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2nd ANNOUNCEMENT. We still have a few studenships available for January
1997. We are interested in filling these ASAP. These studenships support
work in the laboratory described below, as well as a number of other
laboratories in Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy, Occupational
Therapy, Exercise Science, Nursing, Nutrition, and the Center for Assistive
Technology. If interested, please reply promptly. At the bottom of this
notice is a general description of our PhD program.
PH.D. STUDENTSHIPS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM IN
REHABILITATION SCIENCE AT SUNY/BUFFALO. Our laboratory is seeking positions
for students interested in Human Motor Control. Students with backgrounds
in physical therapy, occupational therapy, exercise science, Nursing,
special education, medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, Neuropsychology and
other areas related to clinical rehabilitation are encouraged to apply.
Experience in a clinical environment or with clinically related research is
a positive factor in the application. Tuition remission and stipends are
currently available to students from a variety of sources including a newly
awarded training grant from OSERS and state supported teaching
assistantships. Please refer to separate listing describing Ph.D. program
in detail. The Human Motor Control Laboratory is described in some detail
below.
Human Motor Control Laboratory Director: Robert L. Sainburg, Ph.D.
The human motor control laboratory in the school of Health Related
Professions at SUNY/Buffalo is focused on discerning the neural mechanisms
responsible for the control of multijoint arm movements. Specifically, we
are examining how visual and proprioceptive information contribute to
control of limb dynamics during targeted reaching movements. Experiments
are conducted on neurologically intact subjects as well as subjects with
specific lesions, including sensory neuropathies and patients with CNS
damage. In current work, we are attempting to discriminate which components
of control are implemented through feedback circuits and which features are
handled through feedforward or anticipatory mechanisms. Anticipatory
control requires learning and we are thus examining how subjects learn
about novel inertial dynamics. We expect that these investigations will
help clarify the algorithms the nervous system uses for controlling
multijoint reaching movements. To examine these topics, we use a
combination of psychophysical experiments coupled with biomechanical and
electromyographic analysis, and computational methods, including computer
assisted musculoskeletal modeling of the arm, to help understand and guide
our experimental work.
The laboratory is equipped with a custom designed air powered hovercraft to
support the arm in the horizontal plane, removing both frictional and
gravitational torques at the joints (in the plane of motion). High
frequency kinematic recordings are synchronized with electromyographic
recordings. Data acquisition is accompanied by high frequency real-time
feedback presented in a custom designed computer game format. Data is
analyzed off-line using kinematic, biomechanical, and computational
modeling techniques. Dr. Sainburg's research is supported by the National
Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research.
Selected publications:
Viril-Babul, N., Sainburg, R.L., Huagn, H., and Ghez, C. Rate of learning
novel limb dynamics depends on the nature of feedback signals. Soc.
Neurosci. Abstr: 23:85.7, 1997.
Sainburg, R.L., Faran, K., Rossi, L., Alberoni, M. and Ghilardi, M.F.
Learning of novel limb dynamics transfers to the contraleral arm. Soc.
Neurosci. Abstr: 23:85.13, 1997.
Sainburg, R.L., and Ghez, C. Limitations in the learning and
generalization of multijoint dynamics Soc. Neurosci. Abstr: 18:1324 1995.
Sainburg, R.L., Ghilardi, M.F., Poizner, H., and Ghez, C. The Control of
limb dynamics in normal subjects and patients without proprioception. , J.
Neurophysiology 73:2 820-835, 1995.
Sainburg, R.L., Poizner, H., and Ghez, C. Loss of Proprioception Produces
Deficits in Interjoint Coordination. J. Neurophysiology 70: 2136-2147,
1993.
Ghilardi, MF., Gordon, J., Sainburg RL., and Ghez, C., Planning Direction
of Planar Reaching Movements: I. The Importance of Where You Come From,
Submitted (1996)
Ghez, C. and Sainburg, R.L. Proprioceptive control of interjoint
coordination. Can. J. Physiol. & Pharm. 73:273-284, 1995.
Ghez, C., Gordon, J., Ghilardi, M.F., Sainburg, R.L. Contributions of
vision and proprioception to accuracy in limb movements. The Cognitive
Neurosciences. Eds. Gazzaniga, M.S. MIT Press, Cambridge Mass. (549-564),
1994.
Current Laboratory Personel and field of study:
Robert Sainburg, Ph.D. Director Neurobiology and Rehabilitation
Dimitrios Kalakanis Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow Biomechanical Engineering
Karen Faran M.S. Doctoral Student Mechanical Engineering
Kelly Lommer B.Sc. Technician Exercise Science
For more information about the motor control laboratory, please contact
Robert Sainburg.
