Clayton Swanson, Ph.D.

I am a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, as well as a Research Health Scientist within the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. My research focuses on understanding the neuromechanisms associated with various aspects of mobility. Additionally, my research centers on enhancing walking function in people with neurological impairments, particularly older adults, people with multiple sclerosis, and people post-stroke. Ongoing studies involve neurorehabilitation, neuroimaging (MRI), non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS and TMS), electrophysiology, and biomechanics. My graduate training was at Colorado State University where I earned a Master of Science in Health and Exercise Science and a Ph.D. in Bioenergetics with a focus in neuromechanics, where I focused on assessing the neuroanatomical and neurophysiological associations with turning performance in neurotypical and atypical populations.