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While completing his Master's research, he realized research was something he wanted to make a part of his career because he knew he wanted to make a difference in physical therapy. Mike Falvo, MS, CSCS Mike is a doctoral candidate in the Movement Science PhD program and is currently completing his dissertation. His research broadly covers the area of cortical neurophysiology and rehabilitation. Specifically, this is accomplished by recording EEG-derived movement-related cortical potentials to evaluate the response to resistance training and fatigue in both healthy adults and individuals with neurological disease. Josh Funk Josh is a third year DPT student and has worked in the lab since May of 2007. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and Fitness from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. While at Mizzou he worked as a teaching assistant for anatomy labs and as a research assistant in exercise physiology . He became interested in physical therapy through his work as a student athletic trainer with the Mizzou football team and his job as a rehab aide in the PT department of Boone County Hospital. Vanessa Heil-Chapdelaine Vanessa Heil-Chapdelaine is a DPT student and a Research Assistant in the Locomotor Control Laboratory. Her background is in Geoarchaeology and she is excited to pursue a new research direction and integrate her work in the lab with her clinical training. Abi Leddy Abi Leddy graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a major in Biology and minor in Chemistry. She is a physical therapy student at Washington University but is currently studying balance and gait in individuals with Parkinson Disease through the year-long TL1 Clinical Research Training Pre-doctoral Program. During the year, she will be assessing the reliability and validity of several new clinical tools to evaluate balance in the Parkinson population. She plans to receive her Doctor of Physical Therapy and Masters of Clinical Investigation in May 2011. Corey Lohnes, MS, CSCS Corey is currently in his second year of the Movement Science PhD program. He received a BS in Kinesiology from the University of New Brunswick in 2005 and a MS in Human Movement Science from the University of Memphis in 2007. After researching in the area of exercise and sport performance for 3 years, he decided to move in a direction that would allow him to apply his knowledge to more clinical research questions. Corey in now studying how eye movement deficits contribute to locomotor issues in people with PD. Marie McNeely Marie McNeely is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience program at Washington University. Her undergraduate training was completed at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she majored in Neuroscience, Psychology, and Zoology. Marie’s thesis focuses on studying turning difficulty in people with Parkinson disease (PD). She plans to assess how various components of turning in people with PD differ, compared to controls, using electromyographic (EMG) and kinematic analysis. Gaining an understanding of impaired turning in PD will allow us to develop novel rehabilitation strategies. In particular, the rotating treadmill may target turning impairments not adequately addressed with current therapies. Daniel Peterson, MS In 2006 Daniel received a BS from the University of Florida in Exercise Physiology. He then traveled north to Penn State University where he completed an MS with Dr. Philip Martin. His thesis, entitled “Effects of Age and Speed on Coactivation, Variability, and Joint Kinetics during Walking” looked at how muscular activity, kinetics, and kinematics were related to metabolic cost of walking in young and older adults. Daniel then headed out west to Vail, CO where he completed a one year research fellowship at the Steadman Hawkins Research Foundation. During his time there, he worked on several projects, including an analysis of tibiofemoral kinematics across landing styles using biplane fluoroscopy. Daniel’s current projects deal with elucidating factors contributing to freezing in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. John Scott John is an undergraduate in the class of 2011 at Washington University in St. Louis. He is currently completing an independent research project through the Department of Biology. His project deals with Podokinetic After- Rotation (PKAR) as it applies to straight ahead pointing. John has been involved in the lab since the fall 2008 semester. He is majoring in Biology with minors in Psychology and Public Health. He plans to apply to an M.D./Ph.D. program.