Assistant Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Dr. Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Science, and Athletic Training at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). Bringing a wealth of expertise in biomechanics and physical therapy to his research endeavors, Dr. Huang’s academic journey began with a focus on the impact of virtual reality technology on gait adjustment in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) during his PhD studies in the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Building upon this foundation, Dr. Huang embarked on three years of postdoctoral training in the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals in Lincoln, NE, exploring the integration of virtual reality gaming with motor-assisted elliptical to understand its effects on engagement, physiological, and lower extremity biomechanical aspects in typically developing children.
With a commitment to making meaningful contributions to the lives and wellness of aging populations and patients with DM, Dr. Huang’s long-term career goal is to become an independent investigator in human movement science, specializing in the neural mechanisms of cortical control that contributes to movement deficits.
Dr. Huang directs the Clinical Locomotion and Emerging Virtual Reality Lab (CLEVR) at KUMC. Driven by a passion for understanding the neuromechanisms underlying balance and gait abnormalities in aging populations and patients with DM, his current research focuses on analyzing postural control, gait, and lower extremity kinematics during quiet standing and overground walking using wearable sensors, virtual reality technology, and a force plate, with the ultimate goal of unraveling the relationship between the cortical control and movement deficits in this population.
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