John Misiaszek, PhD, BSc

Research

• Motor Control, Balance, Gait, Neurophysiology, Sensorimotor Integration
• Cutaneous feedback in standing balance
• Visual feedback in standing balance

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Teaching

I currently teach the 'neurosciences' content of the OT curriculum. The content used to be taught in a single course, but this traditional approach meant that relevant knowledge was delivered after it would have been useful to support other clinical content. Consequently, we "deconstructed" the course and students now receive foundational neuroscience material in smaller packets throughout the curriculum, but when it is most relevant to the clinical content it supports. 

I also consistently support the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute's undergraduate program by accepting independent study and honors thesis students into the lab. If you are interested in learning more about the neuromechanics approaches used in my lab, or the topic of the motor control of balance, please connect - there are always opportunities to further your knowledge and professional development.  

OCCTH 583 - Foundations of Physical Health in Occupational Participation

This course provides an in-depth study of physical health systems, including the nervous system, and how illness, injury, and disease in interaction with social and environmental contexts influence occupational participation. Students will simultaneously build capabilities in occupational therapy assessment and intervention.

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Browse more courses taught by John Misiaszek

Jessica A. Leverett, John E. Misiaszek, Craig S. Chapman, David F. Collins

Experimental Brain Research. 2025 October; 10.1007/s00221-025-07157-x

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John E. Misiaszek, Britt E. Davis, Sisuri G. Hemakumara, Juan Forero

Neuroscience Letters. 2025 July; 10.1016/j.neulet.2025.138278

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Sisuri G. Hemakumara, Juan Forero, Keith K. Fenrich, John E. Misiaszek

Experimental Brain Research. 2025 April; 10.1007/s00221-025-07053-4

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Toth AL, Fenrich KK, Jones KE, Misiaszek JE

J Neurophysiol. 2022 March; Articles in Press 10.1152/jn.00280.2021

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Misiaszek JE, Hackett H, McMahon AJ, Krutz J

Exp Brain Res. 2021 January; 239 (3):787-796 10.1007/s00221-020-06019-y

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Misiaszek JE, Chodan SDC, McMahon AJ, Fenrich KK

Appl Sci. 2020 January;

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Khan AS, Livingstone DC, Hurd CL, Duchcherer J, Misiaszek JE, Gorassini MA, Manns PJ, Yang JF

J NeuroEngineering Rehabil. 2019 January;

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Bryanton MA, Chodan SDC, Vander Meulen J, Fenrich KK, Misiaszek JE

Exp Brain Res. 2019 January;

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Shiva T, Misiaszek JE

Exp Brain Res. 2018 January;

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Misiaszek JE, Forero J, Hiob E, Urbanczyk T

Neuroscience. 2016 January;

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