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Citlali Lopez-Ortiz, PhD

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

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Research Interests

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

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

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 or Important Publications

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.

Curriculum Vitae

View curriculum vitae online.

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