Professor
BME Graduate Faculty Status

2006 – PhD in Motor Control. University of Florida
2002 – MS in Motor Control. University of Florida
1998 – BS (1st class) in Psychology. Liverpool John Moores University, England

I co-founded the Laboratory for Rehabilitation Neuroscience at the University of Florida in 2011. My research focusses on brain structure and brain function in human models of neurodegeneration and other disorders that affect the sensorimotor system. My group has been at the cutting-edge of developing novel neuroimaging paradigms to study pain physiology, motor systems physiology, and diffusion MRI analysis approaches for understanding brain microstructure in disease. My body of work is documented in over 80 peer-reviewed publications in journals that include PAIN, Cerebral Cortex, Neurology, Lancet, Human Brain Mapping, Journal of Pain, Journal of Physiology, and Neuroimage. As PI, my laboratory has active NIH funded projects in the areas of chronic pain and Alzheimer’s Disease. I am also co-I on several NIH funded projects that use my motor and pain paradigms to understand brain function in shoulder pain, stroke, and autism. I am a Co-I and member of the 1FLORIDA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Biomarker Core, co-mentor on a K23, and mentor on NIH-T32 and NIH-T90/R90 training awards in pain and aging.