For more information about application procedures to the program, please
contact :
William J. Gavin, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Address if writing: University at Buffalo
Department of Occupational Therapy
515 Kimball Tower
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3141
E-mail address: Gavin@shaman.socsci.buffalo.edu
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
University at Buffalo announces a new Ph.D. Program!
Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science
Rehabilitation Science is the study of physical, musculoskeletal,
psychological and functional
disorders in humans. Goals of Rehabilitation Science include the
development, restoration and
maintenance of skill and function, the prevention of dysfunction, and the
systematic
examination of adaptation to impairment, disability and societal limitations.
The departments of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Occupational
Therapy, Physical
Therapy/Exercise Science, Rehabilitation Medicine, and the School of
Nursing at the
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (UB/SUNY), have
developed a new
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree program in Rehabilitation Science.
This interdisciplinary
group of 39 nationally and internationally recognized faculty has designed
a curriculum that
addresses the critical need for faculty and researchers in the area of
disability and
rehabilitation.
The Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Science at UB/SUNY addresses the
functional limitations,
disabilities and societal limitations of persons that result from
pathophyiology. The program's
coursework will not focus on the treatment of disease and trauma, but on
the long-term
consequences: functional limitations, disabilities and societal limitations
- areas that require an
interdisciplinary approach in service and in research. Graduates of the
Ph.D. program will
have an overall understanding of the theoretical basis of rehabilitation
science and will be able
to identify major research questions in rehabilitation. In addition, by
designing, conducting,
and publishing research on current issues, graduates will display
knowledge, critical judgment,
and problem solving abilities.
The Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Science is now accepting applications
from individuals
with clinical experience in medical and health related professions who wish
to begin the
doctoral training program in the coming Spring term of 1998. Tuition
remission and stipends
are currently available to students from a variety of sources including a
newly awarded training
grant from OSERS; NIH, NIDRR and OSERS research grants of faculty; and
state supported
teaching assistantships.
For more information contact: William J. Gavin, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Address if writing: University at Buffalo
Department of Occupational Therapy
515 Kimball Tower
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3141
E-mail address: Gavin@shaman.socsci.buffalo.edu
Robert L. Sainburg Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Motor Control Laboratory
519 Kimball Tower
3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214-3079
Voice 716-829-2093 Fax 716-829-3217
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1997. We are interested in filling these ASAP. These studenships support
work in the laboratory described below, as well as a number of other
laboratories in Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy, Occupational
Therapy, Exercise Science, Nursing, Nutrition, and the Center for Assistive
Technology. If interested, please reply promptly. At the bottom of this
notice is a general description of our PhD program.
PH.D. STUDENTSHIPS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM IN
REHABILITATION SCIENCE AT SUNY/BUFFALO. Our laboratory is seeking positions
for students interested in Human Motor Control. Students with backgrounds
in physical therapy, occupational therapy, exercise science, Nursing,
special education, medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology, Neuropsychology and
other areas related to clinical rehabilitation are encouraged to apply.
Experience in a clinical environment or with clinically related research is
a positive factor in the application. Tuition remission and stipends are
currently available to students from a variety of sources including a newly
awarded training grant from OSERS and state supported teaching
assistantships. Please refer to separate listing describing Ph.D. program
in detail. The Human Motor Control Laboratory is described in some detail
below.
Human Motor Control Laboratory Director: Robert L. Sainburg, Ph.D.
The human motor control laboratory in the school of Health Related
Professions at SUNY/Buffalo is focused on discerning the neural mechanisms
responsible for the control of multijoint arm movements. Specifically, we
are examining how visual and proprioceptive information contribute to
control of limb dynamics during targeted reaching movements. Experiments
are conducted on neurologically intact subjects as well as subjects with
specific lesions, including sensory neuropathies and patients with CNS
damage. In current work, we are attempting to discriminate which components
of control are implemented through feedback circuits and which features are
handled through feedforward or anticipatory mechanisms. Anticipatory
control requires learning and we are thus examining how subjects learn
about novel inertial dynamics. We expect that these investigations will
help clarify the algorithms the nervous system uses for controlling
multijoint reaching movements. To examine these topics, we use a
combination of psychophysical experiments coupled with biomechanical and
electromyographic analysis, and computational methods, including computer
assisted musculoskeletal modeling of the arm, to help understand and guide
our experimental work.
The laboratory is equipped with a custom designed air powered hovercraft to
support the arm in the horizontal plane, removing both frictional and
gravitational torques at the joints (in the plane of motion). High
frequency kinematic recordings are synchronized with electromyographic
recordings. Data acquisition is accompanied by high frequency real-time
feedback presented in a custom designed computer game format. Data is
analyzed off-line using kinematic, biomechanical, and computational
modeling techniques. Dr. Sainburg's research is supported by the National
Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research.
