects with Intact and Injured Spinal Cord," presented at the 39^th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, USA, 2009.

M Alizadeh-Meghrazi, J Totosy de Zepetnek, M Miyatani, LM Giangregorio, A Morris, K Masani, L You, MR Popovic, BC Craven. “Wave® vs. Juvent™: Whole-Body Vibration Assessment Feasibility & Usability for Patients with SCI," presented at the 5^th annual Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Canada, 2009.
DG Sayenko, K Masani, M Alizadeh-Meghrazi, MR Popovic, BC Craven. "The Effect of Whole Body Vibration on the H-Reflex," presented at the 5^th annual Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Canada, 2009.
M Alizadeh-Meghrazi, J Totosy de Zepetnek, M Miyatani, LM Giangregorio, A Morris, L You, MR Popovic, BC Craven. “Wave® vs. Juvent™: Whole-Body Vibration Assessment Feasibility & Usability for Patients with SCI," presented at the 4^th annual Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Canada, 2008.
M Miyatani, K Masani, J Totosy De Zepetnek, M Alizadeh-Meghrazi, MR Popovic, BC Craven. “Acute Effects of Whole Body Vibration During Passive Standing on Arterial Stiffness,” presented at the 4^th Annual Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Canada, 2008.