University of Delaware PhD Student Receives PODS I Scholarship to Study Strategic Learning in Locomotion Post Strokes

Margaret A. French, PT, DPT, research assistant and PhD student at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of a 2018 Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I Scholarship for her work entitled “Strategic Learning in Locomotion Post Stroke.” This scholarship is designated as the Mercer-Marquette Challenge Award, funded by the annual Marquette Challenge, a grassroots, student-led fundraising effort to advance the mission of the Foundation for Physical Therapy.

In her work, she examines how stroke survivors can use visual feedback to learn a new walking pattern and how different factors, such as cognition, may affect their ability to learn this new pattern.

French is also the recipient of a 2016 Florence Kendall Scholarship.

Select Foundation Grants and Scholarships Awarded

2018 Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I Scholarship

Strategic Learning in Locomotion Post Stroke

2016 Florence P. Kendall Doctoral Scholarship

The Florence P. Kendall Doctoral Scholarship awards $5,000 annually to outstanding physical therapists as they begin their first year of graduate studies toward a postprofessional doctoral degree.

MARGARET A. FRENCH, PT, DPT

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

French MA, Morton SM, Charalambous CC, Reisman DC. “A locomotor learning paradigm using distorted visual feedback elicits strategic learning.” Journal of Neurophysiology
French MA, Moore MF, Pohlig R, Reisman D. “Self-efficacy Mediates the Relationship between Balance/Walking Performance, Activity, and Participation after Stroke.” Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation