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Hawe and Guy's project is titled "Data-driven Metrics for Upper-Limb Motor Assessment in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders".

Dr. Hawe presented on the topic of cerebral palsy and cerebral visual impairment, specifically how to distinguish motor and visual impairments.

Rachel Hawe's grant is entitled "Video-based analysis of bilateral arm use in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy".

Burgardt has been a member of the lab since January 2023 and has been integral to designing robotic tasks that measure different aspects of bilateral coordination.

Members of the NeuroRehabilitation Across the Lifespan (NeuRAL) Laboratory, led by Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine in Chicago, IL.

Dr. Rachel Hawe and other NeuRAL lab members obtained data from nearly 200 participants at local fairs.

Dr. Rachel Hawe and Ryan Burgardt, undergraduate research assistant, presented at the Clinical Motor Control meeting in Chicago.

On April 19, twenty high school students from Minnetonka High School visited the NeuroRehabilitation Across the Lifespan (NeuRAL) Laboratory to learn about how technology can be used to study neurologic impairments.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuroRehabilitation Across the Lifespan (NeuRAL) Laboratory, and Viola Winter and Qiying Huang, two doctoral students from the Human Sensorimotor Control Lab (HSCL) presented their research on the use of robotic devices for neurorehabilitation at the Design of Medical Devices Conference.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuroRehabilitation Across the Lifespan (NeuRAL) Laboratory, presented work from the NeuRAL lab in a talk entitled "Visual Strategies in Motor Planning and Execution in Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy" at the annual meeting of the American Society of Neurorehabilitation in Charleston, SC.

Jagar Hansen received research support through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).

Rachel Hawe, Jed Elison (ICD), and Emmanual Bonney (ICD) have been awarded CEHD Jump Start funding for their project "A Novel Approach to Precision Characterization of Motor Function in Autism".

The School of Kinesiology congratulates professor Rachel Hawe, DPT, PhD, on her appointment as a 2023-25 McKnight Land-Grant Professor.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, was recently featured in the American Society for Neurorehabilitation's (ASNR) "Career Pathways" blog describing her career path encompassing engineering, physical therapy, and neuroscience.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, received a Grant-In-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship for her proposal entitled "Identifying Impairments in Bilateral Coordination and Neural Correlates in Individuals Post-Stroke."

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, and Ally Richardson, masters student, presented a poster entitled "Examining the role of vision in upper extremity movements in typically developing children" at the Society for Neuroscience Conferences in San Diego, CA.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, traveled to Penn State University last week to give two invited talks.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the NeuRAL Lab, recently co-authored an article that was published in the journal Neurology entitled "Observational Study of Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Severe Upper Limb Impairment After Stroke."

Rachel Hawe, PhD, was invited to give virtual talks at the University of Southern California's Neurorehabilitation Seminar Series and University of Florida's Neuromechanics Seminar Series in April.

Rachel Hawe, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, was an invited speaker (remotely) for the Virginia Tech - Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series on January 21.

Hawe presents at World Congress of Biomechanics in Vancouver

At the World Congress, Hawe's talk discussed the NeuRAL Lab's work at the State Fair on measuring reaching abilities.

sweet006 Mon, 07/13/2026 - 15:54

Hawe presents invited talk at Midwest Robotics Workshop

Rachel Hawe presented an invited talk on robotic assessments at the Midwest Robotics Workshop in Chicago.

sweet006 Fri, 06/12/2026 - 09:58

NeuRAL Lab PhD candidates Asante and Ziccardi awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships

Doctoral students Desmond Asante and Shelby Ziccardi of the SoK NeuRAL Lab have been awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships.

sweet006 Thu, 06/11/2026 - 13:31

School of Kinesiology Labs participate in 2026 Strides for Stroke Walk

Members of the School of Kinesiology's Disability and WELLness, Neurorehabilitation Across the Lifespan, Human Sensorimotor Control, and Integrative Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology Laboratories, along with their friends and families, participated in the 2026 Strides for Stroke Walk.

sweet006 Thu, 05/28/2026 - 19:09

Bernard Sam awarded CATSS Summer Fellowship

Doctoral student Bernard Sam has been awarded a CATSS Summer Fellowship.

