About us

  • Shawn Flanagan, Director

    Dr. Flanagan is an Associate Professor of Podiatric Medicine and Neuroscience at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. He has a broad background in neuroscience and physiology with specific training in brain stimulation, imaging, neuroendocrinology, and stress physiology. Dr. Flanagan earned his bachelor’s degree from Denison University, a master’s in Kinesiology from the University of Connecticut, a master’s in Health Policy and Management from the University of Pittsburgh, and his doctorate in Kinesiology and Neuroscience from The Ohio State University. Dr. Flanagan is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, American Physiological Society, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, and Center for Advancing Precision Neural Circuit-Based Rehabilitation.

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    Shawn D Flanagan, Associate Professor and Director
  • Team

    Post-Doctoral Researcher

    - Joseph Vilches

  • Alumni

    Research Staff

    - Juliana Hougland: PhD student, University of Tübingen Neuroscience program
    - Meaghan Hazelet: Study Coordinator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    - Danielle Moss: Research Program Supervisor, Stroke Institute at University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurology
    - Ryan Campbell: Founder, Signal Sauna
    - James Baker: PhD student, University of Western Australia Institute of Sport
    - Jenn Shanahan: Lab Manager, NeuroMechatronics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University

    Doctoral

    - Maria Canino: ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
    - Felix Proessl: Sr. Director of Sport and Data Science, Colorado Rapids
    - Anne Beethe: Director of Peak Performance, Colby College

    Masters

    Zechariah Nachazel, Juliana Hougland, Ryan Campbell, James Baker, Alaska Beck

    Undergraduate

    Javier De La Cruz, Hamzeh Arabiyat, Ryan Martin, Delaney Sniffen, Jessie Sun, Kiana Sechler, Nicholas Arvin, Joshua Baugh, Stephanie Chen, Hailey Hoffman, Ryan Joseph, Greg Banizs, Ronak Khamar, Avery Krouse, Elizabeth Williams, Hannah Marchant, Nicholas Meglino, Lydia McLachlan, Juliana Hougland, Puvin Dhurairaj, Shirsha Majumdar, Sareena Sheth, Nicholas Shi, Apoorva Singh, Samantha Wilcox, Madeline Wells, Reid Frye, Pranav Ramkumar, Ryan Moriarty, Sadhana Sridhar, Brandon Sciavolino, Alexis Faunce, Elliot Fischer, Aaron Braverman, Daniel Biery, Megan Magarity, Hannah Markewycz, Kevin Kozlik

2025 Center for Lower Extremity Research 20th anniversary in North Chicago.
2025 visit with Naval Health Research Center.
Shaping the future of American scientific leadership.
2025 visit with United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine.
2025 Military Women's Symposium in Washington DC.
2024 Pennington Biomedical Research Center Symposium "Optimization of Health, Performance & Resilience: Courtside, Warside & Spaceside" in Baton Rouge.
RFUMS CNDT Neuroscience holiday celebration.
Trip to Pikes Peak for taVNS study.
Data collection at Pikes Peak summit.
INBRAIN and CLEAR.
Graduation day.
Data collection during COVID epidemic.
2021 International Brain Stimulation Conference in Charleston.
2019 annual SfN Neuroscience meeting in Chicago.
Dissertation defense day.
From mechanisms to interventions.
Protocol development and practice.
Harnessing advanced analytic discovery techniques.