• BME Students present Senior Design Project

    Our collaborative team of students from the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering presenting their interactive game board they developed that can be used to investigate 3D movement in children with cerebral palsy.

  • PMNL presents at AOTA annual meeting

    March 2024. Five students presented early work on understanding bilateral coordination in children with hemparetic CP at the AOTA Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL

  • American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) Conference

    Dr. Nemanich presented new findings from the lab on age differences in bilateral coordination as part of a free paper session at the 2023 AACPDM meeting in Chicago, IL.

  • OTD Student Capstone Presentation

    Third-year OTD Sophia Bertrand (Class of 2023) presented her Capstone research project. The project investigated the use of transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) and motor training for improving the function of upper extremities.

  • New NIH R03 award to study motor learning

    04.06.2023

    Dr. Nemanich and the PMNL were recently awarded a $300,000 grant from the NIH to study motor skill learning in children. The goal of this work is to understand if children who were born preterm learn and retain motor skills differently than children born at term age.

  • OT Summit of Scholars

    06.23.2023

    OTD Capstone Student Sophia Bertrand presented her work at the OT Summit of Scholars Meeting in Columbus, OH.

  • OTD Student Sophia Bertrand accepted to the AOTA Institute for Future Scientists

    Third-year OTD Sophia Bertrand (Class of 2023) was accepted to the 2023 AOTA/AOTF Institute for Future Scientists in Occupational Therapy. The purpose of this institute is to build, connect, and mentor a young cohort of research-focused OTs who may pursue a career in research.

    She will attend the institute in April which is held concurrently with the AOTA national meeting.

  • American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) Conference

    09.21.2022-09.24.2022

    We presented preliminary findings from the bilateral coordination study as a case report poster at the AACPDM annual conference. The poster compared bilateral coordination between one child with hemiparetic cerebral palsy and one typically child, and highlighted upper-limb pedaling is a unique model to study coordination.

  • Presentation at American Society of Neurorehabiliation

    April 2024. OTD grad Sophia Bertrand presented her doctoral capstone research project at the ASNR Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX

All News

03.30.2022 - 04.03.2022

American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Inspire 2022 Annual Conference & Expo

We presented our abstract during a poster session at the AOTA conference. Our abstract focused on the relationship between school environment and engagement with the occupations of play, sleep, and leisure in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. We were able to interact with a variety of individuals at the conference and further discuss our research. We had a great time presenting and meeting other researchers!

11.30.2021

Marquette University’s Forward-Thinking Research Symposium

We submitted a Poster to Marquette’s Forward-Thinking Research Symposium for our In-Home Motor App study. This symposium focuses on future research studies that will take place in the next 6-12 months. We presented the motor assessment app that will allow for less transportation and scheduling conflicts for research participants and be useful for virtually collecting data during the COVID-19 pandemic.

10.6.2021 - 10.9.2021

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) Conference

We submitted an ePoster abstract to AACPDM annual conference for our In-Home Motor App study. Our virtual presentation highlighted the current technology innovations that we are developing to assess child motor function using an app at home instead of requiring the participant to come into the lab.

 09.17.2021

Abstract Accepted for American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) INSPIRE Conference

Our abstract was accepted for the AOTA annual INSPIRE Conference which will be held in San Antonio, Texas March 30- April 3. We will present on our COVID-19 study that focuses on the relationship between school environment and occupations of play, leisure, and sleep in children during pandemic.

08.12.2021

Summer Research Poster Day!

Thanks to Dominique and Lilli for all of their hard work as part of the Marquette Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Program. They were able to cap off their experiences with an in-person poster day on August 6th!

08.03.2021

Collecting Data for our Bilateral Coordination Pedaling Study

We have started collecting data for our study that compares brain activation patterns of children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy with typically developing children. We will look at the differences between the lesioned hemisphere and non-lesioned hemisphere when the child completes a hand-pedaling task.

07.28.2021

Summer in the Lab!

We have been busy preparing two separate studies in the lab. Thanks to summer undergraduate students Dominique Linkins and Lilli Schober for their work on these projects.

Dominique is in the early stages of a Cerebral Palsy Bilateral Coordination study. This study aims to determine if atypical brain activity is associated with impaired bilateral coordination in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy. Dominique is currently performing test trials in preparation to start recruitment.

Lilli is also in the early stages of her project which aims to test the feasibility and reliability of assessing motor function in adolescence remotely via an in-home motor app. As we wait for the app to be finalized Lilli is preparing flyers and documents for the recruitment phase of the project.