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Prof Gabor Barton

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Professor Gabor Barton (MD PhD FHEA), Professor of Clinical Biomechanics

After graduating as a medical doctor summa cum laude from the Medical University of Pécs in Hungary, Gabor moved into biomechanics research at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in 1993. He then took up a position in the NHS to run the clinical gait analysis laboratory of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (1996-2001) where he tested the movement of hundreds of children to inform corrective surgical interventions. After returning to LJMU, Gabor obtained his PhD in 2007 through developing artificial neural network based methods to aid clinical decision making in gait analysis of children with cerebral palsy. His main current research focus is virtual rehabilitation aiming to improve the selective movement control of children and adults with smart games. He is also performing clinical gait analysis coupled with longitudinal research for all patients in the UK with alkaptonuria, a rare genetic disease leading to early osteoarthritis since 2013. Gabor collaborates with Alder Hey Children's Hospital and the National Alkaptonuria Centre in Liverpool, and he is consultant advisor to The Movement Centre in Oswestry. Gabor continues to teach on the annual Gait Course of the European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC), having served on the ESMAC Board between 2017-2022 as the ESMAC Gait Course organiser.

Languages

English
Hungarian
German
Russian

Degrees

Medical University of Pecs, Hungary, MD (summa cum laude)
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD

Certifications

2013, Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Academic appointments

Professor of Clinical Biomechanics, Liverpool John Moores University, 2015 - present

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