Milapjit Singh Sandhu

msandhu@phhp.ufl.edu
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Education

• 2004 - present Doctoral student, Rehabilitation Science Doctoral Program
  College of Public Health and Health Professions
  University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610.
• 1998 - 2003 Bachelor in Physical Therapy
  Department of Sports Medicine & Physiotherapy
  Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India 143005.

Concentration: Movement Dysfunction

Primary Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Fuller

Research Interests:

• Understanding the intrinsic neural repair processes i.e. neuroplasticity and their role in improvement of spinal cord function after high cervical injury.
• Role of the Nogo-66 antagonist synthetic peptide (NEP1-40), as a potential therapeutic agent in promotion of new nerve fiber growth in damaged spinal cords.
• Neural stem cell transplantation and its efficacy in the repair of CNS injury, including spinal cord trauma and stroke.