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Dr. James C. (Cole) Galloway
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
University of Delaware
317 McKinly Lab.
Newark, DE 19716
Ph: (302) 831-3697
fax: (302) 831-4234
E-mail: jacgallo@udel.edu

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LICENSURE (top)

Delaware Physical Therapist #


EDUCATION (top)
University of Southern Mississippi
Medical College of Virginia
University of Arizona
Postdoctoral Fellow, Infant Motor Behavior Lab (Esther Thelen, Ph.D.)

MSBS
BS
PhD


1987
1989
1998
1999-2000

Exercise Science,Biology
Physical Therapy
Physiological Sciences

CURRENT APPOINTMENT(top)
2000-Present

University of Delaware, , Newark, DE

  • Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy (2007-present)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy (2000-06)
  • Director, Infant Motor Behavior Lab
  • Faculty, Biomechanics and Movement Science Graduate program
  • Faculty, Center for Biomedical Engineering Research
  • Faculty, Human Development and Family Studies

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY (top)

1994 Northwest Hospital, Tuscon, AZ, Physical Therapist
1992-1993 Henning & Cole Therapy Associates, Baltimore, MD- Physical Therapist
1989-1992 Woodrew Wilson Rehab Center, Fishersville, PA, Physical Therapist

HONORS AND AWARDS (top)

Honor Graduate, Univ. of Southern Mississippi. 1987
Gold Key Society, senior leadership award, Univ. Of Southern Mississippi. 1987
Dean's Council, Medical College of Virginia. 1988-89
Terry Wise Memorial Award for Clinical Excellence, Medical College of Virginia. 1989
Predoctoral Fellow-NIH Training Program in Motor Control Neurobiology, Univ. of Arizona. 1994-1997
Graduate College Scholarship, Physiological Sciences, Univ. of Arizona. 1995
International Travel Award, University of Delaware. 2002
ERRIS/NIH Grant workshop Scholarship. 2003
Margaret L. Moore Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member, American Physical Therapy Association. 2005

RESEARCH AND GRANTS(top)

Research Interest

Dr. Galloway's research focuses on motor behaviors of infants. He is especially interested in how neural, biomechanical, behavioral and environmental influences interaction as infants learn to coordinate their early head, arm and leg behaviors for later skills such as reaching, sitting and walking.

 

Current Lab Members
Michele Lobo, PT, PhD Post Doctoral Fellow
Hui Min Lee, PT BIOMS Doctoral Student
Stacey Dusing, PT, PhD Visiting Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Christina Ragonesi, BIOMS Doctoral Student

 

  Previous Lab Members

Amy Lynch, M.S., OTR/L, PhD Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Misericordia University

Anjana Bhat, PT, PhD Kennedy Krieger and University of Conneticut
Jill Heathcock, PT, PhD The Ohio State University

Past & Current Collaborators

  • Gail Koshland, PT, PhD - Physiology, University of Arizona
  • Geert Savelsbergh, PhD - Vrije University, Amsterdam
  • José Contreras-Vidal, PhD - Kinesiology, Maryland
  • Connie Feng, PhD - Psychology, Indiana University
  • David Paul, MD - Neonatology, Christiana Medical Center
  • Mark Stanton. PhD - Psychology, Delaware
  • Babatunde Ogunnaike, PhD - Chemical Engineering, Delaware
  • Anjana Bhat, PhD - Kennedy Krieger, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore
  • Rebecca Landa, PhD - Kennedy Krieger, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore
  • Sunil Agrawal, PhD - Mechanical Engineering, Delaware
  • Petra Huppi, MD - Neuroradiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Stacey Dusing, PT, PhD - Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Reggie Harbourne, PT, PhD - University of Nebraska
  • Nick Stergiou, PhD - University of Nebraska

Current Support

  • 12/01/06-11/31/11 Motor learning and coordination in preterm infants. NIH NICHD R01 HD051748-02
    Role: PI (20%, 1PM academic) $320,427
  • 07/01/08-6/30/10 Robot Enhanced Mobility: The Capacity for Young Infants to Learn Real World Navigation, and Its Effect on Perception, Action and Cognition Development. National Science Foundation: Developmental and Learning Sciences Program
    Role: PI (9%) $324,910 
  • 1/1/09-06/30/10 Does Early Postural Intervention Effect Sitting Balance or Reaching in Infants Born Preterm. American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Pediatrics Planning Grant. Role: Co-investigator, PI: Dusing $30,000
  • Babies Driving Robots: Robot Assisted Infant Mobility. NIH NICHD R01 HD057151-01. Funding Decision Spring 2009
    Role: PI (20%, 1OM academic)

