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Current<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDeepak Kumar, PT, PhD<\/a>
\nDirector<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\nSihyun Kim, PT, PhD<\/strong>
\nVisiting Professor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nTing Long, PhD<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Researcher<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\nRoberta Irvin, PhD<\/strong>
\nT32 Postdoctoral Researcher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nAlveta Haynes<\/strong>
\nPatient Expert<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\nDouglas Mitchell, MS<\/strong>
\nLab Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nHosea Boakye, PT, MPH<\/a><\/strong>
\nDoctoral Student<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\nRhodora Therese Torres, PT, MS<\/strong>
\nDoctoral Student<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nYiwen Yang<\/a>, DPT<\/strong>
\nDPT\/PhD Student<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\nDilinazi Duolikun, MS<\/strong>
\nResearch Assistant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nAaron Smith<\/strong>
\nBS Data Science student<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\nLydia Ngyuyen<\/strong>
\nBS Mechanical Engineering student<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nGregory Choi
\n<\/strong>BS Mechanical Engineering student<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/td>\nEmma Wiley
\n<\/strong>DPT student<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nLee Dang
\n<\/strong>DPT student<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alumni (role in the lab -> next role)<\/h4>\n

Mirclea Tan (Undergraduate Researcher)
\nShogo Okada, PT (Visiting Scholar, Kyoto University, Japan)
\nEhyun Kim, MS (MS student\/Lab Manager – > Graduate student at Johns Hopkins)
\nSoyoung Lee, PhD (Doctoral student -> Postdoc at University of Maryland)
\nMichele Okamura (BS\/DPT Student-> PT)
\nJason Dolinsky\u00a0<\/a>(UROP scholar)
\nNirali Shah, PT, MPT<\/a> (Doctoral student -> Postdoc at University of Michigan)
\nBenjamin Senderling, MS, MBA <\/a>(Lab Manager -> PhD student at Drexel University)
\nGavin Yu (MS Student)
\nMary Gheller, MS\u00a0<\/a>(Project Manager)
\n<\/a>James Kim<\/a>\u00a0 (MD student)
\nAnushka Rathi\u00a0<\/a>(UROP student -> PhD student at University of Michigan)
\nBaekdong Cha, PhD (Postdoc -> Scientist at Korea Institute of Machinery\u00a0 & Materials)
\nCassandra Duda\u00a0<\/a>(Intern)
\n<\/a>Kerry Costello, PhD<\/a> (Postdoc -> Assistant Professor at University of Florida)
\nMichael Rose, BS<\/a> (Research Assistant -> PhD student at UCLA)
\nShunzhi Ye (BS\/DPT Student-> PT)
\nBrian Friscia, MS<\/a> (Lab Manager -> Seles Representative at Visible Body)
\nKaveh Torabian, MS<\/a> (MS Student-> MD student at Rush University)
\nDaniel Chan, MS<\/a> (MS Student-> DO student at NYIT)
\nSamantha Eigenbrot, MS<\/a> (Doctoral Student)
\nAlex Geronimo, MS<\/a> (Lab Manager-> Software Engineer at Delsys)
\nAkshat Mehta, DPT<\/a> (BS\/DPT Student -> PT)
\nSofia Espinosa, MS (MS Student -> MD student at SUNY Buffalo)
\nBona Lee, BS (UROP Student-> DO student at Nova Southeastern University)
\nCameron Nurse, BS<\/a> (UROP Student-> PhD student at Vanderbilt)
\nYvonne Lin, BS<\/a> (UROP Student)
\nTimothy Willard, BS<\/a> (UROP Student)
\nVictoria Brus, BS<\/a> (UROP Student)
\nMegan Lee, DPT (DPT Student-> PT)
\nJulie Osipow, DPT<\/a> (DPT Student-> PT)
\nJiten Patel, BS (UROP Student-> MD student)
\nSara Atkinson, OTD<\/a> (OT Student-> OT)
\nLauren Heitkamp, MS (Program Coordinator)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Frequent Collaborators<\/h4>\n

Tuhina Neogi<\/a>, MD, PhD, Boston University
\nNatalia Morone<\/a>, MD, Boston University
\nDavid Felson<\/a>, MD, MPH, Boston University
\nMichael P. LaValley<\/a>, PhD, Boston University
\nBelinda Borrelli<\/a>, PhD, Boston University
\nMeryem Y\u00fccel<\/a>, PhD, Boston University
\nMargarita Alegria<\/a>, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital<\/p>\n

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Current Deepak Kumar, PT, PhD Director Sihyun Kim, PT, PhD Visiting Professor Ting Long, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Roberta Irvin, PhD T32 Postdoctoral Researcher Alveta Haynes Patient Expert Douglas Mitchell, MS Lab Manager Hosea Boakye, PT, MPH Doctoral Student Rhodora Therese Torres, PT, MS Doctoral Student Yiwen Yang, DPT DPT\/PhD Student Dilinazi Duolikun, MS Research Assistant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13258,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/kumarlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/kumarlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/kumarlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/kumarlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/kumarlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/kumarlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/kumarlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1827\/revisions\/2518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/kumarlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}