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Kimberly J. Hemmerling
khemmerling@northwestern.edu |
Education
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Current MS/PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University, Evanson, IL - Advisor: Dr. Molly Bright
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2019 B.S. in Biomedical Engineering with Honors
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - cum laude
Experience
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2019-Present Graduate Research Assistant
Applied Neuro-Vascular Imaging Lab, Northwestern University - Explore complex spinal cord functional MRI data to identify neural and vascular responses that provide insight into human health and pathology.
- Design multi-component experiments with human subjects using MRI, electromyography, physiological signal monitoring, and clinical interventions.
- Integrate new experimental findings with existing literature to produce high-quality journal publications.
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2018 Research Scientist Intern
Hospital for Special Surgery - Conducted a study during an 8 week internship to quantify damage to retrieved medical implants.
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2017-2019 Undergraduate Research Scientist
Donnelly Research Lab, Cornell University - Developed an image-based metric to assess material properties for senior honors thesis.
Honors and Awards
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2023 - NIH F31 NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
- Probing an increased reliance on reticulospinal motor pathways in chronic hemiparetic stroke with advanced spinal cord functional MRI
- Biomedical Engineering Research Progress Award
- International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM): Summa Cum Laude Merit Award
- NIH F31 NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
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2021 - T32 Graduate Training Program in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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2019 - Royal E. Cabell Fellowship (Northwestern)
Outreach
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2022-Present Science Communication Session | Co-Creator & Organizer
- Organized a session at the annual ISMRM (ismrm.org) meeting (5,000+ attendees) for researchers to interface with a layman audience in London, UK (2022) and Toronto, ON (2023).
- Assigned researchers (conference attendees) to present and discuss their work with local secondary school students that we invited to attend the conference.
Select Presentations
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2024 Mapping spinal cord vascular reactivity and vascular territories using fMRI in highly sampled individuals
- Upcoming talk at the ISMRM 2024 Annual Meeting in Singapore
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2023 Spatial distribution of hand-grip motor task activity in spinal cord fMRI
- Talk at the ISMRM 2023 Annual Meeting in Toronto, ON, Canada
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2023 Mapping functional motor activity in the healthy and post-stroke spinal cord
- Seminar for the Cognitive Brain Mapping Group at Northwestern University
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2021 Visualization technique for assessment of spinal cord fMRI data quality
- Talk at the ISMRM 2021 Annual Meeting