Fay B. Horak, Ph.D., P.T.
- Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine
- Jay Nutt, MD Professor of Clinical Research of Movement Disorders
- Balance Disorders Laboratory
Biography
Dr. Fay Horak PhD, PT, Scientific Advisor for the Balance Disorders Laboratory, is the Jay Nutt MD Endowed Professor of Neurology and Adjunct Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience & Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University. She is also Chief Scientific Officer at APDM Wearable Technology, a company that provides precision movement technology for clinical trials. Dr. Horak is a physical therapist and neuroscientist who is known for her research on the neurophysiology of balance disorders and their rehabilitation. Dr. Horak received a BS degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Wisconsin, an MS in Neurophysiology from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Washington in Seattle. She has received many national awards from the American Physical Therapy Association and is the first physical therapist to receive a prestigious MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health for over 30 years of continuous funding. Dr. Horak has over 400 peer-reviewed papers, over 54,000 citations, and over 50 million dollars in federal grants awarded. Dr. Horak has also patented several new technologies for the measurement and rehabilitation of balance disorders and helped start a small company, APDM, that develops synchronized, wearable sensors to quantify posture and gait. Dr. Horak was the first elected President of The International Society of Posture and Gait Research (ISPGR). She greatly expanded the organization’s membership and helped to develop its charter and organize meetings. She holds one of the most cited articles over the last 125 years by the American Physiological Society for 2012: Horak FB, Nashner LM. Central programming of postural movements - adaptation to altered support-surface configurations. Journal of Neurophysiology. 55: 1369-1381, 1986.
Professor of neurology:
Department of Neurology
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Faculty member:
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Honorary faculty:
University of Oregon
Pacific University
University of Calgary
University of Waterloo
Education and training
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Degrees
- B.S., 1973, University of Wisconsin
- M.S., 1977, University of Minnesota
- Ph.D., 1982, University of Washington
Additional information
Publications
Publications
Alterations in functional connectivity of interoceptive and Cortico-Subcortical areas in Multiple Sclerosis-Related fatigue
NeuroscienceAn Acetylcholine M1 Receptor-Positive Allosteric Modulator (TAK-071) in Parkinson Disease With Cognitive Impairment
JAMA NeurologyComplex Exercises Improve Cognition in People With Parkinson’s Disease and Freezing of Gait
Neurorehabilitation and Neural RepairDaily life mobility detects frailty, falls, and functioning in older prostate cancer survivors treated with androgen deprivation therapy
Journal of Geriatric OncologyLongitudinal Changes in Patient- and Clinical-Reported Outcomes in Early Spinocerebellar Ataxia Types 1, 2, 3, and 6 from the IDEA Study
Movement Disorders Clinical PracticeAccelerating Parkinson’s Disease drug development with federated learning approaches
npj Parkinson's DiseaseAcceptability of digital health technologies in early Parkinson's disease
Frontiers in Digital HealthAssessment of Mobility Trajectories Using Wearable Inertial Sensors During Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationCan strength training or tai ji quan training reduce frailty in postmenopausal women treated with chemotherapy? A secondary data analysis of the GET FIT trial
Journal of Cancer SurvivorshipChemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy and Falls in Cancer Survivors Relate to Digital Balance and Gait Impairments
JCO Precision OncologyDigital gait measures, but not the 400-meter walk time, detect abnormal gait characteristics in people with Prediabetes
Gait and PostureDigital Measures of Postural Sway Quantify Balance Deficits in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Movement DisordersDisfunción motora subclínica en las Ataxias Espinocerebelosas
Anales de la Academia de Ciencias de CubaEffects of balance constraints during a double-step reaching task
Gait and PostureISB recommendations on the definition, estimation, and reporting of joint kinematics in human motion analysis applications using wearable inertial measurement technology
Journal of BiomechanicsMesencephalic Locomotor Region and Presynaptic Inhibition during Anticipatory Postural Adjustments in People with Parkinson’s Disease
Brain SciencesStanding Balance Conditions and Digital Sway Measures for Clinical Trials of Friedreich's Ataxia
Movement DisordersStride width and postural stability in frontal gait disorders and Parkinson’s disease
Journal of NeurologyThe Use of Novel Instrumented Socks to Detect Changes in Daily Life Mobility During an Exercise Intervention in Prostate Cancer Survivors Treated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Seminars in oncology nursingUsing Smartphone Sensors for Ataxia Trials
CerebellumBalance telerehabilitation and wearable technology for people with Parkinson’s disease (TelePD trial)
BMC NeurologyCombined Aerobic and Strength Training Improves Dynamic Stability and can Prevent against Static Stability Decline in Postmenopausal Women
Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e ObstetriciaC-STIM
Contemporary Clinical Trials CommunicationsDigital measures of freezing of gait across the spectrum of normal, non-freezers, possible freezers and definite freezers
Journal of Neurology