RIC Patient Stories

Eric Edmundson

Eric Edumundson

Eric, a military veteran, received a complex combination of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and anoxic brain injury (ABI) due to a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq.

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Michele Lee

Michele Lee

Michele Lee found a career and an aptitude for art through RIC's Second Look program.

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Eric Weil

Eric Weil

Eric, a pediatrician working in Chicago, participated in RIC's prime-of-life program to recover the abilities that drive his life.

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Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis took part in rehabilitation including robot-assisted therapy to advance her ability.

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Omar Al-Dhafiri

Omar and his father traveled from Kuwait to Chicago for Omar's care after he sustained a traumatic brain injury.

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Photograph of Mark B. Shapiro

Mark B. Shapiro, PhD

  • Research Scientist, SMPP, RIC
  • Research Assistant Professor, PM&R, Northwestern University

Locations

Research Interests

Mark B. Shapiro, PhD is currently researching Computational Motor Control and Movement impairment in Parkinson’s disease.

Awards & Recognition

2000 NIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award

Research Studies

Education & Training

Education

University of Illinois, Chicago
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering , 1997
Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia
M.S., Electrical Engineering , 1985
Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia
B.S., Electrical Engineering , 1982

Fellowships

University of Illinois, Chicago
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow , 2002
University of Illinois, Chicago
Postdoctoral Fellow , 2000

Recent Publications & Presentations

Shapiro, M. B., Niu, C. M., Poon, C., David, F. J., Corcos, D. M. (in press). Proprioceptive feedback during point-to-point arm movements is tuned to the expected dynamics of the task. Exp Brain Res.

Sturman, M. M., Vaillancourt, D. E., Shapiro, M. B., Metman, L. V., Bakay, R. A., & Corcos, D. M. (2008). Effect of short and long term STN stimulation periods on parkinsonian signs. Mov Disord.

Shapiro, M.B., Vaillancourt, D.E., Sturman, M.M., Verhagen Metman, L., Bakay, R., & Corcos, D.M. (2007) Effects of STN DBS on rigidity in Parkinson’s Disease. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 15(2) 173-81.

Shapiro, M. B., Prodoehl, J., Corcos, D.M., and Gottlieb, G. L. (2005) Muscle activation is different when the same muscle acts as an agonist or antagonist during voluntary movement. Journal of Motor Behavior, 37 (2) 135-45.

Shapiro, M., Gottlieb, G. L., Corcos, D. M. (2004) EMG responses to an unexpected load in fast movements are delayed with increases in expected distance and load. Journal of Neurophysiology, 91 (5); 2135-47.

Shapiro, M.B, Gottlieb, G. L., Moore, C. G. and Corcos, D. M. (2002) Electromyographic responses to an unexpected load in fast voluntary movements: descending regulation of segmental reflexes. Journal of Neurophysiology, 88(2), 1059-1063.

Flament, D., Shapiro, M. B., Pfann, K. D., Moore, C. G., Penn, R. D. and Corcos, D. M. (2002) Reaction time is not impaired by stimulation of the ventral-intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (Vim) in patients with tremor. Movement Disorders, 17(3), 488-492.

Shapiro M. B., Kenyon R. V. (2000) Control variables in mechanical muscle models: a mini-review and a new model. Motor Control, 4(3):329-49.