Biographical Sketch Susan E. Fasoli
	Susan Fasoli, ScD, OTR recently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her work has included assessing the effectiveness of upper limb robotic therapy for persons with hemiparesis after stroke, disseminating research results to rehabilitation professionals through publications and conference presentations, and identifying ways to use robot-assisted therapy to improve functional use of the paretic arm. She is working to analyze kinematic data to further examine the effects of robotic therapy on upper limb motor control. Dr. Fasoli earned a post-professional MS degree in Occupational Therapy and an ScD in Therapeutic Studies at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences of Boston University. Throughout her professional career as a clinician, educator, and researcher, Dr. Fasoli has had a strong interest in understanding the relationships between therapeutic interventions and rehabilitation outcome. Her graduate research evaluated the effects of contextual changes (e.g. instructions provided or presence of objects) on upper limb motor control in persons with and without stroke, measured via the Optotrak motion analysis system. Dr. Fasoli has been an active member of the American Heart Association’s Operation Stroke Rehabilitation Subcommittee for the Boston area, and is currently co-chair of a Rehabilitation Taxonomy Task Force for the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.
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