sweet006 Thu, 04/16/2026 - 14:22

NeuRAL Lab presents at American Society of Neurorehabilitation

Doctoral students Desmond Asante and Bernard Sam presented posters at the ASNR in Long Beach.

sweet006 Thu, 03/26/2026 - 11:55

Several Kinesiology students accepted into the University's Pathways to Research Program (PReP)

Several Kinesiology labs have had their students accepted into the University's PreP program: Sean Killip from ICEPL (Craighead), Jolee Olsen from NeuRAL (Hawe), Emily Shalit from DWELL (Kringle), Stella Lawerteh from MIND (Bonney).

sweet006 Mon, 03/16/2026 - 13:29

Hawe presents at Center for Clinical Movement Science Colloquium

Dr. Rachel Hawe gave a presentation on computer vision and clinical assessment at the Center for Clinical Movement Science Colloquium.

sweet006 Wed, 02/18/2026 - 08:22

Asante awarded ASNR Diversity Travel Fellowship

Doctoral candidate Desmond Asante has been awarded travel funding and annual conference registration from the American Society of Neurorehabilitation.

sweet006 Thu, 01/29/2026 - 11:03

NeuRAL lab publishes in Journal of Neurophysiology

Dr. Rachel Hawe, Master's alumna Ally Richardson, and RA Triet Liu have published their work on a novel paradigm allowing examination of how vision affects children's complex arm movements.

sweet006 Wed, 01/07/2026 - 05:46

NeuRAL Lab publishes in Journal of Motor Behavior

Triet Lu, OTD, and colleagues at the SoK's NeuRAL Lab published on assessing the roles of vision and somatosensation in the Journal of Motor Behavior.

sweet006 Mon, 01/05/2026 - 09:09

Hawe, Asante, and colleagues publish in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Dr. Rachel Hawe, along with doctoral student Desmond Asante and colleagues, have published in the journal, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience.

sweet006 Mon, 12/22/2025 - 13:48

Tian Yu, undergraduate in NeuRAL Lab, receives UROP award

NeuRAL undergrad Tian Yu has received a 2026 spring semester UROP award to look at how to quantify compensatory movements in individuals with stroke.

sweet006 Tue, 12/02/2025 - 14:34

Asante presents at CATSS Fall Symposium

Desmond Asante, doctoral student in the NeuRAL Lab, presented a talk at CATSS 10th Anniversary Symposium.

sweet006 Thu, 10/30/2025 - 16:29

Hawe co-authors publication in Clinical Neurophysiology

Rachel Hawe, PhD, has co-authored Clinical Neurophysiology paper, "Abnormal mu rhythm state-related cortical and corticospinal responses in chronic stroke" in Clinical Neurophysiology.

sweet006 Tue, 10/14/2025 - 16:02

Asante and Hawe publish in Smart Health

Doctoral student Desmond Asante and assistant professor Rachel Hawe, PhD, publish "Comparing Robotic and Computer Vision Assessments of Unilateral and Bilateral Reaching in Healthy Adults" in Smart Health.

sweet006 Tue, 09/30/2025 - 13:54

Hawe awarded CTSI Outstanding Junior Mentor of the Year Award

Rachel Hawe, PhD, was awarded the 2025 CTSI Outstanding Junior Mentor of the Year award at the CTSI Translational Science Symposium & Poster Session

sweet006 Thu, 09/18/2025 - 07:07

Hawe receives grant with Children's Minnesota

Hawe and Grinde are exploring whether a computer vision analysis is more sensitive to changes than traditional clinical assessments for children with cerebral palsy.

boike037 Wed, 06/25/2025 - 11:51

Undergraduate receives summer UROP funding for research in NeuRAL Lab

McPhee will be working on robotic assessments in children with cerebral palsy, focused on bilateral coordination.

boike037 Wed, 05/21/2025 - 15:19

NeuRAL Lab presents at American Society of Neurorehabilitation

Desmond Asante, PhD student in the NeuRAL Lab, presented a poster titled "Examining Two Methods of Quantitative Assessment of Bimanual Coordination in Older Adults."

boike037 Fri, 04/25/2025 - 08:32