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• I am an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Physical Therapy, East Carolina University, NC. I am also the Director of Pediatric Assessment and Rehabilitation Laboratory (PEARL), the primary focus of which is to investigate brain structure and function relationship and the effects of different interventions to improve functional outcomes in children with cerebral palsy (CP). I am an early stage investigator and authored numerous publications that have focused on rehabilitation outcomes of children with CP. My skill sets are clinical trials, intensive behavioral interventions, biomechanical, and neuroimaging techniques.