Our lab’s mission is to pursue collaborative, rigorous, reproducible, and accessible science to enhance knowledge of:
- Human movement and its awe-inspiring, dynamic complexity in neurotypical and neuro-divergent individuals
- How the brain contributes to individual differences in sensory and motor engagement and changes during maturation, learning, and experience
- How movement patterns influence an individual’s participation in meaningful activities (i.e., occupations)
La misión de nuestro laboratorio es realizar ciencia colaborativa, rigurosa, reproducible y accesible para mejorar el conocimiento de:
- El movimiento humano y su impresionante complejidad dinámica en individuos neurotípicos y neuro-divergentes.
- Cómo el cerebro contribuye a diferencias individuales en la participación sensorial y motora y en cambios durante la maduración, el aprendizaje y experiencia.
- Cómo los patrones de movimiento influyen en la participación de un individuo en actividades significativas (es decir, ocupaciones).
Lab in the News
Outreach event
In August, Monica and Amelia had the chance to host a table at El Mercadito Hispano, the weekly community farmers market at Centro Hispano in Madison. They were invited to share brain health resources, including …
October 16, 2025Prelims passed
Monica Duran passed her initial prelims for the PhD portion of her MD-PhD program. She submitted the grant for this work in early March. She plans to look at brain correlates of the arousal network, …
May 13, 2025
Congratulations, Dr. Skaletski!
Emily Skaletski successfully defended her dissertation on Monday, April 14 at the Waisman Center. Following graduation, she will continue her research career at Northwestern University with a Community Living & Participation Fellowship, funded by NIDILRR, …
April 30, 2025
Community presentation
MD–PhD student, Monica Duran and undergraduate, Jacqueline Cano gave a presentation on research in the Motor and Brain Development Lab to a Spanish-speaking audience at the Catholic Multicultural Center early in the Spring 2025 semester.
April 24, 2025
Two recent awards
At the 2025 Gatlinburg Conference, Monica Duran and Olivia Surgent received two of six trainee awards of excellence. Monica received the David Zeaman Graduate Student Award, and Olivia was honored with the Theodore Tjossem Postdoctoral …
April 24, 2025- More Posts