Susan Brown, PhD (shcb@umich.edu)

Susan Brown, Thurnau Professor of Kinesiology, is a neurophysiologist by training with specific research interests in the area of upper limb sensorimotor coordination across the lifespan and in neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy and stroke. Current research areas include upper limb and hand sensorimotor function in older adults, upper limb neurorehabilitation in adults with cerebral palsy, and factors contributing to upper limb proprioceptive acuity. Dr. Brown teaches courses in Motor Control, Disorders of Voluntary Movement, and Sensorimotor Aspects of Aging. (Full Vitae)

Jeanne Langan, PhD (jlangan@umich.edu)

Jeanne received a BA in Physical Therapy from the College of St. Scolastica and practiced clinically prior to pursuing her MS in Exercise and Movement Science and PhD in Human Physiology from the University of Oregon. She is currently on a T-32 NIH Fellowship in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation working with Susan Brown and Ed Hurvitz. Her research focuses on adult populations with chronic, non-progressive neurological pathologies including cerebral palsy and stroke. She has a specific interest in studying motor control, motor learning and plasticity in these groups in an effort to find more efficacious rehabilitation interventions.

Min Hui Huang, MS, PT (mhhuang@umich.edu)

Min Hui Huang received her BS degree in Physical Therapy from National Taiwan University and her MA and ED.M degrees in Biobehavioral Sciences from Columbia University. Her doctoral research interests focus on postural control in the elderly during the performance of voluntary reaching movements. (Full Vitae)

Melissa Wright, MPT (mlwright@med.umich.edu)

Melissa Wright received a Bachelor in Health Science and a MPT degree from the University of Michigan-Flint. She has practiced as a physical therapist in a variety of clinical settings with a concentration in adult neuro-rehabilitation including stroke and spinal cord injury. Her doctoral research interests focus on bilateral coordination in older adults and individuals with hemiplegic stroke. (Full Vitae)

Tilaka Schaap, BSc (tilaka@umich.edu)

Tilaka Schaap received her BS degree in Human Movement Science at the University of Amsterdam with an emphasis on rehabilitation and ergonomics. For a year and a half she did voluntary work as a research assistant at the Rehabilitation Center of Amsterdam. Her bachelor's research was focused on the effect of body orientation and fatigue on shoulder proprioception. Her master's research focuses on the effect of aging on upper-limb proprioception in three dimensional space.

Marianne Mousigian, BSc (mmousigi@umich.edu)

Marianne Mousigian is a graduate of the University of Michigan Movement Science Honors program in the School of Kinesiology. As a student in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, she has been involved in studies investigating age-related changes in hand and arm function. For her senior honors thesis, she is examining the role of conscious attention in proprioceptive acuity in young and older adults.

Brittany Noble (noblebc@umich.edu)

Brittany Noble is a senior undergraduate student of the University of Michigan Movement Science Honors Program in the School of Kinesiology. She has been involved in studies examining the effects of handedness on proprioceptive acuity, and she is currently working on a study examining the effect of proprioceptive stimulus duration on matching accuracy. For her senior honors thesis, she will be further investigating the effect of stimulus duration on matching accuracy.

Elizabeth Schweiger, BSc (eligrace@umich.edu)

Elizabeth Schweiger is a graduate of the University of Michigan Movement Science Honors program in the School of Kinesiology. As the recipient of a 2008 UM Summer Research Fellowship, she has been involved in studies exploring bilateral arm coordination in young adults. For her senior honors thesis, she is investigating proprioceptive acuity in elite dance performers.

Chelsea Loji (cloji@umich.edu)

Chelsea Loji is the recipient of a 2009 UM Summer Research Fellowship and is involved in studies examining bilateral grasp force in young and older adults. She is a student in the Movement Science program.

Michelle Loubert (mloubert@umich.edu)

Michelle Loubert is involved in a study examining the effects of a home training program to improve grasp force control in older adults. She is majoring in Evolutionary Anthropology with a minor in Women's Studies.

Michael Fry (mikefry@umich.edu)

Stephen Doyle, BSc (stdoyle@umich.edu)

Stephen Doyle is a graduate of the University of Michigan Movement Science program in the School of Kinesiology. Steve manages the home-based upper limb training program for adults with cerebral palsy and assists with undergraduate motor control labs.

Kathy Kern, BSc (klkern@umich.edu)

Kathy Kern is a graduate of the University of Michigan Movement Science program in the School of Kinesiology. Kathy is involved with several lab projects including studies examining upper limb function in adults with cerebral palsy. She also assists in the Movement Science mentoring program as discussion group leader in Motor Control.

Diane Adamo, PhD (dadamo@wayne.edu)

Diane Adamo received BS and MS degrees in Occupational Therapy from Wayne State University. She received her doctoral training in the Motor Control Laboratory and recently joined the Dept. of Physical Therapy at Wayne State. Her doctoral research focused on upper limb and hand proprioceptive acuity in older adults. (Full Vitae)

Colleen Lewis, PhD (lewiscol@gvsu.edu)

Colleen Lewis received her BS degree in Biology from Denison University and her MS degree from Wright University. She holds a PhD in Human Performance with a major in Adapted Physical Education from Indiana University . She is currently on faculty at Grand Valley State University in the Dept. of Movement Science. She collaborates with Drs. Brown and Hurvitz on rehabilitation studies involving home training for adults with cerebral palsy. (Full Vitae)