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THE DEWALD RESEARCH GROUP
ROW 1 (L-R): Rachel Hawe, Carolina Carmona, Isabel Aguilar, Ana Maria Acosta,
Lindsay Garmirian, Theresa Murray, Natalia Sanchez
ROW 2 (L-R): Dan Krainak, Justin Drogos, Donna Hurley, Yiyun Lan, Mike Ellis, Arno Steinen,
Alexis Kuncel, Erin Neal, Stan Verwer, Stuart Traxel, Laura Miller,
Sam Perlmutter, Theresa Moulton, Brad Holubar


Julius P. A. Dewald, PT, PhD

Lab Director
Associate Professor and Department Chair

NU Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences

Associate Professor
NU Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Biomedical Engineering
j-dewald@northwestern.edu
312.908.6788

Jun Yao, PhD

Assistant Lab Director
Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineer

312.503.4430
j-yao4@northwestern.edu

Michael Ellis, PT, DPT

Assistant Lab Director
Assistant Professor
312.503.4435
m-ellis@northwestern.edu

Bradley Holubar, MS

Grants Administrator
312.503.4434
b-holubar@northwestern.edu

Ana Maria Acosta, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineer

312.908.6944
a-acosta@northwestern.edu

Carolina Carmona, PT

Research Physical Therapist
312.503.4633
ccarmona@northwestern.edu
*Please contact Carolina for general lab questions

Donna Hurley, PT

Research Physical Therapist and CPRR Coordinator
312.503.3342
d-hurley@northwestern.edu

Justin Drogos, PT

Research Physical Therapist
312.503.3255
j-drogos@northwestern.edu

Arno Stienen, PhD

Research Associate
arnostienen@gmail.com

Alexis Kuncel, PhD

Post Doctoral Fellow
alexis.kuncel@gmail.com

Stuart Traxel, MS

Laboratory Info Systems Engineer
312.503.xxx
straxel@gmail.com

Isabel Aguilar

CPRR Recruiter
312.503.xxx
xx@gmail.com

Daniel Krainak, MS

Senior Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer

312.908.6944
krainak@northwestern.edu

Theresa S Moulton, PT

DPT/PhD Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer

312.503.1653
tsmoulton@u.northwestern.edu

Jacob McPherson, MS

Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer

312.908.6944
jacob-mcpherson@northwestern.edu

Sam Perlmutter

Graduate Student
Neuroscience

sperlmutter@northwestern.edu

Laura Miller, SPT

DPT/PhD Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer

312.908.6944
lcmiller@northwestern.edu

Christa Nelson, DPT

DPT/PhD Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer

Rachel Hawe, SPT

DPT/PhD Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer
rachel.hawe@gmail.com

Natalia Sanchez

Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer

Yi-Yun Lan

Graduate Student
Neuroscience

Lindsay Garmirian

DPT/PhD Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer

Theresa Murray

DPT/PhD Graduate Student
Biomedical Engineer

   

Alumni
PhD STUDENTS

Albert Chen | 2008
PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Cortical Activity and Reorganization in Sensorimotor Areas Following Central or Peripheral Injury to the Nervous System

Susan Schwerin | 2006
PhD in Neuroscience
The Role of Contralateral and Ipsilateral Descending Motor Pathways in the Expression of Abnormal Coordination Patterns in the Upper Extremity of Hemiparetic Chronic Stroke Subjects.

Anthony L. Ricamato | 2000
PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Quantitative relations between electrical brain activity and upper limb torque generation in human subjects.

POST DOCS

Vik Sheshadri

VISITING SCHOLARS

Arno Stienen | 2008 | Predoctoral Fellow
By quantifying multi-joint upper-extremity movement control, I strive to elucidate the neural connections between abnormal muscle couplings and spasticity, both of which are often observed in individuals with stroke but their interactions seldom correctly understood.

Joanna Clair | 2008 | Predoctoral Fellow
Joanna completed a project in the area of human neuromuscular electrical stimulation. She investigated the role sensory feedback, evoked by the stimulation, has on motoneuron excitability after stroke.

Thierry Keller | 2004 | Principal Investigator
Theirry's research interests are in the fields of rehabilitation engineering, neural prostheses, signal processing and human-machine interaction. He has developed various neuroprostheses that are used to improve walking and grasping functions in spinal cord injured and stroke subjects.

RESEARCH SUPPORT

Michelle Dawson

SUMMER STUDENTS/INTERNS

Stan Verwer | 2010
University of Twente, The Netherlands
Bilateral control in children with typical development and hemiplegia
(Theresa Moulton, Jules Dewald)

Wieke van Vuuren | 2009
University of Twente, The Netherlands
Symmetric Tonic Neck Reflex following stroke.
(Mike Ellis)

Laura Miller | 2005
Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN
The Role of Sensorimotor Cortices in Abnormal Muscle Coactivation Following Stroke
(Jun Yao)

Martin Wieser | 2005
ETH, Zurich Switzerland
Development of FES augmented robot assisted training setup for unilateral brain-injured subjects
(Jules Dewald)

Edwin Van Asseldonk | 2005
University of Twente, The Netherlands
Abnormal coupling of joint torques in the paretic leg of stroke patients
(Jules Dewald)

Jason Hsu | 2005
Texas A&M University, Austin TX
(Ana Maria Acosta)

Jie Deng | 2004
Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Classification of Shoulder Abduction and Elbow Flexion Using a Brain-Computer-Interface Approach
(Jun Yao)

Mat Yarossi | 2004
Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Elbow/Shoulder EMG/EEG Coherence Results in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke
(Jun Yao)

DPT SYNTHESIS GROUPS

Marisa Alcaro, Chris Lucido, Liza Meskins, Nicole Surico | 2010
Tonic Vibration Reflex Response in Children with Spastic-Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy
(Jacob McPherson, Theresa Moulton, Jules Dewald)

Marietta Arasniewicz, Robyn Bronner, Sarah Terpin, Lauren Vesey, Colleen Van Tiem | 2008
Tonic Vibration Reflex Response in Children with Spastic-Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy
(Jacob McPherson, Mike Ellis, Jules Dewald)

Kelsea Lundquist, Adriana Potter | 2007
Quantitative Evaluation of Upper Extremity Discoordination in Cerebral Palsy Using a 3D Robotic System
(Theresa Sukal, Jules Dewald)

Kristen Connolly, Meghan Miyamoto, Suzanne Semanson | 2006
Quantitative Evaluation of Upper Extremity Discoordination and the Relationship to Clinically Assessed Impairment and Functional Limitation in Individuals with Chronic Stroke
(Jun Yao, Mike Ellis, Jules Dewald)

Kim Barone, Jennifer Caccomo, Amanda Murphy, Sherilyn Ng, Paula Schreiber | 2006
Quantitative Evaluation of Upper Extremity Discoordination in Spastic Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy
(Jules Dewald, Kristin Krosschell, Jun Yao, Mike Ellis)

Mike Hatzl, Steve Jovanovich, Mike Nickeas | 2004
Contributions of Ipsilateral Corticofugal Projections to Recovery of Strength in Pectoralis Major Muscles Following Unilateral Stroke
(Colum D MacKinnon, Susan Schwerin)

 
 

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