Neuro Collaborative Lab
Research
Dr. Clarkin research focuses primarily on impact of exercise and physical activity on function and quality of life in populations living with neurologic and neurodegenerative disease.
She is interested in understanding the underlying neural correlates driving neuroplasticity in these populations and harnessing those principles to inform clinical practice,
She believes strongly in interprofessional, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research and therefore has pursued a variety of projects related to neuroplasticity and neurodegenerative disease, specifically, Parkinson’s disease.
which will contribute to the improvement and expansion of our community program as well as work force development of PT students within this patient population.
We would like to acknowledge and thank the following funding sources:
- The Parkinson’s Foundation Physical Therapy Faculty Award (12-month and $10,000 award) – Impact of Student-Led Community-Based Parkinson’s Exercise Group Program (PEG).
- Advanced Clinical Translation Research (Adv-CTR) Pilot Study Grant (12-month and $37,428 award) – EMPOWER PD
- RI Foundation Medical Research Grant (18-month and $24,827 award) – An Active-Assisted (AAE-Theracycle) vs Self-selected Exercise (SSE-NuStep) Intervention in People with PD