2nd Thompson Abayomi Oshin Lecture Series

The Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy is pleased to announce that Associate Prof EB John will now be delivering the 2nd Thopmson Abayomi Oshin Lecture in Asaba 2014. He will be standing in place of his mentor, Prof Chukuka Enwemeka who was originally scheduled to deliver the elite lecture but due to change in the dates of the upcoming conference in view of security concerns and conflict with his calendar he is unable to re-adjust his plans.

Profile

Emmanuel B. John, PT, PhD is the Executive Director of the Nigeria Physiotherapy Network, and also the Executive Director of the newly inaugurated Africa Physiotherapy Network. He was credited as being instrumental to the implementation of a distance Transitional DPT program between University of Michigan-Flint and Nigeria. He is known for his passion and advocacy for the upgrading of Physiotherapist entry-level education in Nigeria, Africa and other developing countries. 

Dr. John who is originally from Nigeria is currently based in Henderson, Nevada, USA; and is an Associate Professor & Director of Research of the School of Physical Therapy (SOPT), Touro University Nevada. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria in 1994; he received a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City in 2006. Prior to coming to Touro University Nevada, Dr. John was an Associate Professor and Director, Motor Control and Neuromuscular Performance Laboratory in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Radford University, Roanoke, Virginia. He was also an assistant professor and Director, Motor Control and Neuromuscular Performance Laboratory at the Department of Physical Therapy, Howard University, Washington DC from 2006-2011. He has over 20 combined years of clinical practice and academic experience in physical therapy curricula both in the United States and Nigeria. Dr. John was lecturer and clinical instructor for 6 years at the Federal School of Physiotherapy (Bayero University) physiotherapy program while in Nigeria, a Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant for 4 years at the KUMC, and has been a core physical therapy faculty for 8 years in MPT/DPT programs.

Apart from his teaching assignments, Dr. John has an established and active research agenda in motor control and educational issues, and a quickly developing list of achievements. His scholarship has primarily been that of discovery, and secondarily of physical therapist education issues in developing countries. His principal topics of scholarly inquiry are: 1) effects of age, gender and neurological lesions on sense of motor effort, 2) effects of discharge destination and socioeconomic factors on motor function recovery post stroke, 3) upgrading physical therapist education in developing countries: impact of brain-gain. Dr John is also currently developing a new area of interest in virtual reality and robotics in rehabilitation. Specifically, his new line of enquiry is effects of robotics and virtual reality training on sense of motor effort in patients with stroke survivors and other neurologic lesions. Dr. John’s scholarship addresses SOPT Program mission by addressing the health and educational needs of underserved rural populations on local, national, and international levels.

Dr. John has presented extensively at peer-reviewed national and international meetings. Dr. John is an active member of American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). He was the immediate past Chair of the Stroke Interest Group of the APTA’s Neurology Section. He is also a member of the Nigeria Society Physiotherapy, American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Heart/Stroke Association. Dr. John also brings international healthcare perspectives, expertise and service to his taught courses and research enquiry. Dr. John has over 19 published research abstracts, 31 National and International Conference presentations, and peer-reviewed publications in peer-reviewed journals from his previous research works and Education issues.