Meet the Team
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Max Kurz, PhD
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
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Owais Khan, PhD
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
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Jennifer Kime, MS
LAB MANAGER
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Sarah Baker, MA
RESEARCH COORDINATOR
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Olyvia Jaramillo, BA
RESEARCH COORDINATOR
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Kanishka Baduni, PhD
RESEARCH ANALYST
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Katherine Scalzo, BA
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
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Logan White, MS
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
BOYS TOWN PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY COLLABORATORS
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Katie Bemis, PT, DPT, NCS
BOYS TOWN PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY
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Sharon Thompson, PT, DPT
BOYS TOWN PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY
Professional Collaborators
Gaelle Doucet, PhD Boys Town National Research Hospital, Institute for Human Neuroscience
Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, PhD Boys Town National Research Hospital, Institute for Human Neuroscience
Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD Creighton University, Department of Physical Therapy
Julie Peterson, PT, DPT Creighton University, Department of Physical Therapy
Kimberly Scott, PT, DPT, PhD Creighton University, Department of Physical Therapy
Brittany Taylor, PhD Boys Town National Research Hospital, Institute for Human Neuroscience
Tony Wilson, PhD Boys Town National Research Hospital, Institute for Human Neuroscience
ALUMNI
Melissa Scott-Pandorf, PhD, University of Houston, Integrative Physiology, 2008
Current: Lead Research Scientist at NASA.
Chris Arellano, MS, University of Houston, Integrative Physiology, 2008
Current: Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston.
David Arpin, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center, Medical Sciences, 2016
Current: Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Florida’s Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology under the direction of David Vaillancourt, PhD.
Brenda Davies, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Medical Sciences, 2016
Current: Associate Professor in the Kinesiology Department at Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Swati Sukar, PT, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Medical Sciences, 2016
Current: Assistant Professor in the Physical Therapy Department at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
James Gehringer, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2019
Current: Assistant Research Professor at University of Nebraska Medicine’s Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2020
Current: Assistant Professor at Creighton University’s Department of Physical Therapy.
Jacy VerMaas-Hannan, OTR/L, BCP, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2020
Current: Post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Brain Behavior & Biology at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Michael Trevarrow, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Neuroscience 2021
Current: Research Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
Saihari Dukkipati, MD/PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2022
Current: Post-doctoral Fellow, Research Scientist, Columbia University
Hannah Bergwell, MS, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2022 Current: Clinical Research Program Manager, Creighton University.
Erica Hinton, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, 2023
Current: Streck Inc.
Eibhlis Moriarty, MA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Clinical Psychology, TOPPS Laboratory 2024
Current: Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Morgan Busboom, PT, DPT, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Patient Orientated Research 2024
Current: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RESTORE, University of Colorado Physical Therapy Program