Assistant Professor
Division of Physical Therapy
Department of 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
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
- UNC Center for Health Innovation Pilot Award, Stroke Management TRaining and Inpatient Rehabilitation Discharge Education: The STRIDE Study, 2021-2022
- AACPDM Clinical Research Award, EEG in Children with Hemiplegia for Biomarker Development: The EMBARK Study, 2021-2022
Awards
- University of California, Irvine Postdoctorate K Award Bonus, School of Medicine, 2017
- American Physical Therapy Association Section on Research Traveling Fellows Award, 2019
- Junior Faculty Development Award, 2021
Research Interests
- Application of multimodal neuroimaging and neurostimulation in neurological disease, injury, and development
- Development of neuroimaging-based biomarkers of motor recovery in adult and pediatric stroke
- Influence of patient-specific factors (mood, cognition/attention, motivation, resilience) on rehabilitation outcomes
Teaching
- PHYT 724 – Research Experience
- PHYT 727 – Motor Learning and Motor Control
Professional Societies:
- American Heart Association
- American Society of Neurorehabilitation
- American Physical Therapy Association (Neurology, Pediatrics, & Research Section Member)
- Society for Neuroscience
Publications
- Please see this PubMed Link for a list of peer review publications.