Pending Support

Previous Support

  • 04/16/01- 4/15/02 A biomechanical analysis of arm vs. leg reaching in infant’. Delaware Research Foundation Role: PI (20%) $30,000
  • 12/01/02-11/31/03 Effects of Training on Infants’ Abilities to Reach for Midline Objects, American Physical Therapy Association Role: PI (20%) $2600  
  • 12/01/03-11/31/04 The Effects of Training on Reaching Skill in Infants Born Premature. American Physical Therapy Association Role: PI (20%) $1000
  • 12/01/03-11/31//05 (currently under no cost extension)
    Learning to reach: Control of limb dynamics in infancy. NIH NICHD 5R03HD043830-02
    Role: PI (20%) $151,000
  • 2/01/05-03/31/07 Esther Thelen PI Dynamical Factors in the Development of Motor Skill. NIH NICHD. 5R37HD022830-19 Role: Consultant (5%)  

Faculty Advisor for Doctoral Student Research Awards and Grants

  • American Physical Therapy Association McMillan Scholarship
    Michele Lobo (2001)
    Jill Heathcock (2002)
  • American Physical Therapy Association PODS I Scholarship
    Michele Lobo (2002, 2003)
    Jill Heathcock (2002, 2003)
  • American Physical Therapy Association PODS II Scholarship
    Michele Lobo (2004, 2005)
    Jill Heathcock (2004)
  • American Physical Therapy Association, Pediatric Section Clinical research award
    Michele Lobo (2004)
  • University of Delaware Competitive Scholarship
    Michele Lobo (2003, 2004)
  • University of Delaware Dissertation Fellowship
    Anjana Bhat (2004)
  • NIH PT/PhD Training Grant (through the Dept of Physical Therapy)
    Jill Heathcock (2003-present)
  • American Physical Therapy Association, Dorothy Briggs Memorial Scientific Inquiry Award,
    Jill Heathcock, Michele Lobo, Anjana Bhat (2006)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/SOCIETIES (top)

PUBLICATIONS (top)

