Sara J Hussain (Supervisor)Studies neural control of voluntary and skilled movements, development of brain stimulation interventions to promote motor function after stroke, motor learning, neuroplasticity, and brain oscillations.
Brian M Mills (Supervisor)Studies managerial economics in sport relating to the market power of pro sports leagues under three primary branches: industrial organization, labor markets, and public policy and economic development.
Advisory Board Member, Cellular to clinically Applied Research and Engineering (CARE) Initiative(2022 - Present)
Suresh, T., Iwane, F., McElmurry, M., Freedberg, M. & Hussain, S. (2025). Motor sequence learning elicits mu peak-specific corticospinal plasticity. Journal of Neurophysiology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00579.2024.
Lowe, T., Suresh, T., Oro, E G., Freedberg, M., Hussain, S J. & Griffin, L. (2025). Local Vibration of the Hamstrings Induces Changes in Cortical and Spinal Excitability to the Antagonist Quadriceps Following ACL Reconstruction. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.
Ahmed, N., Suresh, T., Hussain, S. & Freedberg, M. (2025). Investigating the effect of task engagement during intertrial rest periods on micro offline gains. Scientific reports.
Suresh, T. & Hussain, S. (2023). Re-evaluating the contribution of sensorimotor mu rhythm phase and power to human corticospinal output: A replication study..
Brain Stimulation,
16(3), 936–938. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2023.05.022.
Appaswamy Thirumal, P., Suresh, T., Susan Kurian, D., Mathew, V., Shaik, A T., Aron, S., Sivadasan, A., Benjamin, R. & Alexander, M. (2019). Timed Vibration Sense and Joint Position Sense Testing in the Diagnosis of Distal Sensory Polyneuropathy. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice(10), 273–277. doi:10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_241_18.
Graduate School Continuing Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin (2025 - 2026)
Reimagining Professional Development Award, Texas Career Engagement, University of Texas at Austin (2024 - 2024)
Continuing Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin (2024 - 2025)
Texas New Scholar, The University of Texas at Austin (2024 - 2025)
ReproRehab Fellow, University of Southern California (2023 - 2024)
Travel Grant, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) (2022 - 2022)
Premotor mu rhythm waveform shape dynamics reflect motor sequence learning, Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA (2025)
Mechanisms of human motor learning and memory., 2nd ReproRehab Research Summit, University of Southern California, CA. (2023)
Practice-dependent corticospinal plasticity is sensorimotor mu phase dependent., EMBO: Non-invasive Brain Stimulation - Advances in Research and Clinical Practice, Gandhinagar, India (2022)
Learning-related corticospinal plasticity is sensorimotor mu phase-dependent., Society for Neuroscience (SfN), San Diego, CA (2022)
Task based reactivation makes visuomotor memories susceptible to interference., Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago, IL (2021)
