News
Cara Lewis Awarded for the FastOA Initiative
October 4th, 2024
The Arthritis Foundation has awarded Cara Lewis as part of their Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial Network initiative called FastOA. To carry out this initiative, the Human Adaptation Lab (HAL) at Boston University will be evaluating hip morphology and movement in young female athletes (18 to 30 years old).
Happy (belated) biomechanics day!
Happy (belated) biomechanics day! The Human Adaptation Lab hosted winners of the Mass STEM Hub Student Industry Connects competition and their high school biomedical sciences class for a day of motion capture, forces, and fun. Thanks to BU's Movement & Applied Imaging Lab for joining in and BU GWISE for their support. A huge thank you and congratulations to our very own Avery Kratzer for organizing and leading this event!
BU Center for Multiscale & Translational Mechanobiology spotlights Ria Rao!
Congratulations to Ria Rao who was recently selected as a Trainee Spotlight by Boston University's Center for Multiscale & Translational Mechanobiology (CMTM)! Check out the spotlight here!
Congratulations Lauren Sara, DPT, PhD
Congratulations to Lauren Sara, DPT, PhD on the recent acceptance of her paper titled "The effect of sensor placement on measured distal tibial accelerations during running" to the Journal of Applied Biomechanics!
Cara Lewis, Lauren Sara, and Varsha Cidambi attend APTA CSM 2023
Cara Lewis, Lauren Sara, and Varsha Cidambi attended the American Physical Therapy Association's Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego, CA last month. Lauren presented her poster on Double- and Single-Leg Drop-Landing Impacts in Female and Male Army Trainees. Varsha presented her poster on the Effect of Non-Stance Limb Positioning on Single Leg Squat Kinetics.
Congratulations to all of our graduates!
The Human Adaptation Lab would like to congratulate all of our members graduating this year!
Joshua Tanor - PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences
Ali Ghaisarnia - Doctor of Physical Therapy
Varsha Cidambi - Doctor of Physical Therapy
Shavonne Renfro Cox - BS in Health Sciences
Tulasi Murthy - BS in Health Sciences
Hadwin Belcher - BS in Human Physiology