  1. GALLOWAY, JC. (1991) Non-traditional use of liftwalker. Clinical Management. 11: 52, May-June.
  2. GALLOWAY, JC. (1994) Article Review and Commentary: "Agonist and antagonist activity during voluntary upper limb movement in patients with stroke". Neurology Report. 18:2.
  3. GALLOWAY, JC. (1995) Distant Thunder: Prognostications on research's impact on upper extremity rehabilitation. Neurology Report. 19:1, pg. 41-43.
  4. GALLOWAY, JC. (1995) Introduction to issue on Upper Extremity Function. Neurology Report. 19:1.
  5. KOSHLAND, GF., GALLOWAY, JC., NEVORET-BELL, CJ. (2000) Control of the wrist in three-joint arm movements to multiple directions in the horizontal plane. J. Neurophysiology. 83: 3188-3195.
  6. GALLOWAY, JC., KOSHLAND, GF. (2002) Contrasting dynamics at shoulder and elbow joints during horizontal arm movements. Experimental Brain Research 142: 163-180.
  7. GALLOWAY, JC., THELEN, E. (2003) Feet first: Object exploration in human infants. Infant Behavior and Development. 27: 107-112.
  8. GALLOWAY, JC. (2004) Invited Commentary on Fonseca et al. Dynamic resources used in ambulation by children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy: relationship to kinematics, energetics, and asymmetries. Physical Therapy. 84: 355-356.
  9. LOBO, MA., GALLOWAY, JC., SAVELSBERGH, GJP. (2004) The effects of specific and general practice on the development of reaching. Child Development. 75: 1268 – 1281.
  10. GALLOWAY, JC., BHAT, A., HEATHCOCK, J., LOBO, M., MANAL, K. (2004) Differential shoulder and elbow joint power: a general feature of vertical arm movements. Experimental Brain Research. 157: 391-396.
  11. HEATHCOCK, J., BHAT, A., LOBO, M., GALLOWAY, JC. (2004) Performance of infants born preterm and full-term in the mobile paradigm: learning and memory. Physical Therapy. 84:808-821.
  12. GALLOWAY, JC. (2004) The emergence of purposeful limb movement in early infancy: The interaction of experience, learning and biomechanics. Journal of Human Kinetics, 12:51-68.
  13. HEATHCOCK, J., BHAT, A., LOBO, M. GALLOWAY, JC. (2005) The relative kicking frequency of infants born full-term and preterm during learning and short-term and long-term memory periods of the mobile paradigm. Physical Therapy. 85: 8-18.
  14. KOSHLAND, GF., GALLOWAY, JC., FARLEY B. (2005) Novel muscle patterns for normal kinematics of arm reaching in persons after cervical spinal cord injury. Experimental Brain Research. 164: 133-147.
  15. BHAT, A., HEATHCOCK J., GALLOWAY, JC. (2005) Toy-oriented changes in hand and joint kinematics during early infancy: A cross-sectional study. Infant Behavior and Development. 28: 445-465.
  16. BHAT, A., GALLOWAY, JC. (2006) Toy-oriented changes during early arm movements: Hand kinematics. Infant Behavior and Development. 29: 358-372.
  17. BHAT, A., GALLOWAY, JC. (2007) Toy-oriented changes during early arm movements III: Constraints on Joint Kinematics. Infant Behavior and Development. 30-515-522.
  18. GALLOWAY, JC., RHU, J., and AGRAWAL, S. (2008) Babies driving robots: Self-generated mobility in very young infants. Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics. DOI: 10.1007/s11370-007-0011-2
  19. LOBO MA., GALLOWAY JC. (2008) Postural and Object-Oriented Experiences Advance Early Reaching, Object Exploration, and Means–End Behavior. Child Development. 79(6): 1869-1890.
  20. LEE HM., GALLOWAY JC. (2008) Toy-oriented changes in early arm movements IV: The coordination of hand, shoulder and elbow. Infant Behavior and Development. 31:447-469.
  21. HEATHCOCK, J., LOBO, M. GALLOWAY, JC. (2008) Movement training advances the emergence of reaching in infants born less than 33 weeks gestational age. Physical Therapy 88: 310-322
  22. LYNCH A., LEE, HM., BHAT, A., GALLOWAY, JC. (2008) No Stable Arm Preference During the Pre-reaching Period: A comparison of right and left hand kinematics with and without a toy present. Developmental Psychobiology. 2008 50:390-8
  23. TSENG, Y., GALLOWAY, JC., SCHOLZ, JP. (2008) The organization of intra-limb and inter-limb synergies in response to different joint dynamics. Experimental Brain Research DOI 10.1007/s00221-008-1616-1
  24. LYNCH, A., GALLOWAY, JC (accepted, 2009) Power Mobility Training for a 7-month-old Infant with Spina Bifida. Pediatric Physical Therapy
  25. HEATHCOCK, J., GALLOWAY, JC (2009) Exploring Objects with Feet Advances Movement in Infants Born Preterm: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Physical Therapy

Under Review

  • FENG J., GALLOWAY JC., DIEDRICH FJ., ANDREATTA RD., FINAN DS., BARLOW SM., THELEN E. (Under Review) Reflex sensitivity during active leg kicking in young infants. Developmental Psychobiology
  • BHAT, AN., GALLOWAY, JC., LANDA, RJ. (Under Review) Visual attention patterns and associative learning in infants at risk for autism. Development and Psychopathology

In Preparation

  • GALLOWAY, JC., ALBERS, RJN., WINOLD, H., THELEN, E. Interlimb coordination during cello playing. Experimental Brain Research
  • FENG, J., WINOLD, H., GALLOWAY, JC., THELEN, E. Intralimb coordination during cello playing. Experimental Brain Research
  • GALLOWAY, JC., THELEN, E. Shoulder and elbow kinematic characteristics in the first year: Evidence for continuity between purposeful reaching and early arm movements. Infant Behavior and Development.
  • GALLOWAY, JC., BHAT, A., HEATHCOCK, J., LOBO, M., MANAL, K. Differential joint control: Shoulder-elbow dynamics during vertical reaches across speeds and body positions. Human Movement Science.
  • LYNCH A., LEE HM., GALLOWAY JC. The application of developmental psychobiological principles to pediatric physical therapy. Pediatric Physical Therapy.

