I am an academic physical therapist currently employed as a Senior Fellow at the University of Washington - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (Division of Physical Therapy)
The overall goal
of my research is to develop objective measures of fine motor
control using technological advances in the field of robotics for
individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The long term goal of
this research is to develop these measures into clinical markers by
studying their potential to help detect early impairments in
physical performance, monitor subtle changes in severity of the
disease as well as monitor effects of therapy (medication as well as
exercise) on disease progression in PD.