{"id":2285,"date":"2020-03-31T14:25:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T18:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/msstepup\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=2285"},"modified":"2021-07-08T17:03:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:03:01","slug":"jessica-cassidy-pt-dpt-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/neurostepup\/directory\/jessica-cassidy-pt-dpt-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Cassidy, PT, DPT, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Division of Physical Therapy<br \/>\nDepartment of Allied Health Sciences<br \/>\n3028 Bondurant Hall, CB# 7135<br \/>\nThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br \/>\nChapel Hill, NC 27599-7135<br \/>\nOffice: (919)843-5774 Fax: (919)966-3678<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jcassidy@med.unc.edu\">Email Dr. Cassidy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/research\/cassidy-plasticity-lab\/\">Cassidy Plasticity Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Education:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Postdoc, University of California, Irvine, Department of Neurology, 2015-2019<\/li>\n<li>PhD, Rehabilitation Science (Neuroscience minor), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2014<\/li>\n<li>DPT, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2009<\/li>\n<li>BS, Biology\/Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Grants\/Funding:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>K99\/R00, NIH\/NICHD,\u00a0<em>Brain Network Connectivity Measures In Early Stroke Rehabilitation<\/em>, 2017-2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Awards:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>University of California, Irvine Postdoctorate K Award Bonus, School of Medicine, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Interests:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Application of multi-modal neuroimaging and neurostimulation in neurological disease, injury, and development<\/li>\n<li>Development of neuroimaging-based biomarkers of motor recovery in stroke<\/li>\n<li>Influence of patient-specific factors (mood, cognition\/attention, motivation, resilience) on rehabilitation outcomes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional Societies:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>American Heart Association<\/li>\n<li>American Society of Neurorehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>American Physical Therapy Association (Neurology &amp; Research Section Member)<\/li>\n<li>Society for Neuroscience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Please see this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/sites\/myncbi\/1vIUzn-CaRv5g\/bibliography\/50194725\/public\/?sort=date&amp;direction=ascending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PubMed Link<\/a>\u00a0for a list of peer review publications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/neurostepup\/directory\/jessica-cassidy-pt-dpt-phd\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jessica Cassidy, PT, DPT, PhD\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2280,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2285","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jessica Cassidy, PT, DPT, PhD - NEURO STEP UP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/neurostepup\/directory\/jessica-cassidy-pt-dpt-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jessica Cassidy, PT, DPT, PhD - NEURO STEP UP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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 &hellip; 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