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Emmanuel Babatunde John, BScPT, PhD, MNSP, is currently an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Director, Motor Control & Neuromuscular Performance Laboratory (MCNPL) at Howard University, Washington DC, USA since October 2006. On assuming duty, Dr. John received a $47,000.00 start-up grant from Howard University to establish the MCNPL from where he conducts motor control and neuro-rehabilitation research on the effects of gender, age-related changes and neurological lesions on sense of motor effort using a feed-forward model of human voluntary motor tasks performance.

Howard University, the flagship of historically black Universities in the United States of America was established by a congressional charter in 1867. Howard was named after General Oliver O. Howard who was commissioner of the Freeman Bureau and the University's third president. From its outset, it was nonsectarian and open to people of both sexes and all races. Howard has graduate schools of law, medicine, dentistry and divinity, in addition to the undergraduate program. Howard enrolls approximately 11,000 students, including 7,000 undergraduates (86 per cent African American). Howard University now operates its own hospital, radio and television stations, hotel and publishing house. Many leading African American public figures in politics and corporate America are graduates of Howard.

Prior to his appointment at Howard University, Dr. John was a doctoral student, Graduate Research and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) from June 2002-August 2006 where he graduated with a PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences. The title of his Doctoral Dissertation is "Effects of Aging, Gender and Dominance on the Sense of Motor Effort and its Potential Application in Stroke". Before departing the shores of Nigeria for the United States in 2002, Dr. John was Associate Lecturer at the Federal School of Physiotherapy, Bayero University, Kano (1996-2002) and Physiotherapist 1 at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala-Kano (1997-2002). Dr. John served as NYSC Physiotherapist at the Specialist Hospital Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State (1995-1996) and Physiotherapist Intern at the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano (1994-1995).

Dr. John is a graduate of the B.Sc. Physiotherapy program of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos where he graduated with a B.Sc. (Hon), and 2nd class upper division in March of 1994. The title of his BSc Dissertation was "Effects of Isometric Exercise on Resting Blood Pressure of Normotensive Subjects". Prior to his undergraduate studies, he attended Ansar-ud-Deen College, Isolo-Lagos for his Advanced levels studies (1985-87) and New State High School, Palm-Avenue, Mushin-Lagos (1979-1985) for his secondary school education. He also attended Mayflower Junior School, Ikenne, Ogun State (1974-1976) and St. Jude’s Anglican Primary School, Ilasamaja-Lagos (1976-1979) for his primary school education.

Dr. John in his student days demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities. He was President of the Nigerian Association of Physiotherapy Students (NAPS) (1992-1994), Sports Secretary of NAPS (1991-1992), Acting Editor PhysioBud, Journal of NAPS (1991-1992), President of Rotaract Club of the CMUL (1992-1993), Club Service Director of Rotaract Club of the CMUL (1991-1992) and President of Science Club of Ansar-ud-Deen College (1986-1987). Dr. John was the Class President of the 1994 BSc Physiotherapy graduating class at the CMUL from 1991-1994. He was also the Socials Prefect at New State High School (1984-1985). He was awarded a Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) by Rotary International for his exemplary Youth Leadership skills in 1993. Dr. John was also the first NAPS President to participate in a program of the International Physiotherapy Students Association (IPSA) in Marburg, Germany, August 1992. His report ‘On to Marburg’ remains at the Departmental Library of the Physiotherapy Department, CMUL.

Upon graduation as a physical therapist in 1994, Dr. John continued to demonstrate professional leadership potentials. He was the General Secretary of the Kano State Chapter of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy from 1999-2002, pioneer editor of National PhysioNews (official Newsletter of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy) from 2000-2002, past-Assistant Secretary General of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy from 2000-2002 and the Executive Editor of the Nigeria Physiotherapy Network, 2003-present.

Dr. John is multi-talented. In his spare time he design websites and is committed to putting Nigeria Physiotherapy on the worldwide web. He designed the first website to advertise and promote Nigeria Physiotherapy online in 1999 (http://www.nigeriaphysionet.8m.com), and in 2003, he designed and launched the present Nigeria Physiotherapy Network website (http://www.nigeriaphysio.net). He also designed the website for the Nigerian Association of Physiotherapy Students (http://www.nigaps.org), University Of Lagos Association Of Physiotherapy Students (http://www.ulaps.org), Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (http://www.nigeriaphysio.org) and the World Congress for Physical Therapy - Africa Region (http://www.wcptafrica.org). He also completed a website design and development project for his former employer, the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala-Kano, Nigeria (http://www.orthopaedicdala.org) and the New York Institute of Technology's School of Health Professions, Behavioral & Life Sciences (http://iris.nyit.edu/hpbls).

