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 Citlali Lopez-Ortiz

Citlali Lopez-Ortiz, PhD

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, PM&R, Feinberg School of Medicine, NU

Locations

Research Interests

Citlali Lopez-Ortiz, PhD is currently researching movement coordination and motor learning through dance in children with cerebral palsy.

Awards & Recognition

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Post-doctoral Training Award (F-32) 2007-2008. National Institutes of Health. Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University.

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Post-doctoral Training Award (T-32) 2005-2007. National Institutes of Health. Sensory Motor Performance Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Engineering and Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University.

Virginia Horne Henry Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship. 2000-2001. School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Highest graduate student award.

Vilas Professional Development Award, 2000. The Graduate School. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Marie L. Carns Fellowship, 1999-2000 and 1998-1999. Department of Kinesiology, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Out of state tuition remission and full stipend award.

Recent Publications & Presentations

López-Ortiz, C., O’Shea, R., Deon L., Mussa-Ivaldi F., Gaebler-Spira, D. (2010). Music and movement coordination in children with cerebral palsy (in preparation.)

Alibigalou, L., López-Ortiz, C., Brown D. A., (2009). Phase dependence of lower limb muscle activity in locomotion after stroke Journal of Neurophysiology Nov;102(5):2856-65. Epub 2009 Sep 9.

López-Ortiz, C. (2007). Unintended muscle activity influences interlimb coordination in locomotion after stroke. Motor Control, 11:S244.

Gruben K. G., López-Ortiz, C., and Schmidt, M. W. (2003). The control of foot force during pushing efforts against a moving pedal. Experimental Brain Research, 148:50-61.

Gruben, K.G., López-Ortiz, C., and C. Giachetti, R. S. (2003). Muscular and postural components of lower limb forces during quasi-static extension efforts. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 19:239-245

Schmidt, M.W., López-Ortiz, C., Barrett, P. S., Rogers. L. M., Gruben, K. G. (2003). Foot force direction in an isometric moving task. Experimental Brain Research, 150:245-254.

Gruben, K. and López-Ortiz, C. (2000) Characteristics of the force applied to a pedal during human pushing efforts. Journal of Motor Behavior, 32:151-162.

Research Studies

Education & Training

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. , 2001
State University of New York at Brockport
M.A. , 1994
National Autonomous University of Mexico
B.S. , 1991

Fellowships

NRSA/NIH Post-doctoral Fellow Individual Award
Post-doctoral Fellow , 2007
NRSA/NIH Post-doctoral Fellow Institutional Award
Post-doctoral Fellow , 2005
Virginia Horne Henry Fellowship
Research Fellow , 2000
Marie L. Carns Fellowship
Research Fellow , 1998

Curriculum Vitae

View curriculum vitae online.