Monica A. Perez, PT, PhD

Scientific Chair, Arms and Hands Lab
Member
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dr. Perez received a Ph.D. in physical therapy from the University of Miami School of Medicine. She attended the
University of Copenhagen as a post-doctoral fellow where she studied transmission in spinal cord networks. She then
completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Human Motor Human Cortical Physiology and Stroke Neurorehabilitation
Section at the National Institutes of Health, where she focused on studies of cortical physiology and plasticity. Her
main research interests are in understanding how the brain and spinal cord contribute to the control of voluntary
movements in healthy humans and in individuals with spinal cord injury. She uses this mechanistic knowledge to
develop rehabilitation therapies following CNS damage.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• Involuntary Motor Behaviors in Spinal Cord Injury : Mechanisms and Measurements

  Tuesday, November 8, 2022
  12:45 PM – 2:00 PM

• Assessing Functional Connectivity With Greater Specificity in Neurorehabilitation: Present and Future Applications

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  10:45 AM – 12:00 PM