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Dr. Netta Gurari received her B.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Robotics, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences Department at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT). She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Institutes of Health Career Development Award, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering Dean’s Fellowship.
Dr. Gurari's overarching research goal is to apply her background in robotics to the field of quantitative systems neuroscience to develop a richer understanding of the human sensorimotor system and, in turn, to develop more effective treatments for those with compromised haptic perception and motor control. Her current research goal is to use robotic, neuroimaging, and psychology tools to: i) investigate on which behavioral tasks a proprioceptive impairment occurs in individuals with stroke, ii) determine how the impairment relates to neural structures that are affected post-stroke, and iii) develop a device-mediated training protocol to mitigate the proprioceptive impairment and, potentially, reorganize/rehabilitate the affected neural structures. Dr. Gurari is approaching this work by applying her knowledge in areas including haptics technologies, rehabilitation robotics, and psychophysics testing to conduct relevant research focused in this direction.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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PhD, Johns Hopkins University
… → 2010
Research interests
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Stroke
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Determination of the Recruitment of Indirect Motor Pathways in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke
Dewald, J. P. A., Yang, Y. & Gurari, N.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
7/16/19 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
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Upper-Extremity Torque Perceptual Impairments in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
8/20/18 → 8/19/23
Project: Research project
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Impact of Voluntary Muscle Activation on Stretch Reflex Excitability in Individuals With Hemiparetic Stroke
Patterson, J. R., Dewald, J. P. A., Drogos, J. M. & Gurari, N., Mar 8 2022, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 13, 764650.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of Abducting at the Shoulder on Perceiving Torques about the Elbow
Cai, N. M., Cherepanova, P. & Gurari, N., Jul 6 2021, 2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference, WHC 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 625-630 6 p. (2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference, WHC 2021).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Investigation of how accurately individuals with hemiparetic stroke can mirror their forearm positions
Gurari, N., Drogos, J. M. & Dewald, J. P. A., Apr 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 4 April, e0250868.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accuracy of older adults in judging self-generated elbow torques during multi-joint isometric tasks
Cai, N. M., Dewald, J. P. A. & Gurari, N., Dec 1 2020, In: Scientific reports. 10, 1, 13011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying Altered Neural Connectivity of the Stretch Reflex in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke
Yang, Y., Sinha, N., Tian, R., Gurari, N., Drogos, J. M. & Dewald, J. P. A., Jun 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 28, 6, p. 1436-1441 6 p., 9058690.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations