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DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY
University of California, Los Angeles
POST-DOC OPPORTUNITY IN LOCOMOTOR NEUROREHABILITATION LABORATORY
The UCLA Locomotion Laboratory seeks applications for a post-doctoral
fellow position. Background in biomechanics, motor control,
neurophysiology, robotics, or bioengineering preferred. Experience with
LabView and biomechanical data collection and analysis are pluses.
The following is a short description of our research:
"Our research aim is to understand the level of neuromuscular plasticity
after neurologic injury and the neural mechanisms responsible for
locomotion. The primary focus is to study the plasticity of the human
lumbosacral spinal cord in individuals with spinal cord injury during
locomotor training. We step individuals on a treadmill with body weight
support and manual assistance to maintain the normal kinematics and
kinetics of walking. Locomotor training is based on providing appropriate
sensory information specific to locomotion to the neuronal circuits in the
spinal cord. This sensory feedback can be interpreted and integrated by
the neural circuitry in the human spinal cord and alter the efferent motor
patterns during stepping. Repetitive locomotor training may promote spinal
learning and strengthen the neural circuitry responsible for locomotion.
Our studies emphasize the importance of basic neural principles of
locomotion that are applicable to all animals. The results of these studies
provide a neuromuscular basis to facilitate the development of new
rehabilitative strategies to improve walking in individuals following
neurological impairment."
More information about our laboratory and lab members can be found at:
http://www.harkema.ucla.edu/
Applicants should apply in writing by submitting a curriculum vitae,
statement of professional interests, and a listing of three individuals
that can be contacted for references to:
Daniel P. Ferris, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
UCLA School of Medicine
1124 Reed Neurological Research Center
710 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Fax: (310) 794-9486
Phone: (310) 206-0884
dferris@ucla.edu
Review of applications will begin March 15. The start date for the
position is negotiable.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer.
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Daniel P. Ferris, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Neurology
UCLA School of Medicine
1124 Reed Neurological Research Center
710 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Fax: (310) 794-9486
Phone: (310) 206-0884
dferris@ucla.edu
http://www.harkema.ucla.edu/DFerris/
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University of California, Los Angeles
POST-DOC OPPORTUNITY IN LOCOMOTOR NEUROREHABILITATION LABORATORY
The UCLA Locomotion Laboratory seeks applications for a post-doctoral
fellow position. Background in biomechanics, motor control,
neurophysiology, robotics, or bioengineering preferred. Experience with
LabView and biomechanical data collection and analysis are pluses.
The following is a short description of our research:
"Our research aim is to understand the level of neuromuscular plasticity
after neurologic injury and the neural mechanisms responsible for
locomotion. The primary focus is to study the plasticity of the human
lumbosacral spinal cord in individuals with spinal cord injury during
locomotor training. We step individuals on a treadmill with body weight
support and manual assistance to maintain the normal kinematics and
kinetics of walking. Locomotor training is based on providing appropriate
sensory information specific to locomotion to the neuronal circuits in the
spinal cord. This sensory feedback can be interpreted and integrated by
the neural circuitry in the human spinal cord and alter the efferent motor
patterns during stepping. Repetitive locomotor training may promote spinal
learning and strengthen the neural circuitry responsible for locomotion.
Our studies emphasize the importance of basic neural principles of
locomotion that are applicable to all animals. The results of these studies
provide a neuromuscular basis to facilitate the development of new
rehabilitative strategies to improve walking in individuals following
neurological impairment."
More information about our laboratory and lab members can be found at:
http://www.harkema.ucla.edu/
Applicants should apply in writing by submitting a curriculum vitae,
statement of professional interests, and a listing of three individuals
that can be contacted for references to:
Daniel P. Ferris, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
UCLA School of Medicine
1124 Reed Neurological Research Center
710 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Fax: (310) 794-9486
Phone: (310) 206-0884
dferris@ucla.edu
Review of applications will begin March 15. The start date for the
position is negotiable.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer.
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Daniel P. Ferris, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Neurology
UCLA School of Medicine
1124 Reed Neurological Research Center
710 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Fax: (310) 794-9486
Phone: (310) 206-0884
dferris@ucla.edu
http://www.harkema.ucla.edu/DFerris/
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