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Department of Clinical Medicine

Faramarz Jadidi

Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

Name:	Faramarz Jadidi
Address:	Bavnegårdsvej 57 - Kolt, 8361 Hasselager, DK
E-mail:	fjadidi@odont.au.dk
Phone.	+45 89424264, Cell +45 40961826
Date of birth:	7 June 1967
Nationality:	Danish, born in Iran

Work Experience

2007 - present

PhD Studies at the Dept. of Clinical Oral Physiology at University of Aarhus, Denmark

Project title:

Effect of conditioning electrical stimuli on temporalis electromyographic activity to inhibit muscle contraction in human jaw-closing muscles during sleep and wakefulness.

2006 - 2007

Research Manager at Medotech A/S.

Medotech A/S is a Danish biotech company with unique skills within the development and design of medical devices.

2003 - 2006

Research Assistance, at the Dept. of Clinical Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, University of Aarhus.

2003 - 2005

Inventor of Grindcare and the founder of Medotech A/S. As Managing Director of Medotech, I was responsible for the developing of Grindcare in cooperation with development departments, research institutes and other business partners in order to be able to supply professionally well- founded and thoroughly tested end product. I have many years of experience in development and design of high-tech medical devices within monitoring, diagnostics and treatment of patients, and since 1997 I have worked part time with the development and design of Grindcare.

Medotech, has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 Award in the category of Life Sciences for it's product Grindcare

Winner of "Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 - Denmark" in the Category Life Sciences

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1997-2003

R&D Engineer at Cotas Computer Technology A/S, Denmark, System Developer both HW and SW.

1996 - 1997

Engineer Traineeship at PR Electronics A/S, Denmark

R&D and development of EMC test applications.

Education

2007 - present	PhD student at the Dept. of Clinical Oral Physiology at University of Aarhus, Denmark.
2004 - 2006	Business Economy (part time), Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.
1993 - 1998	Biomedical Engineering, Engineering College of Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
1991 - 1993	HTX (Higher Technical Examination) in electronic - Aarhus Technical Academy.

Other research experience:

Jan. - June 2010	Main supervisor for two students in biomedical engineering in close collaboration with the Engineering College of Aarhus and the Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby in connection with their Master's thesis during the last year of the M.Sc. programme.
2005- present	Oral presentation and seminar/conference participation at national and international levels.

Publications

Baad-Hansen L, Jadidi F, Castrillon E, Thomsen PB, Svensson P. Effect of a nociceptive trigeminal inhibitory splint on electromyographic activity in jaw closing muscles during sleep. J Oral Rehabil 2007;34:105-111.
Jadidi F, Castrillon E, Svensson P. Effect of conditioning electrical stimuli on temporalis electromyographic activity during sleep. J Oral Rehabil 2008;35:171-183
Svensson P, Jadidi F, Arima T, Baad-Hansen L, Sessle BJ. Relationships between craniofacial pain and bruxism. J Oral Rehabil. 2008;35: 524-47.
K. Wang, T. Liu, P. Svensson, F. Jadidi, K. Dremstrup Nielsen, L. Arendt-Nielsen. Feedback Stimulation on Polysomnographic Recordings in Patient with Sleep Bruxism. Journal of Dental Research 2008; 87:2748
Jadidi F, Wang K, Arendt-Nielsen L, Svensson P. Effect of stimulus parameters and contraction level on inhibitory responses in human jaw-closing muscles: Implications for contingent stimulation. Arch Oral Biol. 2009;54: 1075-82
Jadidi F, Wang K, Arendt-Nielsen L, Svensson P. Effects of different stimulus locations on inhibitory responses in human jaw-closing muscles. (Article in press) J Oral Rehabil. 2010
Jadidi F, Nørgård O, Baad-Hansen L, Arendt-Nielsen L, Svensson P. Cortical responses evoked by contingent electrical stimulation in patients with sleep bruxism: a polysomnographic study. (Article submitted) European Journal of Oral Sciences. 2010.
Jadidi F, Castrillon E, Baad-Hansen L, Svensson P. Contingent electrical stimulation effect on jaw muscle activity during sleep: a pilot study with a randomized controlled trial design. (Article submitted) J Orofac Pain. 2010.
Overgaard L, Karstoft H, Svensson P, Jadidi F. Udvikling og optimering af kvantitative EMG metoder til vurdering af kæbemuskelaktivitet under søvn. (Article in danish) Master's thesis in biomedical engineering (Neuroscience), University of Aarhus, Denmark. 2010.
Sutharsan L, Karstoft H, Svensson P, Jadidi F. Kvantitering af kortikal respons ved elektrisk stimulation under søvn. (Article in danish) Master's thesis in biomedical engineering (Neuroscience), University of Aarhus, Denmark. 2010.

Patents:

I have three issued product design/method patents (worldwide and US patent):

(WO/2004/087258) METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OF MUSCLE ACTIVITY
(WO/2009/036769) ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES AND BRUXISM MONITORING APPARATUS
(WO/2009/036770) ELECTRODE CONNECTION MONITORING

Private interests

Hobbies: Sports, music, travelling, literature
Marital status: Married to Mandana Ghisari, Danish national

Proud father of Daniel and Emil (10 and 4 years old)
References

Professional references are available upon request.