Dr. John is also a born-again Christian, a preacher and an insightful teacher of God’s word. He oversaw Membership and Discipleship classes at his church family when he was in Kansas City at the Praise Chapel Christian Fellowship as well as designed and maintained the church’s websites (http://www.praisechapelkc.com, http://www.praisechapeltv.org) from 2002-2007. Dr. John is also the United States Coordinator of the Fountain of Wisdom Ministries (http://www.fowm.org) and had oversight over the entire Ministries’ websites (designs and maintenance) and its North American operations.

According to Dr. John’s mentor, Dr. Chukuka Enwemeka, Professor and Dean of the College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who was instrumental in recruiting him into the PhD program at KUMC while there as the Chair of the Physical Therapy program, “Emmanuel has an impressive background, clear academic vision, maturity and admirable level of motivation to develop himself into a university faculty. Emmanuel is a clear thinker and a hard worker with the type of self-drive, independent thinking, intellectual curiosity and emotional stability sought in young faculty persons. As an individual, he is a team player—always amicable, helpful and considerate of others. Moreover, having assisted me in one of my courses and in some of my previous research activities, I know that he is a well-organized teacher with the ability to handle independent research.” Dr. John had adopted Professor Enwemeka as his mentor in 2001. Dr. John has some published research abstracts, conference presentations at national and international meetings. He also has about five manuscripts in preparation for publication in peer-reviewed Journals. Dr. John is an International Editorial Consultant, manuscript reviewer and webmaster for Journal of Medicine and Rehabilitation (http://www.jmedrehab.org), Nigerian Journal of Medical Rehabilitation (http://www.mrtbjournal.org), Journal of Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (http://www.jnsp.org). He is also a manuscript reviewer African Journal of Health Sciences (http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=205).

Dr. John is married to Oluwatoyin, a BA English Arts graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, and a Mary Kay Beauty Consultant and Sales Director. Their marriage is blessed with two daughters and a son, Oluwatamilore (7 years old), Oluwatoni (5 years old) and Oluwadamilola (2 years old).

Below are some of Dr. John's Conference presentations and published works.

PROCEEDINGS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  1. John EB, Gajewski B, Gobert D, Bouckhout V, Billinger SA, Cho JK. CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE OF CHRONIC STROKE SURVIVORS TO AN AEROBIC EXERCISE TRAINING PROGRAM. Oral Presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. June 5-8, 2003. San Francisco, CA.
  2. John EB, Santos M, Larson J, Bouckhout V, Jernigan S, Kapros I, Gobert D. Cardiovascular Response of Chronic Stroke Survivors to a Resistance Exercise Training Program. Poster Presentation at the 29th International Stroke Conference, San Diego, CA, February 4-7, 2004.
  3. Bouckhout V, Gobert DV, Jernigan S, Kapros I, Santos M, John E, Guillory A. DOES TOTAL BODY RECIPROCAL TRAINING IMPROVE FUNCTIONAL BODY SYMMETRY IN PERSONS WITH HEMIPARESIS? Award Winning Oral Presentation at the Central States ACSM Meeting, October 12th-13, Kansas City, MO.
  4. Gobert DV, Bouckhout V, Jernigan S, Kapros, I, Santos M, John E. Guillory A. Effects of Total Body Reciprocal Training on Ambulation Skills in Persons with Hemiparesis. Oral Presentation at the Central States ACSM Meeting, Kansas City, MO, October 12th-13th, 2003.
  5. Gobert D, Santos M, Bouckhout V, Jernigan S, Kapos I, John E. AN 8-WEEK EXERCISE PROGRAM LEADS TO DECREASED RISK FACTORS FOR SECONDARY STROKE IN CHRONIC STROKE SURVIVORS. Oral Presentation at 6th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity, Ontario, Canada, August 3-7th 2004.
  6. John EB, Santos M, Larson J, Bouckhout V, Jernigan S, Kapros I, Gobert D. Effect of Resistance Exercise Training on Resting Blood Pressure of Chronic Stroke Survivors. Journal of Stroke. Poster Presentation at the 30th International Stroke Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2-4, 2005.
  7. John EB, Liu W, Gregory RW. Age-Related Changes in Muscular Effort. Abstract presented at the 30th American Society of Biomechanics Conference, Sep. 6-9, 2006 in Blacksburg, VA.
  8. Gregory RW, John EB, Liu W. Gender-Related Differences in Muscular Effort. Platform Presentation at the 2007 Northeast American Society of Biomechanics conference, University of Maryland (College Park, MD), March 30-31, 2007.
  9. Gregory RW, John EB, Liu W. Biomechanical Measures of Muscular Effort: Validity and Reliability. Poster Presentation at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 31st- June 2nd 2007
  10. John EB. Injection Palsy: A true 25-years (1968-1993) endemic rate of a usually misdiagnosed acute flaccid paralytic condition in a Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Special Interest Group platform presentation at the 15th World Congress of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada, June 2nd-7th 2007.
  11. John EB, Mukherjee M, Kim SH, Liu W, Gregory RW, (2008). A Quantitative Method for Assessing Stroke-impaired Sense of Motor Effort: A Preliminary Study. Poster presentation at the 55th Annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, IN. May 28-31, 2008.
  12. Brown JN, Asongwed ET, Chesbro SB, John EB. Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of ankle-brachial index measurements using stethoscope and Doppler. Poster presentation at annual meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, June 11-14, 2008, San Antonio, TX.
  13. John EB, Mukherjee M, Kim SH, Liu W, Gregory RW. A Quantitative Method for Assessing Stroke-impaired Sense of Motor Effort: A Preliminary Study. Poster presentation at the 7th Biannual meeting of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy – Africa Region, International Conference Center, Abuja, Nigeria, August 18-22, 2008.
  14. Sanusi M, Green RA, Tavakol K, John E. A Comparison of the Rate of Utilization of Physical Therapy Among Nigerians and African America in Washington, DC. Poster presentation at annual meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, June 10-13, 2009, Baltimore, MD.
  15. Haile N, Asongwe E, Chesbro S, John EB. Reliability of ABI Measurements: A Comparison of Vascular and Standard Blood Pressure Cuffs. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association, June 10-13, 2009, Baltimore, MD.
  16. John EB, Liu W, Gregory RW. Effects of Age and Joint Kinematics on Perception of Effort. Oral presentation at the 56th Annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Seattle, WA. May 27-30, 2009.

