Seoung Hoon Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (713) 743-5291
Email: shpark5@uh.edu
Office: Health 2 2061
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Seoung Hoon Park is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Houston. He has years of experience in studying behavioral neuroscience and neuromuscular physiology in healthy and clinical populations, in addition to the studies of locomotor rehabilitation aiming at clinical populations.
Education
- Postdoctoral Training in Neurorehabilitation, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
- Ph.D., Kinesiology – Motor Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- M.S., Motor Learning and Control, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- B.S., Kinesiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Research Interests
Dr. Park focuses on neurophysiological mechanisms underlying impaired motor control and learning in individuals with neurological diseases and development of novel rehabilitation tools and protocols for improving functional motor control with emphasis on walking, balance, and swallowing. For more information, view Dr. Park’s research page.
Grants
(past 5 years)
- 2021-2022 National Institutes of Health, Improved dynamic lateral balance of humans with SCI, R01 HD 083314, Role: Postdoc Research Associate
- 2021-2022 National Institutes of Health, Neuromuscular mechanisms of specific trunk interventions in children with cerebral palsy, R01 NS 115487, Role: Postdoc Research Associate
- 2019-2021 National Institutes of Health, Constraint induced movement therapy for walking in individuals post stroke, R01 HD 082216, Role: Postdoc Research Associate
- 2016-2019 National Institutes of Health, Motor control deficits following transient ischemic attack, R21 NS 096258, Role: Graduate Research Associate
Selected Publications
(For a full list of publications, see CV and Google Scholar profile)
- Park, S. H., Yan, S., Dee, W., Reed, R., Roth, E. J., Rymer, W. Z., & Wu, M. (2023) Overground walking with a constraint force on the non-paretic leg during swing improves paretic propulsion and walking speed in people post-stroke. Journal of Neurophysiology. 130(1), 43-55.
- Park, S. H., Yan, S., Dee, W., Reed, R., Roth, E. J., Rymer, W. Z., & Wu, M. (2022). Repeated adaptation and de-adaptation to the pelvis resistance force facilitate retention of motor learning stroke survivors. Journal of Neurophysiology. 127(6), 1642-1654.
- Park, S. H., Lin, J., Dee, W., Hsu, C., Roth, E. J., Rymer, W. Z., & Wu, M. (2020). Targeted pelvic constraint force induces enhanced use of the paretic leg during walking in persons post-stroke. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 28(10), 2184-2193.
- Park, S. H., Casamento-Moran, A., Singer, M. L., Ernster, A. E., Yacoubi, B., Humbert, I. A., & Christou, E. A. (2018). Integration of visual feedback and motor learning: Corticospinal vs. corticobulbar pathway. Human Movement Science, 58C, 88-96.
- Park, S. H., Kwon, M., Solis, D., Lodha, N., & Christou, E. A. (2016). Motor control differs for increasing and releasing force. Journal of Neurophysiology, 115 (6), 2924-2930.
Honors
- Sarah Baskin Award for Excellence in Research, 1st place, Shirley Ryan Ability Lab & Northwestern University (2021)
- Graduate Student Writing Award, American Kinesiology Association (2019)
- Predoctoral Outstanding Research Award, Association of Korean Neuroscientists (2017)
Professional Activities
- Member, Society for Neuroscience (2014-present)