Selected publications:
Viril-Babul, N., Sainburg, R.L., Huagn, H., and Ghez, C. Rate of learning
novel limb dynamics depends on the nature of feedback signals. Soc.
Neurosci. Abstr: 23:85.7, 1997.
Sainburg, R.L., Faran, K., Rossi, L., Alberoni, M. and Ghilardi, M.F.
Learning of novel limb dynamics transfers to the contraleral arm. Soc.
Neurosci. Abstr: 23:85.13, 1997.
Sainburg, R.L., and Ghez, C. Limitations in the learning and
generalization of multijoint dynamics Soc. Neurosci. Abstr: 18:1324 1995.
Sainburg, R.L., Ghilardi, M.F., Poizner, H., and Ghez, C. The Control of
limb dynamics in normal subjects and patients without proprioception. , J.
Neurophysiology 73:2 820-835, 1995.
Sainburg, R.L., Poizner, H., and Ghez, C. Loss of Proprioception Produces
Deficits in Interjoint Coordination. J. Neurophysiology 70: 2136-2147,
1993.
Ghilardi, MF., Gordon, J., Sainburg RL., and Ghez, C., Planning Direction
of Planar Reaching Movements: I. The Importance of Where You Come From,
Submitted (1996)
Ghez, C. and Sainburg, R.L. Proprioceptive control of interjoint
coordination. Can. J. Physiol. & Pharm. 73:273-284, 1995.
Ghez, C., Gordon, J., Ghilardi, M.F., Sainburg, R.L. Contributions of
vision and proprioception to accuracy in limb movements. The Cognitive
Neurosciences. Eds. Gazzaniga, M.S. MIT Press, Cambridge Mass. (549-564),
1994.
Current Laboratory Personel and field of study:
Robert Sainburg, Ph.D. Director Neurobiology and Rehabilitation
Dimitrios Kalakanis Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow Biomechanical Engineering
Karen Faran M.S. Doctoral Student Mechanical Engineering
Kelly Lommer B.Sc. Technician Exercise Science
For more information about the motor control laboratory, please contact
Robert Sainburg.
For more information about application procedures to the program, please
contact :
William J. Gavin, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Address if writing: University at Buffalo
Department of Occupational Therapy
515 Kimball Tower
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3141
E-mail address: Gavin@shaman.socsci.buffalo.edu
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
University at Buffalo announces a new Ph.D. Program!
Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science
Rehabilitation Science is the study of physical, musculoskeletal,
psychological and functional
disorders in humans. Goals of Rehabilitation Science include the
development, restoration and
maintenance of skill and function, the prevention of dysfunction, and the
systematic
examination of adaptation to impairment, disability and societal limitations.
The departments of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, Occupational
Therapy, Physical
Therapy/Exercise Science, Rehabilitation Medicine, and the School of
Nursing at the
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (UB/SUNY), have
developed a new
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree program in Rehabilitation Science.
This interdisciplinary
group of 39 nationally and internationally recognized faculty has designed
a curriculum that
addresses the critical need for faculty and researchers in the area of
disability and
rehabilitation.
The Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Science at UB/SUNY addresses the
functional limitations,
disabilities and societal limitations of persons that result from
pathophyiology. The program's
coursework will not focus on the treatment of disease and trauma, but on
the long-term
consequences: functional limitations, disabilities and societal limitations
- areas that require an
interdisciplinary approach in service and in research. Graduates of the
Ph.D. program will
have an overall understanding of the theoretical basis of rehabilitation
science and will be able
to identify major research questions in rehabilitation. In addition, by
designing, conducting,
and publishing research on current issues, graduates will display
knowledge, critical judgment,
and problem solving abilities.
The Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Science is now accepting applications
from individuals
with clinical experience in medical and health related professions who wish
to begin the
doctoral training program in the coming Spring term of 1998. Tuition
remission and stipends
are currently available to students from a variety of sources including a
newly awarded training
grant from OSERS; NIH, NIDRR and OSERS research grants of faculty; and
state supported
teaching assistantships.
For more information contact: William J. Gavin, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Address if writing: University at Buffalo
Department of Occupational Therapy
515 Kimball Tower
Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3141
E-mail address: Gavin@shaman.socsci.buffalo.edu
Robert L. Sainburg Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Motor Control Laboratory
519 Kimball Tower
3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214-3079
Voice 716-829-2093 Fax 716-829-3217
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