Articles Published by Editoral Invitation

Peer Reviewed Abstracts

Adult Motor Control

    1. KOSHLAND GF., GALLOWAY, JC., LICTENHAN RF. (1995) Variability of Two-three Joint Human Arm Movements. Soc Neurosci Abstracts 21: 686.
    2. GALLOWAY, JC., KOSHLAND GF. (1997) Differential Control: A Generalizable Rule for Multijoint Arm Movements? Soc Neurosci Abstracts 32: 2088.
    3. KOSHLAND GF., GALLOWAY, JC. (1998)  A Novel Muscle Strategy for Normal-like Kinematics of Arm Reaching in a Person after Spinal-cord Injury.  Soc Neurosci Abstracts 24: 1665
    4. ALBERS RJN., GALLOWAY, JC., WINOLD H., THELEN E. (1999) Interlimb Coordination in Cellists is Multiply Determined.  Soc Neurosci Abstracts.
    5. GALLOWAY, JC., BHAT A., HEATHCOCK J., MANAL K., LOBO M. (2001) Shoulder and Elbow Dynamics During Vertical Arm Movements of Various Directions and Speeds: Implications for Development. Soc Neurosci Abstracts.
    6. GALLOWAY, JC., BHAT A., HEATHCOCK J., LOBO M. (2002) Shoulder and Elbow Dynamics During Vertical Arm Movements of Various Directions and Speeds: Implications for Development. J SPORT EXERCISE PSY 24: 56-57 Suppl. 
    7. Galloway, JC., Bhat A., Heathcock J., Manal K., Lobo M. (2003) Shoulder and Elbow Dynamics During Vertical Arm Movements of Various Directions and Speeds. APTA Annual Conference.

