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| Scientific Advisory Board |
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| V. Reggie Edgerton, Ph.D. Chair |
| Reggie Edgerton is a Co-Chair and Professor of Physiological Science and a member of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA. In this capacity, he has studied mechanisms of recovery of locomotion following spinal cord injury for over 20 years. Dr. Edgerton has over 300 scientific publications describing neural control of movement and neuromuscular plasticity, and is widely considered the world's foremost expert in these fields. He has received numerous award for his work including the Annual National Paralysis Foundation Christopher Reeve Award, the UCI/Christopher Reeve National Paralysis Foundation Spinal Cord Research Award and the National Spinal Cord Injury Association L.W. Freeman Award. Dr. Edgerton received his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology at Michigan State University. More About Dr. Edgerton |
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| James Bobrow, Ph.D. Chair of Engineering Steering Committee |
| Jim Bobrow is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCI. His research includes work in robotics, applied control systems, numerical optimization techniques and computer-aided design for which he has numerous scientific publications. Recently, Dr. Bobrow has been studying the use of dynamic optimization in the design of robotic gait rehabilitation. He received a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics and Structures from UCLA. More About Dr. Bobrow |
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| Ray de Leon, Ph.D. |
| Ray de Leon is a Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutritional Science at California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. de Leon's research focuses on recovery of motor function in animals with neural impairments. He has published numerous scientific papers on spinal learning and locomotor recovery. Dr. de Leon received his Ph.D. in Physiological Science from UCLA. More About Dr. de Leon |
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| David J. Reinkensmeyer, Ph.D. Member of Engineering Steering Committee |
| David Reinkensmeyer is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Center for Biomedical Engineering at UCI. His research includes rehabilitation, neural control of movement, robotics, and mechatronics. He develops physically interacting, mechatronic devices ("rehabilitators") to help the nervous system recover movement ability after neurologic injuries such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury. Dr. Reinkensmeyer has numerous scientific publications and patents in the area of robotic rehabilitation. He his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley. More About Dr. Reinkensmeyer |
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| Roland R. Roy, Ph.D. |
| Roland Roy is a Researcher in the Brain Research Institute and co-Director of the Neuromuscular Plasticity Laboratory at UCLA. Dr. Roy's research focuses on neuromuscular adaptation in spinal cord injury and microgravity models. He has published extensively in these areas over the past twenty years. He received a B.S. in Physical Education and Biology from the University of New Hampshire and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from Michigan State University. |
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