Lab News
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.
PT Practicum Presentations
01/2019 - Congratulations to our third-year DPT students, Catie Ledwick and Jeff Paskewitz, on their fantastic PT practicum presentations!
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 poster session from 1PM to 3PM.
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.
Predoctoral Award from the American Heart Association
12/2018 - Congratulations to graduate student Anna Roto, MS, MPH who was recently awarded the predoctoral award from the American Heart Association!