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Martin McKeown

Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Attending Neurologist, Division Head
Research Focus
Brain and Nerves Diagnostic ImagingRehabilitation Intervention
Degrees / Designations

B.Eng., MD, FRCPC

Contact Info
mckeownlab.ca
martin.mckeown@ubc.ca
Mailing Address

Canada

Biography

Dr. Martin McKeown is currently the PPRI/UBC Chair in Parkinson's Research, director of the Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre, and professor in the Department of Medicine and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He completed his engineering physics, medicine and neurology training at McMaster University, University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario, respectively. He did a three-year research fellowship at the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego before being hired as an assistant professor of medicine and biomedical engineering at Duke University. He was recruited to UBC in 2003.

Dr. McKeown has been responsible for a variety of peer-reviewed research projects funded through the National Institute of Health (US-NIH), the National Parkinson's Foundation (US-NPF), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the International Association of Translational Neuroscience and the (US) Whitaker Foundation. He is a member of the Neuroscience A (NSA) Canadian CIHR Scientific peer review committee as well as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Parkinson’s Society of Canada. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.

Research Studies

Parkinson's Disease, Brain and Nerves

Utilizing machine learning to optimize Parkinson's disease treatment

Blood, Heart and Circulation, Brain and Nerves

PD Hypotension Study

News and Awards

Wearable alert system to prevent Parkinson’s medication ‘wearing off’ symptoms

Oct 2, 2025

Ask an expert: How has recent research elevated our understanding of Parkinson’s?

Apr 4, 2022

Advanced video technology supports Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s care

Jan 6, 2021

Smartphone “house calls” revolutionize monitoring of Parkinson’s disease

Apr 19, 2018

Publications

  • Movement disorders clinical practice -

    Enhancing Reliability of Automated Remote Parkinson's Assessments: Real-World Video Quality Challenges.

    Irani A, Majdolashrafi S, Grundy M, Park KW, Mi T, Diab H, Ayala J, Mirian MS, McKeown MJ
  • IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society -

    DiffuseGaitNet: Improving Parkinson's Disease Gait Severity Assessment With a Diffusion Model Framework.

    Rezvani A, Ravansalar N, Akhaee MA, Greenshaw AJ, Greiner R, Mirian MS, Yousefnezhad M, McKeown MJ
  • Frontiers in human neuroscience -

    Koopman-based linearization of preparatory EEG dynamics in Parkinson's disease during galvanic vestibular stimulation.

    Kia M, Mirian MS, Soori S, Saedi S, Arasteh E, Faramarzi MH, Chinchani A, Lee S, Luczak A, McKeown MJ
  • Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) -

    Individualising Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Further Improves Visuomotor Performance in Parkinson's Disease.

    Menon A, Vigneswaran M, Zhang T, Sreenivasan V, Kim C, McKeown MJ
  • Frontiers in human neuroscience -

    EEG dynamical features during variable-intensity cycling exercise in Parkinson's disease.

    Alizadeh Z, Arasteh E, Mirian MS, Sacheli MA, Murray D, Appel-Cresswell S, McKeown MJ
  • Computers in biology and medicine -

    Assessment of {{sup}}1{{/sup}}H-MRS spectra via multiset canonical correlation analysis and empirical mode decomposition.

    Ahdi A, Ensworth A, Schulz BR, MacMillan E, Mirian MS, Vahabie AH, Laule C, Nygaard HB, Setaredan SK, McKeown MJ
  • Nature reviews. Neurology -

    Disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson disease: lessons from multiple sclerosis.

    Kalia LV, Asis A, Arbour N, Bar-Or A, Bove R, Di Luca DG, Fon EA, Fox S, Gan-Or Z, Gommerman JL, Kang UJ, Klawiter EC, Koch M, Kolind S, Lang AE, Lee KK, Lincoln MR, MacDonald PA, McKeown MJ, Mestre TA, Miron VE, Ontaneda D, Rousseaux MWC, Schlossmacher MG, Schneider R, Stoessl AJ, Oh J
  • Journal of Parkinson's disease -

    Advancing Parkinson's Disease Research in Canada: The Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN) Cohort.

    Cressatti M, Pinilla-Monsalve GD, Blais M, Normandeau CP, Degroot C, Kathol I, Bogard S, Bendas A, Camicioli R, Dupré N, Gan-Or Z, Grimes DA, Kalia LV, MacDonald PA, McKeown MJ, Martino D, Miyasaki JM, Schlossmacher MG, Stoessl AJ, Strafella AP, Fon EA, Monchi O
  • Current opinion in neurology -

    Advances in functional and structural imaging of the brainstem: implications for disease.

    Cai J, Wang Y, McKeown MJ
  • Current opinion in neurology -

    fMRI-based spatio-temporal parcellations of the human brain.

    Ling Q, Liu A, Li Y, McKeown MJ, Chen X
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