Virginia Chu
Bio-X Bioengineering Graduate Fellow 2005
Professor Terence Sanger (Pediatric Neurosurgery)
Graduated 2009

Virginia worked in Dr. Sanger's group to develop a theoretical model for human motor learning. In particular, she was interested in studying motor learning in children and young adults. Various aspects of motor learning were explored to help shed light on the important elements of motor learning. Virginia also studied children with severe movement disorders in order to learn more about the missing pieces that lead to various motor learning deficits.

Using this information, she intended to study “correction” methods to compensate for the missing pieces in light of the model. With a greater understanding of the motor learning deficits, Virginia hoped to develop medical devices and training paradigms to help children with movement disorders learn and further develop their motor skills.