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Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University, Evanston IL

Bachelor of Science in Applied and Materials Sciences, Biomedical Engineering
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(1) Neuropharmacology and pharmacological interventions in chronic stroke; (2) Neurophysiological underpinnings of upper limb movement disorders following unilateral brain lesion in humans; (3) Corticospinal versus bulbospinal control of movement following stroke; (4) The use of novel robotic devices to quantify upper limb motor impairments.

Peer Reviewed Publications

McPherson JG, Ellis MD, Heckman CJ, Dewald JPA (2008). Evidence of increased activation of persistent inward currents in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke. Journal of Neurophysiology, 100: 3236-3243.

Abstracts

-- McPherson JG, Ellis MD, Arasniewicz M, Bronner R, Terpin S, Van Tiem C, Vessey L, Dewald JPA (2009). “Self-sustained firing in motoneurons of the paretic upper extremity: preliminary evidence for increased bulbospinal monoaminergic drive in children with Spastic-Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy.” American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ (submitted).

-- McPherson JG, Ellis MD, Heckman CJ, Dewald, JPA (2008). “Evidence for increased activation of persistent inward currents in patients with chronic hemiparetic stroke.” Annual Biomedical Engineering Research Day, Evanston, IL.

-- McPherson JG, Ellis MD, Heckman CJ, Dewald JPA (2008). “Enhanced tonic vibration reflexes in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke.” Mechanisms of Plasticity and Disease in Motoneurons, Seattle, WA.

-- McPherson JG, Ellis MD, Heckman CJ, Dewald JPA (2008). “Plateau potentials and self-sustained motoneuron firing as evidence for increased bulbospinal monoaminergic drive in patients with chronic stroke.” 4th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day, Chicago, IL.

-- McPherson JG, Ellis MD, Heckman CJ, Dewald JPA (2007). “Bistable motoneuron behavior as indicator of increased bulbospinal monoaminergic drive following stroke.” Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

-- McPherson JG, Whittaker J, Goldberg R (2004). “Switch-activated, microprocessor-regulated lazy susan device for children with severe and profound disabilities.” Triangle Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.