Biography
Saleh Alqahtani is currently a graduate student researcher with the
Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology (RST) in the School of
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh.
He received his MSc. In Rehabilitation Science and
Technology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2011 andworked as
rehabilitation engineer for several years in King Fahad Medical City in
Riyadh before joining HERL as a graduate student researcher, in pursuit
of his PhD degree in Rehabilitation Science and Technology. He
started his doctoral studies in 2016 under
the mentorship of Dr. Rory Cooper. Mr. AlQahtani came to the University
of Pittsburgh from Saudi Arabia where little was known about assistive
technology prescription and provision. Upon receiving his Master's degree
in Rehabilitation Science and Technology, he became a pioneer in this
field in Saudi Arabia, becoming an expert in assistive technology,
especially technology used for individuals with spinal cord injuries,
and started the Assistive Technology department from the ground up while
at King Fahad Medical City.
He is currently working on a
global project for his dissertation called “Global Voice of the Consumer”
to record the voices of different mobility users around the world about the
top environmental barriers they encounter daily in order to inform
future areas of research and development in mobility assistive
technology field.