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Stroke

Mariel’s gift

Her courageous journey inspired many. Now her equipment donation will enhance OT education.

Accessibility/Health Fair hosted by Occupational Therapy and Epidemiology students

Master’s in Occupational Therapy students, under the direction of Dr. Roxanna Bendixen, and master’s students in the Department of Epidemiology, under the direction of Dr. Cathy Striley, received a 2012 PH-HP Student collaboration grant. This grant focused on activities in Alachua County designed to gather meaningful data to inform…

Good news for people who have had a stroke

Patients who have had a stroke can regain walking ability through at-home strength and balance exercise provided by a physical therapist just as well as when they participate in programs that practice the actual task of walking using a treadmill and partial body weight support.

Lorie Richards

Dr. Richards specialty area is neurorehabilitation. Her research, conducted through the Malcalm Randall VA Medical Center’s Brain Rehabilitation Research and the Brooks Center for Rehabilitation Studies, involves increasing understanding of motor function of the arm and hand in individuals with neurological injury or disease and translating motor rehabilitation interventions from…

Dorian Rose

Dr. Rose’s research investigates the development and implementation of behavioral intervention strategies, based on principles of neuroplasticity and motor learning, for the rehabilitation of motor control deficits following neurologic injury and disease. She investigates the role of adjuvants, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, to behavioral interventions for the recovery…

Carolynn Patten

All movements –as simple as blinking one’s eyes to as complex as signing one’s name and walking—involve the production and control of muscular force by the nervous system. While biomechanical demands vary across motor tasks, the nervous system responds to regulate force production in a task dependent manner. Dr. Patten’s…

Kathye Light

Dr. Light’s research interests are in motor behavior problems of elderly patients, particularly those with chronic balance problems, cerebral vascular disease, Parkinson’s disease, and frailty. Full CV…

Xiaohui Xu

Dr. Xu’s primary research investigates the health effects of environmental exposures on chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. He has used a combination of methods of classical epidemiological methodology, ArcGIS techniques and advance statistical modeling to investigate the health effects of environmental exposures, particularly focusing on air pollution…