Sudeshna Aloke Chatterjee

Sudeshna A. Chatterjee, PT, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at Drexel University. She received her PhD in Rehabilitation Science and completed her postdoctoral training in geriatrics and neurorehabilitation at the University of Florida. Chatterjee has a strong interest in understanding how the brain contributes to the control of walking and how these contributions may change due to person-specific factors such as older age, genetics, executive function and neurologic disorders. Chatterjee has received a career development award from the NIA funded Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at the University of Florida to support her training in aging research. As a Pepper Scholar, she investigated the association between genetic polymorphisms linked to dopamine metabolism and brain function and mobility outcomes in older adults. In addition, she has also been extensively involved in clinical research targeting brain function and mobility in older adults and adults’ post-stroke at the University of Florida and the VA Brain Rehabilitation Research Center in Gainesville, Florida. At Drexel University, Chatterjee continues to advance her research in brain aging and mobility with a focus on underserved populations.