Infant motor development

  1. GALLOWAY, JC., THELEN E. (1999) Joint Excursions in the First Year of Reaching:  Non-linear Progression with Differential Control Between the Shoulder and Elbow.  Progress in Motor Control II.
  2. GALLOWAY, JC., THELEN E. (2000) Joint excursion characteristics in the first year of reaching display a proximal to distal pattern.  International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS).
  3. GALLOWAY, JC. (2001) Feet First:  Object Exploration in Human Infants. Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
  4. BATE P., GALLOWAY, JC. (2001) Development of Turning in Sitting. SRCD.
  5. GALLOWAY, JC., HEATHCOCK J., BHAT A., LOBO M. (2002) Feet Reaching: The Interaction of Experience and Ability.  ICIS.
  6. GALLOWAY, JC., HEATHCOCK J., BHAT A., LOBO M. (2002) Feet Reaching: the Interaction of Experience and Ability in Fullterm Infants. J SPORT EXERCISE PSY 24: 57-58 Suppl. S JUN.
  7. GALLOWAY, JC., HEATHCOCK J., BHAT A., LOBO M. (2002) Feet Reaching: The Interaction of Experience and Ability in Preterm Infants.  J SPORT EXERCISE PSY 24: 57-57 Suppl. S JUN.
  8. GALLOWAY, JC., HEATHCOCK J., BHAT A., LOBO M. (2002) Learning in Fullterm and Preterm Infants:  Implications for Intervention with ‘Prefunctional’ Infants.  APTA Annual Conference.
  9. LOBO MA., GALLOWAY, JC, SAVELSBERGH GJP. (2003) General v. Specific Movement Training of Hand and Foot Reaching in Infants.  APTA Annual Conference.
  10. LOBO MA., GALLOWAY, JC., SAVELSBERGH GJP. (2003) The Effects of General and Specific Practice on the Development of Hand Reaching in Infants. NASPSPA.
  11. LOBO MA., GALLOWAY, JC., SAVELSBERGH GJP. (2004) General and Task-related Experiences Effect Early Object Interaction. Toy-oriented Changes in Hand and Joint Kinematics During Early Infancy: A Cross-sectional Study. ICIS
  12. HEATHCOCK J., BHAT A., LOBO M., GALLOWAY, JC. (2004) Relative Interlimb Kicking Frequency of Full-term and Preterm Infants in the Mobile Paradigm. ICIS
  13. BHAT A., HEATHCOCK J., LOBO M., GALLOWAY, JC. (2004) Spatio-temporal patterns of Early Arm Movements.  ICIS
  14. DUFF S., BHAT A., HEATHCOCK J., KOZIN S., GALLOWAY, JC. (2004) Novel Movement Training in Infants with Erb's Palsy.  NASPSPA.
  15. LOBO MA., GALLOWAY, JC., SAVELSBERGH GJP. (2005) General & Task-related Experiences Affect Early Object Iinteraction. Motor Development & Learning In Infancy II (MDL II).
  16. LOBO MA., GALLOWAY, JC. (2005) Effects of Social, Postural, and Task-related Experiences on Infants' Abilities to Contact & Explore Objects. MDL II.
  17. HEATHCOCK J., GALLOWAY, JC. (2005) The Effect of Enhanced Movement Experience on Motor Behavior of Preterm Infants: Performance in the Mobile Paradigm. MDL II.
  18. HEATHCOCK J., GALLOWAY, JC. (2005) The Effect of Enhanced Movement Experience on Motor Behavior of Preterm Infants:  Emergence of Hand and Feet Reaching. MDL II.
  19. HEATHCOCK J., BHAT A., LOBO M., GALLOWAY, JC. (2005) Performance of Full-term and Preterm Infants in the Mobile Paradigm: Learning, Memory and Kicking Patterns. MDL II.
  20. LEE H., BHAT A., HEATHCOCK J., LOBO M., GALLOWAY, JC. (2005) The Emergence of Purposeful Reaching 1: Cross Sectional Changes in Toy-oriented hand and Joint Kinematics.  MDL II.
  21. HEATHCOCK J., MACKLEY A., PAUL D., GALLOWAY, JC. (2006) The Effect of Movement Training on Spontaneous Kicking and Reaching in Preterm Infants. Annual Pediatric Academies Societies Meeting.
  22. HEATHCOCK J., GALLOWAY, JC. (2006) The Effect of Movement Training on Spontaneous Kicking and Learning in Preterm Infants. ICIS (Japan).
  23. HEATHCOCK J., GALLOWAY, JC. (2006) The Effect of Movement Training on Hand Reaching in Preterm Infants.  ICIS (Japan).
  24. LOBO M., GALLOWAY, JC. (2006) Postural and Task-related Experiences Advance Infants' Abilities to Contact and Explore Objects. ICIS (Japan).
  25. BHAT A., GALLOWAY, JC., LANDA R. (2007) Learning, Visual Attention, Affect and Coordination in Young Infants at Risk for Autism and Typically Developing Infants. SRCD.
  26. HEATHCOCK JC., GALLOWAY, JC. (2007) The Effects of Movement Training on the Development of Hand Reaching in Infants Born Preterm. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.
  27. HEATHCOCK JC., GALLOWAY, JC. (2007) The Effects of Movement Training on Performance in the Mobile Paradigm in Infants Born Preterm.  North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.
  28. HEATHCOCK JC., GALLOWAY, JC. (2007) The Effects of Movement Training on Early Skill Development of Infants Born Preterm. EACD, Groningen, the Netherlands.
  29. HEATHCOCK JC., GALLOWAY, JC. (2007) Early Object Contacts with the Feet and Hands in Infants Born Preterm. Annual Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association.
  30. LYNCH A., LEE H., BHAT A., GALLOWAY, JC. (2008) Hand Dominance is not Stable in the Pre-reaching Period. International Conference for Infant Studies, Vancouver, Canada.
  31. LEE H., BHAT A., GALLOWAY, JC. (2008) Developmental Coordination Changes in Arm Movements with and without a Toy Present Over the Pre-reaching Period. International Conference for Infant Studies, Vancouver, Canada.
  32. LOBO MA., GALLOWAY, JC. (2008) Postural & Object-oriented Experiences
    Advance Early Reaching, Object Exploration, and Means-end Behavior.
    International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver, Canada.
  33. BHAT A., GALLOWAY, JC., and LANDA RL. (2009) Fine-motor and Gross-motor Delays in Infants at Risk for Autism in the First Half Year of Life. American Physical Therapy Association, Combined Sections Meeting.
  34. HEATHCOCK JC., GALLOWAY, JC. (2009) Early Object Exploration with the Feet in Infants Born Preterm. American Physical Therapy Association, Combined Sections Meeting.
  35. BHAT A., WONG C., GALLOWAY, JC., and LANDA RL. (2009) A Comparison of Reaching Coordination and Arm Postures Between Infant Siblings of Children with Autism and Typically Developing Infants at 3 and 6 Months of Age. International Meeting for Autism Research.
  36. BHAT A., DOWNING K., GALLOWAY, JC., and LANDA RL. (2009) A Comparison of Object Exploration Strategies Between Infant Siblings of Children with Autism and Typically Developing Infants at 6 Months of Age. International Meeting for Autism Research.
  37. LEE HM., GALLOWAY, JC. (2009) The Effect of Early, Intensive Posture, and Movement Training on Head Control, Prereaching Movements, and Early Reaching Behaviors. APTA Annual Conference.
  38. LOBO MA., GALLOWAY, JC. (2009) Early Object Exploration in Infancy: Effects of the Onset of Reaching and Gestational Age at Birth. APTA Annual Conference.
  39. LYNCH A., GALLOWAY, JC. (2009) Power Mobility Training for a 7-Month-old Infant with Spina Bifida. APTA Annual Conference.
     


