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Dr Tiev Miller graduated with honors in Sports Medicine from the University of Louisville and was the recipient of the Joseph R. Trabue award in the Department of Health and Sport Sciences. He then pursued a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology under a graduate research scholarship within the same department. His thesis work examined the effects of different auditory stimuli on perceptual and metabolic responses during submaximal aerobic exercise. He was also involved with several National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded projects investigating occupational lifting scenarios (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health), prehabilitation protocols for reducing pain and improving function in prospective total knee arthroplasty patients (National Institute of Nursing Research) and interventions for improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients with congestive heart failure (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute).
Prior to his postgraduate training, he worked as a Research Assistant at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia) developing community-based resources and exercise programs for people with stroke (Fitness and Mobility Exercise [FAME]) and spinal cord injury (Spinal Cord Injury Research Evidence [SCIRE]).
His doctoral research in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University involved the use of high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography and multimodal ultrasound to evaluate musculoskeletal permutations after stroke (Research Grants Council funded). This work highlighted the interrelated nature of sarcopenia and hemiosteoporosis during the chronic stage of stroke recovery and received the Distinguished Faculty Thesis Award. He was also involved with several studies investigating the effects of whole-body vibration therapy, dual-task interventions, and home exercise programs for reducing falls and fracture risk in people with stroke.
His postdoctoral training at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (Faculty of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia) focused on the recovery of autonomic functions after spinal cord injury and developing translational strategies to enhance the uptake and use of this evidence by regulatory agencies and healthcare providers involved in the continuum of care. He received provincial and national funding awards through the Rick Hansen Foundation, Michael Smith Health Research BC and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research to study peripheral vascular responses during episodic hypertension (autonomic dysreflexia) resulting from neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction in people with spinal cord injury. He also served as a lead project manager for industry funded clinical trials (Burden of Intermittent Catheterization in Adults with Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction following Spinal Cord Injury Spinal funded by Coloplast A/S and the Spinal COrd NEuromodulation [SCONE Continence trial] funded by SpineX Inc).
Research interests
Much of Dr Miller’s research has focused on bone health, fracture risk, and musculoskeletal changes in clinical populations, particularly among people with stroke. Additionally, as cardiovascular disease is the primary cause of mortality in individuals with spinal cord injury and stroke, the management of hypertension and other risk factors in these individuals and other clinical populations using non-invasive intervention strategies remains an area of ongoing research interest. Research assessing quality of life and disease burden in marginalized populations are also areas of great interest.
Teaching
Dr Miller has taught exercise physiology and health instructor courses as well as vocational and continuing education courses for allied health science majors. He is interested in teaching Exercise Science, Research Methods & Statistics, and Independent Study courses for BSc, MSc and MPhil programs within the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and supervising capstone research projects and honours theses.
Education/Academic qualification
Education, Master of Education
Award Date: 31 Aug 2015
Exercise Physiology, Master of Science, Effects of two different auditory stimuli on perceptual and metabolic responses during submaximal treadmill running
Award Date: 4 Aug 2006
Sports Medicine / Exercise Science, Bachelor of Science
Award Date: 6 Aug 2004
Doctor of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Keywords
- L Education (General)
- Experiential Learning
- R Medicine (General)
- spine
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound
- RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
- Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation technology
- RZ Other systems of medicine
- Knowledge translation
- Music
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