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Susan J. Harkema, PhD
Associate Director, Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center
Principal Investigator, Metabolic, Neuromuscular, and Skeletal Core, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center
Principal Investigator, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Core, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center
Co-Director, Movement Performance and Locomotor Recovery Core, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center
Principal Investigator, Urogenital and Bowel Core, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center
Director, Neurophysiology Core, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center
Manager, Research Medical Core, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center
Director, Regulatory Core, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center
Director, Finance and Administrative Core, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville
Director of Research, Frazier Rehabilitation Institute
Chair in Neurological Surgery, Owsley B. Frazier, University of Louisville
As the Associate Director of Research at Frazier Rehab Institute Dr. Harkema oversees translational human research of the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center (KSCIRC) which has an overarching focus of neural plasticity of spinal networks and recovery of function after spinal cord injury (SCI). Since its beginning KSCIRC has been focused on sensory processing at the level of spinal cord locomotion. The program has grown over 25 years to include customized epidural stimulation of the spinal cord with task specific and intense training for the restoration of function below the level of spinal injury.