Dr.
Akinwuntan appointed to transportation committeeJennifer Hilliard - 2007 April 17
Dr. Abiodun Akinwuntan, an assistant professor in the School of Allied
Health Sciences’ Department of Physical Therapy
at the Medical College of Georgia, has been appointed to the Transportation
Research Board’s Committee on Simulation and Measurement of Vehicle and
Operator Performance.
The Transportation Research Board is a division of the National Research
Council, a private nonprofit institution that provides expertise in science
and technology to the government, public and scientific and engineering
communities. The council is jointly administered by the National Academy of
Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine.
Dr. Akinwuntan researches high-fidelity driving simulation for
neurologically impaired patients.
Dr. Akinwuntan joined MCG in 2005. He earned his bachelor’s degree in
physiotherapy at the University of Lagos in Nigeria and his master’s and
doctoral degrees in neuromotor rehabilitation at Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven in Belgium.
He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Physical Therapy, the Medical
Rehabilitation Therapists Board of Nigeria and the Health Professions
Council of the United Kingdom.