News

Leading the field with advancements in research, USC Biokinesiology Programs are regularly making headlines in the world of movement science. Below are the latest news items regarding biokinesiology and our programs.

$4.75 Million Grant Establishes USC's First Rehab Engineering Research Center 
USC and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center Experts will examine technologies to assist individuals aging with disability. The new Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center, or RERC, will study the challenges of growing older with disabilities and the positive effects that new technologies can have on independence, health and quality of life.


$44,000 Awarded to David Erceg, MS in the Clinical Exercise Research Center 
Fourth year doctorate student David Erceg, MS, was just recently awarded $44,000 from the Gary Hall Diabetes Foundation. 


Fit Families Receives Grant from UNO 
The Division's Fit Families Program received a $19,050 grant from the USC Neighborhood Outreach program.


One-Finger Exercise Reveals Unexpected Limits to Dexterity 
A research team led by Francisco Valero-Cuevas of the University fo Southern California reports the paradoxical result in the Journal of Neuroscience.


Stanford Scholar Joins the Division 
Terence Sanger, MD, PhD, newly appointed to Biomedical Engineering at the USC Viterbi School has joint appointment with BKN & PT.