Sergio Romero

srg007@phhp.ufl.edu

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Education

• Second year Doctoral student. Rehabilitation Science Doctoral program. University of Florida, College of Public Health and Health Professions.
• M.E.S.S. Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. College of Health and Human Performance. 1996–1998.
• B.S. Exercise and Sport Sciences. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida . College of Health and Human Performance. 1995–1996.

Concentration: Movement Dysfunction

Primary Faculty Advisor: Kathye E. Light, PhD, PT

Research Description: My research interests are in motor behavior problems of elderly patients, particularly those with chronic balance problems, cerebral vascular disease, Parkinson's disease, and frailty. I am currently working with Dr. Mark Bishop on the Florida Department of Health Biomedical Research Program grant, The Link Between Smoking and Recovery from Frailty in Older Floridians. I am also working with Dr. Light on a NIH grant looking at Parameters of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT). The primary purposes of this research program are to explore and quantify the efficacy of CIMT on subjects with upper extremity effects of stroke.

Research Laboratory: The Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Laboratory; Research Assistant