Research Interests
Investigation of risk factors for injury or disability during the performance of goal-directed movements • Age-related and disease-related changes in postural control • Behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying postural and gait dysfunction in older adults with and without neurological disorders • Non-linear dynamical analysis of short and noisy time series data
Education
- Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2012
- M.S., Biomedical Engineering (Biomechanics Concentration), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2003
Additional Campus Affiliations
Teaching Associate Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Research Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
Teaching Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
Affiliate, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Recent Publications
Choi, S., Seo, J. Y., Hernandez, M., & Kitsiou, S. (2024). Conversational agents in mHealth: use patterns, challenges, and design opportunities for individuals with visual impairments. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-024-00409-7
Holtzer, R., Choi, J., Motl, R. W., Foley, F. W., Wagshul, M. E., Hernandez, M. E., & Izzetoglu, M. (2024). Brain control of dual-task walking can be improved in aging and neurological disease. GeroScience, 46(3), 3169-3184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-01054-3
Motl, R. W., Foley, F. W., Picone, M. A., Lipton, M. L., Izzetoglu, M., Hernandez, M. E., & Holtzer, R. (2024). Initial validation of the university of Alabama Birmingham study of aging life-space assessment in older adults with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 82, Article 105354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2023.105354
Bishnoi, A., Shankar, M., Lee, R., Hu, Y., & Hernandez, M. E. (2023). Effects of Therapeutic Intervention on Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Adults With Neurologic Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 104(3), 451-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.06.003
Elshourbagy, A., Eltaras, M. M., Abdalshafy, H., Javed, S., Sadaney, A. O., Harrigan, T. P., Mills, K. A., Hernandez, M. E., & Brašić, J. R. (2023). Feasibility of virtual low-cost quantitative continuous measurement of movements in the extremities of people with Parkinson's disease. MethodsX, 11, Article 102230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102230