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Introducing Dr. Rachana Gangwani!

December 13, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Rachana Gangwani on her successful dissertation defense! Rachana will be moving “up north” to Philadelphia next month to begin an exciting postdoc with Drs. Laurel Buxbaum and Shailesh Kantak at Moss Rehab! Way to go, Rachana!

Jasper Mark Receives FNNR Pilot!

December 13, 2024
Congrats to Jasper on receiving a 1-year pilot grant from the Foundation for Neurofeedback & Neuromodulation Research to examine corticomuscular coherence as a source of biofeedback for operant conditioning! This pilot also represents an exciting collaboration with Dr. David Cunningham, PhD at MetroHealth!

Cassidy Plasticity Lab at UNC DPT Exploratory Day

July 12, 2023
The Cassidy Plasticity Lab participated in the UNC DPT Exploratory Day this past spring that hosted college students interested in the physical therapy profession. As a way of promoting inclusivity and diversity in the field of physical therapy, many of the participants were first-generation college students and/or from underrepresented racial...

Combined Sections Meeting 2023!

March 2, 2023
Congratulations to 3rd year HMSC PhD student, Rachana Gangwani, for representing the Cassidy Plasticity Lab at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting in sunny (or not so sunny) San Diego this past February. Rachana presented original work from our EMBARK study, “Corticomuscular Coherence in Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: A...

Congratulations to Rachel Vaughn: Officially Published!

January 19, 2023
Congratulations to 3rd year graduate student, Rachel Vaughn, for publishing her first paper (also her first first author publication) in Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare titled, “Politics, Policies, and Patient Care: Therapists’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

Cassidy Plasticity Lab Represents at HMSC Day 2022

April 30, 2022
Congrats to Rachana and Jasper on their stellar poster presentations at this year’s Human Movement Science Curriculum (HMSC) Research Day!

Cassidy Lab Celebrates Amazing Graduating Members

April 25, 2022
The Cassidy Lab held its second annual Spring Potluck to celebrate graduating undergrads (Katherine Hendry: Emory Doctorate of Physical Therapy program and Ananya Tandri: Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering PhD Program), DPT students (Mo Marquie and AC Joyner), and the fantastic Ryan Fitzgerald.

Anna Geib Presents at UNC’s Celebration of Undergraduate Research

April 25, 2022
Anna Geib, a junior majoring in Exercise Science and Nutrition presented original qualitative work about post-stroke nutrition barriers at this years undergraduate research symposium. Go Anna!

Cassidy Plasticity Lab “EMBARK” on a new pediatric rehabilitation study

April 25, 2022
Dr. Cassidy and her research team collaborated with Holly Holland, OTR/L, ATP, C/NDT and Dr. Swati Surkar, PT, PhD this past March to study EEG biomarkers of motor function in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. The EMBARK (EEG in Children with Hemiplegia for Biomarker Development) study is funded by an...

Rachana Gangwani Dazzles at the 2022 American Society for Neurorehabilitation Conference!

April 25, 2022
Second year Human Movement Science Curriculum PhD student, Rachana Gangwani, presented original work at the 2022 ASNR conference in St. Louis. Great job, Rachana!
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