 

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DR. GALLOWAY IN THE NEWS(top)

COMMITTEES & SERVICES (top)

Journal related service

  • Editorial Board Member, Physical Therapy. 2006-present.
  • Manuscript reviewer: J. Neurophysiology, Experimental Brain Research, Child Development, Infant Behavior and Development, Neurology Report, Motor Control, Physical Therapy, Pediatric Physical Therapy, J. Biomechanics, J. Applied Development, Brain and Language, Infant and Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Neuroscience Letters, Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Grant related service

  • Ad hoc Study Section Member, NIH; Psychosocial Development, Risk, and Prevention Study Section
  • Ad hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation
  • Ad hoc Study Section Member, DOE, National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research

National

  • Judge, International Science and Engineering Fair, Tucson, AZ
  • National Task Force on Research in the Clinic, Neurology Section, APTA. 1996-1997
  • State Representative, Delaware Chapter, Society for Neuroscience. 2001-present
  • NASPSPA conference abstract reviewer: Motor Development. 2003
  • Reviewer, Amer. Assoc. Advancement of Science, Women's International Science Collaboration Program. 2003

Regional

  • Regional Action Agenda Council, Dept. of Rehabilitative Services, Virginia State Agency. 1991-92
  • Executive Committee, Physiological Sciences Program, Univ. of Arizona. 1994-1995
  • Graduate Student Member, Physiological Sciences Program 5 year Internal/External Review. 1995
  • Coordinator, Student Forum, Physiological Sciences Program, Univ. of Arizona. 1996  
  • Activity Committee, Physiological Sciences Program, Univ. of Arizona. 1996-1997
  • Judge, Southern Arizona Regional Science, Math and Engineering Fair, Tucson, AZ. 1997-98

University

  • Admissions Committee, Dept. of Physical Therapy. 2000 -present  
  • Senator (Physical Therapy), College of Arts and Science. 2001-present
  • Program Council, Early Learning Center, CHEP. 2002-present
  • Faculty Search Committee, Motor Development, Dept. of Health and Exercise Sciences. 2002
  • Faculty Search Committee, Behavioral Neuroscience, Dept of Psychology. 2003-2004
  • Staff Search Committee, Early Learning Center, CHEP. 2004
  • UD Human Subjects Review Board. 2008-present

Department

  • Safety Committee
  • Admissions Committee
  • Academic Advisory Committee
  • Curriculum Commitee

PRESENTATIONS & SEMINARS (top)

