News
Congratulations to Cara Lewis on her promotion to Full Professor!
April, 2025
Cara is the Director of the Human Adaptation Lab and professor in the Physical Therapy Department who has just been promoted to Full Professor! Her hard work, passion, and dedication to advocating for female athlete hip research in rehabilitation science are key driving forces in our laboratory. Very well deserved, Cara! Congratulations!
Human Adaptation Lab Celebrates National Biomechanics Day 2025!
April 23, 2025
The Human Adaptation Lab celebrated National Biomechanics Day for the third year in a row! Students from the BU Upward Bound Math-Science program visited the lab to learn about biomechanics and how this applies to daily life. Students observed motion capture processes and practiced using biomechanics terms to describe movement. Another huge shout-out to Avery Kratzer for organizing such a great event!
HAL Research Featured in the Arthritis Foundation Newsletter! 
April, 2025
Check out our Arthritis Foundation feature here!
If you want to be a part of the work we do and are interested in getting involved, fill out our eligibility screening form today!
Congratulations to Avery on her recent publication!
March 17th, 2025
The link to the article can be found here!
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).
Ria Rao, Zoe Perkins, and Cara Lewis Attend 11th Annual Supervisor of the Year Ceremony at Boston University
HAL members, Ria Rao and Zoe Perkins, nominated Cara Lewis for Supervisor of the Year for her fantastic mentorship. Congratulations to Cara Lewis on being nominated!
Ali Ghaisarnia & Varsha Cidambi Present DPT Practicum
Congratulations to Ali Ghaisarnia and Varsha Cidambi for completing and presenting their DPT practicum project this week!
Congratulations Hadwin!
HAL would like to congratulate Hadwin on the completion and presentation of her UROP project! Hadwin investigated the effect of lateral trunk position and hip adduction on frontal plane hip moments. Hadwin worked hard on this project and we are so happy to have her in the lab!
Congratulations Kerri Graber, PT, DPT
Congratulations to Kerri Graber, PT, DPT on her recent publication "Hip and Trunk Muscle Activity and Mechanics During Walking With and Without Unilateral Weight" in the Human Kinetics Journal. Kerri graduated with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2019 and took her practicum project all the way through to publication. We are so proud, and so happy to still have her as part of our team!
Joshua Tanor, Karim Ismail, and Anne Halverstadt Present at Rocky Mountain ASB 2021
Congratulations to Joshua Tanor for his podium presentation and to Karim Ismail, and Anne Halverstadt for their poster presentations at the 2021 Rocky Mountain regional conference for the American Society of Biomechanics!