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Prof. Tiev Miller graduated with honours in Sports Medicine from the University of Louisville and was the recipient of the Joseph R. Trabue award in the Department of Health and Sport Sciences. He then pursued a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology under a graduate research scholarship within the same department. His thesis work examined the effects of different auditory stimuli on perceptual and metabolic responses during submaximal aerobic exercise. He was also involved with several National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded projects investigating occupational lifting scenarios (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health), prehabilitation protocols for reducing pain and improving function in prospective total knee arthroplasty patients (National Institute of Nursing Research) and interventions for improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients with congestive heart failure (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute).Prior to his postgraduate training, he worked as a Research Assistant at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia) developing community-based resources and exercise programmes for people with stroke (Fitness and Mobility Exercise [FAME]) and spinal cord injury (Spinal Cord Injury Research Evidence [SCIRE]).

His doctoral research in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University involved the use of high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography and multimodal ultrasound to evaluate musculoskeletal permutations after stroke (Research Grants Council funded). This work highlighted the interrelated nature of sarcopenia and hemiosteoporosis during the chronic stage of stroke recovery and received the Distinguished Faculty Thesis Award. He was also involved with several studies investigating the effects of whole-body vibration therapy, dual-task interventions, and home exercise programmes for reducing falls and fracture risk in people with stroke.

His postdoctoral training at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (Faculty of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia) focused on the recovery of autonomic functions after spinal cord injury and developing translational strategies to enhance the uptake and use of this evidence by regulatory agencies and healthcare providers involved in the continuum of care. He received provincial and national funding awards through the Rick Hansen Foundation, Michael Smith Health Research BC and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research to study peripheral vascular responses during episodic hypertension resulting from neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction in people with chronic spinal cord injury.