Invited Presentations
Motor Control: Development

  • "Joint excursion characteristics in the first year of reaching", Developmental Seminar, Indiana Univ., Sept. 1999.
  • "Lifespan coordination of reaching behavior", Developmental Seminar, Indiana Univ., March 1999
  • “Reaching and Object Exploration”, Division of Graduate Medical Education, Seton Hall Univ., May, 2000.
  • "The search for general features of coordination”, Univ. of Maryland Dept of Physical Therapy, Baltimore, Oct. 2000.
  • “Development of the infant”, Shenandoah University, April 2001.
  • “Infant motor development”, UD Biomechanics and Movement Science seminar, Sept. 2001
  • “Developmental principles: Application to functional retraining”, UD Continuing Education, Dec. 2001
  • “Infant motor development: Transition to Function”, Early Experience Research Group, UD, March 2002.. 2001
  • “Development and coordination of purposeful limb movement”, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Aug. 2003.
  • “Development and coordination of purposeful limb movement”, Dept. of Kinesiology, Univ. of Maryland, Oct. 2003.
  • “Development and coordination of purposeful limb movement”, Doings in Motor Control, Univ. of Arizona, Jan. 2004.
  • “The neurobiology of early intervention”, BIOMS seminar, UD, March 2004.
  • “Learning and coordination: Assessment of the young infant”, Neonatal Grand Rounds, Christiana Medical Center, Oct. 2004.
  • “The emergence of purposeful control in early Infancy: Implications for EI.” Combined Sections Meeting, New Orleans, Feb. 2005
  • “Motor learning assessment for infants at risk for CP” at Motor learning based intervention for children with cerebral palsy. Shriners Hospital, Philadelphia, April 2005.
  • “The emergence of purposeful behaviors in early infancy”, at The Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities. Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, April 2005.
  • “The emergence of reaching” at Motor Development and Learning in Infancy II, Spain, May 2005.
  • “The emergence of purposeful behaviors in early infancy”, at AI DuPont Conference on Pediatric Physical Therapy, Wilmington, DE, June 2005.
  • “The emergence of purposeful movement: the role of learning, experience and biomechanics”, at International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan, June 2006.
  • “Babies Gone Wild: Recent Adventures of the Infant Behavior Lab” Delaware Biotechnology Institute Seminar Series, Sept. 2007
  • "Why the Time is Right for Infant Power Wheelchair Training” Delaware Physical Therapy Association Meeting, Oct. 2008
  • "The role of experience in the emergence of early motor skills: Supporting and surprising evidence for early intervention of infants at risk for long term motor impairments." Japanese Society of Behavioral Development in Infancy, January, 2009.
  • "The role of biomechanics and experience in the emergence of reaching" Tokyo University, January, 2009.
  • "Babies Driving Robots: Robot Enhanced Early Mobility" (keynote address) AI DuPont Pediatric Physical Therapy Conference, May 2009
  • "Access to Independence: Why the time is right for the infant power mobility." Permobil's "The Power of You” conference, Nashville, July 2009
  • "Access to Independence: Why the time is right for the infant power mobilityin Japan." Japanese Society of Behavioral Development in Infancy, Tokyo, January, 2009.
  • "Mobility Immersion: Preschoolers driving robots..in the classroom!" School of Education, UD September 2009

Motor Control: Adult

  • "The coordination of transport and grasp in human reaching", Univ. of Arizona, March, 1994
  • "Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy", Muscle Physiology Colloquium, Univ. of Arizona, 1995-1996
  • "History of neurorehabilitation", Motor Control Seminar, Univ. of Arizona, May, 1995
  • "Non-intuitive relationships between muscle activity and joint motion in arm movements", Univ. of Arizona, Feb, 1995
  • "Variability of 2 JT vs. 3 JT human arm movements", Physiological Sciences Program, November, 1995
  • "The control of body orientation and equilibrium in vertebrates", Motor Control Colloquium, April, 1996.
  • "Muscle torque-joint velocity relationships during multijoint arm movement", Univ. of Arizona, October, 1996
  • "Muscle torque-joint velocity relationships in launching the arm", Motor Control Seminar, Univ. of Arizona, Nov. 1996
  • "Using biomechanics to discuss neural control ", Physical Therapy, Arizona Health Sciences School, Nov. 1997
  • "Differential control: muscle roles in multijoint arm movements", Univ. of Kentucky, Physical Therapy, Jan. 1998
  • "Muscle torque roles in arm movements", Arizona State Soc. for Neuroscience, Arizona State Univ., Jan. 1998
  • "Muscle torque roles in arm movements", Motor Control Seminar, Univ. of Arizona, Jan. 1998
  • "Differential control: a general strategy for initiating arm movements?", Combined Sections, APTA, Boston, Feb. 1998
  • "Biomechanics of dexterity: modern thoughts on Bernstein’s problems" Motor Control Colloquium, Feb. 1998
  • "Differential control: muscle roles in multijoint arm movements", Indiana Univ., April 1998
  • "Interlimb coordination of playing the cello", Doings in Motor Control Seminar, Univ. of Arizona, April 1999.

