Assistant Professor

Division of Physical Therapy
Department of Allied Health Sciences
3028 Bondurant Hall, CB# 7135
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7135
Office: (919)843-5774 Fax: (919)966-3678

Email Dr. Cassidy

Cassidy Plasticity Lab

Education:

• Postdoc, University of California, Irvine, Department of Neurology, 2015-2019
• PhD, Rehabilitation Science (Neuroscience minor), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2014
• DPT, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2009
• BS, Biology/Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2005

Grants/Funding:

• K99/R00, NIH/NICHD, Brain Network Connectivity Measures In Early Stroke Rehabilitation, 2017-2022

Awards:

• University of California, Irvine Postdoctorate K Award Bonus, School of Medicine, 2017

Research Interests:

• Application of multi-modal neuroimaging and neurostimulation in neurological disease, injury, and development
• Development of neuroimaging-based biomarkers of motor recovery in stroke
• Influence of patient-specific factors (mood, cognition/attention, motivation, resilience) on rehabilitation outcomes

Professional Societies:

• American Heart Association
• American Society of Neurorehabilitation
• American Physical Therapy Association (Neurology & Research Section Member)
• Society for Neuroscience

Publications

• Please see this PubMed Link for a list of peer review publications.