I'm honored to have received the American Society of Biomechanic's Up and Comer award for 2024. 

I will be presenting our work investigating the relationship between word production and walking kinematics in typically developing infants at the International Congress of Infant Studies this July in Scotland. 

Our team developed and evaluated a CEntral DRive System (CEDRS) for the clinical assessment of plantarflexor central drive in individuals post-stroke. View the paper. 

Thrilled to announce that I am starting a postdoctoral fellowship working with Dr. Jana Iverson. My research evaluating mobility in children with Down Syndrome will be supported by the Hartwell Foundation.  

I will be presenting my work investigating the best measure of neuromotor impairment for the identification of the primary cause of post-stroke walking. This abstract was selected as a finalist for the Clinical Biomechanics Award and earned me a Student Travel Award. 

So excited to announce that I have passed my dissertation defense! A huge thank you to my committee, co-authors, and participants for making this work possible. 

As a follow-up to our previous paper, in this work we explored the effect of a single, automated gait training session using music on post-stroke walking symmetry and energy expenditure. View the paper. 

I will be presenting our evaluation of a new plantarflexor central drive measurement system at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting. Come check out our poster! 

I will be co-moderating "Wearables 2" with Dr. Jill Higginson at NACOB this month. Looking forward to hearing the great presentations! 

I will be officially taking on the role of secretary for the International Women in Biomechanics group! Excited to help grow and improve this wonderful organization over the coming year. 

Looking forward to attending NACOB in person this summer and presenting my work investigating reduced muscle sets for using the dynamic motor control index in both aging and post-stroke populations.

I am incredibly thankful to the World Council of Biomechanics for awarding me a travel award to attend the conference this summer. 

The International Women in Biomechanics group is planning a session at World Congress in Biomechanics focused on mentoring and strengthening our core competencies. I'm very excited to be helping to lead this awesome event! 

Super grateful that I had a chance to give my first ever guest lectures on Principles of Neuromechanics for DPT students and Instrumented Treadmills for PhD students this semester. Slides may be made available upon request.

This summer I will be presenting my work "Identifying age-related changes in the neuromuscular control of walking using reduced muscle sets" at the World Congress of Biomechanics!

Check out my two blog posts discussing tips and tricks for writing an F31 application. 

I'm thrilled to announce that I have a received a F31 fellowship to support my dissertation research. I look forward to understanding the impact of a soft-robotic exosuit on neuromuscular control. 

My first first-author has been accepted to Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience! We showed that the dynamic motor control index can identify neuromuscular changes in aging in a way muscle synergies cannot. Read the article here. 

I have completed my dissertation proposal and am now officially a PhD Candidate! Excited to investigate the impact of a soft robotic exosuit on neuromsucular control. 

Our work investigating the effect of a single session of digital-RAS on energetic cost and spatiotemporal parameters was accepted for a podium presentation at ASB in August! 

Incredibly excited to announce that our paper was chosen as the Best Paper for NER 2021. Special congratulations to my lab mate Regina Sloutsky on this award. 

Our work investigating the ability of two measures of neuromuscular complexity to identify age- and stroke-related impairments was accepted to the Neural Control of Movement Conference in April. 

Our paper evaluating a multi-modal system for quantifying human walking has been accepted to the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 

Our paper using fNIRS to evaluate post-stroke walking with an exosuit has been accepted to the 10th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on NeuralEngineering.

I have officially passed all three phases of my comprehensive exams! I'm looking forward to starting my dissertation work. 

Excited to share my first, first-author work at NeuroBoston 2020! This study investigates the impact of age and stroke on neuromotor control.
View the poster. 

Happy to finally share the results of our proof of concept study looking at the feasibility of a music-based digital therapeutic for training after stroke.

View at SAGE.  View the full paper. 

I had an amazing time attending my first (virtual) biomechanics conference and presenting our recent work looking at peak propulsion timing in post-stroke walking. View the poster. 

Grateful to have had the opportunity to present my proposed research plans to faculty and peers. Received lots of feedback and am excited to get started!

Excited to be a part of my first poster with the NRL! My colleague Macauley presented our work on the change in metabolic cost after a single training session with a music-based digital therapeutic.
View the poster. 

Thrilled to announce that I have chosen to complete my PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University! I will be working with Dr. Lou Awad in the Neuromotor Recovery Laboratory to learn more about post-stroke walking and rehabilitation devices.  

Presented our work on user errors, clever work-arounds, and health related uses of the Amazon Alexa from reading product reviews. Medical companies can use this information to build more successful Alexa skills for their patients. View the abstract.

Had an amazing time moderating my first panel! Each of our panelists are strong, influential women in healthcare and they shared insights on how to get a seat at the table, work-life balance, and finding supportive mentors.