Category: News and Events

NSF Fellowship Acceptance

Congratulations to @BUGaitLab PhD students, Regina Sloutsky and Ellie Ottman on their acceptance into BU’s Understanding the Brain: Neurophotonics Research Traineeship Program. This fellowship program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. We are looking forward to seeing all their exciting accomplishments. For more information about the NRT program at BU here is the link.

Professor Carlos Cifuentes Visit

The NRL was happy to host Prof. Carlos Cifuentes, Professor of Rehabilitation Engineering and Head of the Center for Biomechatronics at the Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito on September 11th.

Professor Hongliu Yu Visit

This summer, the NRL welcomed Prof. Hongliu Yu of the Institute of Rehabilitative Engineering & Technology at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in Shanghai, China.

APTA CSM Poster Session

01/2019 – Don’t miss the opportunity to hear about how post-stroke gait can be characterized using walking speed and the Functional Gait Assessment from DPT student and Athletic Training alum from Sargent College, Jeff Paskewitz at #APTACSM! He’ll be presenting the work he did with Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD and collaborators in the Research Section’s Saturday […]

APTA CSM Platform Session

01/2019 – Check out DPT student from Sargent College, Catie Ledwick and her presentation on how mentality and self-perception can affect physical ability and activity in patients post-stroke at #APTACSM! She will be presenting TODAY from 11AM to 1PM!

End of the Year Holiday Party

12/2018 – Here are some pictures from the NRL’s end of the year holiday party. From all of us at the NRL, we wish you a happy holidays and we can’t wait to show you what we have in store for next year!  

Dr. Steve Wolf’s Movement Retraining Lecture

12/2018 – Dr. Steve Wolf gave a stimulating lecture at Harvard University on movement retraining in patients poststroke. Our lab was excited to host his visit to Sargent College, the Wyss Institute, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Network! Also, check out Dr. Wolf giving a tour of the Fenway Park suite at the Hotel Commonwealth here!  

Senior Thesis Design Review Presentation

12/2018 – Congratulations to Eduardo Cedona, a senior studying bioengineering at Harvard University, on his successful senior thesis design review presentation in which he discusses his work developing wearable sensor system to measure poststroke gait parameters.