Clinical Seminars

Spinal Cord Rehabilitation

  • Physical Therapy Management of Individuals with Complete Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)", Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC), Oct. 1989-1991.
  • "Physical Therapy Management of Individuals with Incomplete SCI", WWRC, April 1990-1991.
  • "Physical Therapy Management of Individuals with SCI: Accent on Independence", WWRC, 1992

Stroke Rehabilitation

  • "Neuroscience Update", WWRC, June, 1991. "Evaluation/Program Planning for Individuals following CVA", Med. College of Virginia, 1991-1993.
  • "Evaluation of Motor Control in Stroke Rehabilitation", WWRC, 1991-1992
  • "An Overview of Stroke Evaluation and Program Planning", WWRC, 1991-1992.

Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation

  • "Evaluation and Program Planning of Individuals following TBI", WWRC, April, 1991. “Evaluation and Program Planning of an Individual with TBI”, UD PT Rounds, 2002.
  • “Novel approach to DPT education: Traumatic Brain Injury”, Delaware Brain Injury Association, Nov. 2003.
  • “Update on teaching strategies: Traumatic Brain Injury”, Delaware Brain Injury Association, Feb. 2005.

Research Utilization in Neurorehabilitation

  • "Theory in the Clinic: You're Better When You Think", Virginia Physical Therapy Association (VPTA), August, 1991.
  • "Foundations for Establishing a Research-Based Clinical Practice", VPTA State Conference, April, 1992.
  • "Single Subject Design as a Clinical Assessment Tool", WWRC, February, 1992.
  • "Clinical theory building and modern motor control theory", Dept. of Physical Therapy, Northern Arizona Univ., 1995
  • "Clinical Theory Building: thinking about research’s role in clinical practice", Physical therapy program, Arizona Health Sciences School, Nov. 1997
  • "Clinical Theory Building II: a role for research in the clinic", Physical therapy program, Arizona Health Sciences School of the KCOM, Dec. 1997

Clinical Neurophysiology and Motor Control

  • "Clinical Neurophysiology", Southern Arizona Rehabilitation Hospital, January, 1994.
  • "Lifespan Development of Reaching", Feldenkrais Workshop, Bloomington, IN, April, 1999.

Assistive Technology in Rehabilitation

  • "Recreating the Wheel: The Hows and Whys of Wheelchairs and Seating", WWRC, March, 1992.

Program/Seminar Development

  • Evaluation/Program Planning for Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke and Head Trauma Clients, WWRC, 1991
  • Foundations for Establishing a Research-Based Clinical Practice, VPTA State Conference. 1992
  • Neurorehabilitation Update, Southern Arizona Rehabilitation Hospital, Tucson. 1995
  • Falling in the Elderly, Southern Arizona Rehabilitation Hospital, Tucson. 1995
  • Faculty Research Day/Poster Session, Dept. of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware. 2000-2003
  • Organizer, Grass Foundation Lecturer, Society for Neuroscience Delaware Chapter. 2001, 2003
  • “The emergence of purposeful movement” symposium within Motor Development Research Consortium. 2004
  • “The emergence of purposeful control” symposium within NASPSPA Annual Conference. 2005
  • Issues in Early Intervention: Science, Intervention, Policy & Reality, Iowa Dept of Education. 2006
  • "The Psychological Antecedents and Consequences of Powered Mobility Training" within the International Conference on Infant Studies, 2008
  • "Access to Independence: Why the time is right for infant power mobility" within United Cerebral Palsy Conference, 2008
  • "Access to Independence: Why the time is right for infant power mobility" within APTA Combined Sections meeting, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

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