PEER-REVIEW PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

  1. John EB, Gajewski B, Gobert D, Bouckhout V, Billinger SA, Cho JK (2003). Cardiovascular Response of Chronic Stroke Survivors to an Aerobic Exercise Training Program. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise; 35(Supplement):S195.
  2. Gobert D, Santos M, Bouckhout V, Jernigan S, Kapos I, John E (2003). AN 8-week exercise program leads to decreased risk factors for secondary stroke in chronic stroke survivors. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity; 12(3).
  3. John EB, Santos M, Larson J, Bouckhout V, Jernigan S, Kapros I, Gobert D (2005). Effect of Resistance Exercise Training on Resting Blood Pressure of Chronic Stroke Survivors. Stroke, 36 (2)(Supplement);A519
  4. Gregory RW, John EB, Liu W (2007). Biomechanical Measures of Muscular Effort: Validity and Reliability. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 39:5 (Supplement);S256.
  5. John EB (2007). Injection Palsy: A true 25-years (1968-1993) endemic rate of a usually misdiagnosed acute flaccid paralytic condition in a Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Physiotherapy, 92 (Supplement 1):S773.
  6. John EB, Mukherjee M, Kim SH, Liu W, Gregory RW. A Quantitative Method for Assessing Stroke-impaired Sense of Motor Effort: A Preliminary Study. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2008, 40:5 (Supplement);S318.
  7. Brown JN, Asongwed ET, Chesbro SB, John EB (2008). Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of ankle-brachial index measurements using stethoscope and Doppler. Physical Therapy Abstracts 2008. Available online at: http://www.apta.org/AM/abstracts/pt2008/abstractsPt.cfm?m_id=17314
  8. John EB, Popoola AO, Allen AA. Eight-Days Isometric Exercise Training Lowers Blood Pressure in Normotensive Subjects. Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2008, 10:5 (Supplement A);A59. Available online at: http://www.abstracts2view.com/ash/view.php?nu=ASH08L_P-128
  9. Sanusi M, Green RA, Tavakol K, John E (2009). A Comparison of the Rate of Utilization of Physical Therapy Among Nigerians and African America in Washington, DC. Physical Therapy Abstracts. Available online at: http://www.apta.org/AM/abstracts/pt2009/abstractsPt.cfm?m_id=19656
  10. Haile N, Asongwe E, Chesbro S, John EB (2009). Reliability of ABI Measurements: A Comparison of Vascular and Standard Blood Pressure Cuffs. Physical Therapy Abstracts 2009 . Available online at: http://www.apta.org/AM/abstracts/pt2009/abstractsPt.cfm?m_id=19608
  11. John EB, Liu W, Gregory RW, (2009). Effects of Age and Joint Kinematics on Perception of Effort. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 41:5 (Supplement);S168.

PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS 

1        John EB, Liu W, Gregory RW (2009). Biomechanics of muscular effort: age-related changes. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise; 41(2):418-25

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