Daniela Terson de Paleville's curriculum vita

Educational Background

• PhD, Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, 2011
• MS, Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville, 2008
• MS, Exercise Physiology, University of Louisville
• BS, Exercise Science and Physical Education, Instituto de Educacion Fisicca, Jorge Coll, Mendoza, Argentina, 1999

Teaching Areas

• Advanced Exercise Physiology; Structure and Function I; Structure and Function II
• Physiology of Exercise and Neuromuscular Mechanics of Human Movement

Research Interests

Pulmonary function and respiratory muscle activation in individuals with spinal cord injury; Effects of locomotor training in pulmonary function and trunk muscle activation in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury.

Professional Memberships

• Member of the Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
• Member of American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM)
• Member of the Louisville Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
• Member of the American Physiological Society (APS)

Honors and Awards

• University of Louisville School of Medicine travel award to attend to the National Neurotrauma meeting, Las Vegas, June 2010
• 2009 University of Louisville School of Medicine travel award to attend to the Society for Neuroscience conference, Chicago IL, October 2009
• University of Louisville Department of Physiology and Biophysics travel award to attend to the Society for Neuroscience conference, Chicago IL, October 2009
• American Physiological Society (APS) travel award to attend to the Professional Skills Training on "Writing and Reviewing for Scientific Journals” Orlando, FL, January 2009
• Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring/ American Association for the Advancement of Science (PAESMEM/AAAS) Building Science, Engineering, and Technology Leadership Workshop for Women in Industry, Academia and Government. Washington DC, October 1-2 2009.

Publications and Presentations

• Daniela Terson de Paleville, Ph.D.; William B McKay, B.S.;Rodney J Folz, M.D.,Ph.D.;Alexander V Ovechkin, M.D., Ph.D. Respiratory motor control disrupted by spinal cord injury: mechanisms, evaluation, and restoration. Translational Stroke Research. Submitted, in review.
• William McKay, B.S.; Alexander Ovechkin, M.D., Ph.D.; Todd Vitaz, M.D.; Daniela Terson de Paleville, MS; Susan Harkema, PhD. Neurophysiological Characterization of Voluntary Motor Control Recovery in Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Spinal Cord, 2011, 49 (421-429).
• William McKay, B.S.; Alexander Ovechkin, M.D., Ph.D.; Todd Vitaz, M.D.; Daniela Terson de Paleville, MS; Susan Harkema, PhD. Long-lasting involuntary motor activity after spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, (2011) 49, (87-93)
• Alexander Ovechkin, M.D. PhD, Todd Vitaz, MD.; Daniela Terson de Paleville, M.S.; Sevda Aslan, Ph.D.; William McKay, B.S. Evaluation of respiratory muscle activation in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury. In press. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 173, 2010 (171-178)
• Daniela Terson de Paleville, MS; Ann Marie Swank, PhD, Daniel Funk, PhD; Sherly Bradley, MS; Robert Topp, PhD, RN. Adding weights to low intensity exercise increases isometric muscular strength and functional ability in healthy older adults. Journal International Fitness. Vol.5, Issue 1, 2009.
• Daniela Terson de Paleville, MS, Robert Topp, PhD; Ann Marie Swank, PhD. Effects of aerobic training prior to and during chemotherapy in a breast cancer patient: a case study. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2007 May; 21(2):635-7.