WVU Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, 10/2025
WVU Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, 10/2025
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Abigail Arbogast recently presented the work she completed over the past two semesters as part of her RAP program at the 2025 WVU Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium. Her work examined learning abilities in three to four month old infants using a play-based assessment. We are grateful for her time in the CRADLE Lab and wish her every success in her future training and career.
Celebrating Katherine Triplett's Outstanding Research Achievements
The CRADLE Lab is proud to highlight the accomplishments of Katherine Triplett, who demonstrated exceptional productivity and scientific rigor during her eight-week research rotation. Katherine led a project focused on the use of surface EMG in infants between three and six months of age.
Katherine presented her work at the 2025 Van Liere Research Society Induction Ceremony on July 24. She also shared her findings at the 2025 Van Liere and WV IDeA Research Conference, an event that brings together investigators from WVU as well as academic institutions across West Virginia and the broader region.
Her work earned national recognition as well. Katherine’s abstract advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 American Medical Association Research Challenge, placing in the top three percent of all submissions. The AMA Research Challenge is the largest national, multi-specialty medical research forum for medical students, residents and international medical graduates to present their scholarship
Her published abstract and presentation can be viewed here: https://underline.io/lecture/128756-assessment-of-proximal-postural-control-biomarkers-during-spontaneous-play-in-infants-using-surface-emg
Meet Our Newest Lab Member 🌟 - 06/2025
Katherine Triplett joins the lab as a part of the INTRO Summer Research Program. She will study proximal postural control mechanisms in infants using surface EMG. Welcome, Katherine!
WVU AI Symposium, 5/2025
WVU AI Symposium, 5/2025
Aiden Aiello presented his research from the past year in the lab at the inaugural WVU AI Symposium. This symposium marked an exciting event that brought together researchers and practitioners to share innovative AI applications and engage in thoughtful discussions on the future of the field. His work received an Honorable Mention, a noteworthy recognition given the caliber of experts in AI and engineering who participated. Incredibly proud of Aiden's contributions and the impact of his work!
WVU Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, 4/2025
WVU Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, 4/2025
Claire Torpey recently presented the work she completed over the past two semesters as part of her RAP program at the 2025 WVU Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium. It was a pleasure having her in the lab and proud of all that she has accomplished.
Meet Our Newest Lab Member 🌟 - 01/2025
Our CRADLE Family is growing! Abigail Arbogast joins us this semester for her Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) experience. Abby will work on evaluating learning abilities of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
New Paper - 10/2024
New Paper - 10/2024
Molinini, R. M., Koziol, N. A., Inamdar, K., Rhee, C., Salgaonkar, A., Harbourne, R. T., Hsu, L. Y., Westcott Mccoy, S., Lobo, M. A., Bovaird, J., Burnsed, J., Spence, C., Stevenson, R., & Dusing, S. C. (2024). A Modification to the Assessment of Problem-Solving in Play to Enhance Its Utility: Evaluation of Validity, Responsiveness, and Reliability. Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, 36(4), 449–456. https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001123
This paper won the Jeanne Hughes Award for best paper published in Pediatric Physical Therapy in 2024 👏
West Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Conference, 10/2024
West Virginia Occupational Therapy Association Conference, 10/2024
Aiden successfully presented his Capstone Project on developing and validating AI algorithms for assessing head control in infants. Congratulations, well done 🥳
New Paper - 09/ 2024
New Paper - 09/ 2024
Inamdar, K., Tripathi, T., Molinini, R. M., Fang, W., Salgaonkar, A., & Dusing, S. C. (2024). Relationship Between Prone Skills and Motor-Based Problem-Solving Abilities in Full-Term and Preterm Infants During the First 6 Months of Life. Developmental psychobiology, 66(6), e22525. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22525
Meet Our Newest Lab Member 🌟 - 08/ 2024
We welcome our first Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) student, Claire Torpey to the CRADLE Lab! Claire will work on AI-Based posture assessment study.
Van Liere Research Society Induction Ceremony, 08/2024
Van Liere Research Society Induction Ceremony, 08/2024
Logan Woodburn was inducted into the Van Liere Research Society after successfully completing the Initiation to Research Opportunities (INTRO) program . Logan had a productive poster presentation session on "The Use of AI to Assess Posture and Head Control in Full-Term and Preterm Infants" at the Ceremony.
Congratulations, Logan 🎉
Meet Our Newest Lab Member 🌟- 07/ 2024
Venkatesh Lagishetti, an engineering student, joins the CRADLE Lab. Venkatesh will be assisting with motion capture data processing. We look forward to this interdisciplinary collaboration - Welcome, Venkatesh!
New Paper - 07/ 2024
New Paper - 07/ 2024
Dr. Inamdar publishes her first paper from her PhD Research!
Inamdar, K., Dusing, S. C., Thacker, L., Pidcoe, P. E., Finucane, S., & Chu, V. (2024). Tummy Time Tracking: Examining Agreement Between Parent Recall and Direct Observation in Infants. The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 78(4), 7804185020. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2024.050521
Meet Our Newest Lab Members 🌟- 04/ 2024
Aiden Aiello, occupational therapy student and Autumn Pennington, DPT student join the CRADLE Lab as our first research workers. Welcome aboard, Aiden and Autumn!
New Grant - 03/ 2024
New Grant - 03/ 2024
Excited to announce that the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute has funded our research on assessment of learning and memory in infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome. This work will be carried out with our Co-Investigators Dr. Mary Beth Mandich and Dr. Lesley E Cottrell at WVU. Dr. Jill C Heathcock at OSU will serve as a Consultant on this study.
Award Alert 🏅 - 02/ 2024
Award Alert 🏅 - 02/ 2024
Dr. Inamdar was awarded the "Outstanding Research Abstract Award" for the highest scoring platform abstract at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting 2024 - Pediatric Section!
New Paper - 10/ 2023
New Paper - 10/ 2023
Brown, S. E., Miller, M., Darring, J., Inamdar, K., Salgaonkar, A., Burnsed, J. C., Stevenson, R. D., Shall, M. S., Harper, A. D., Hendricks-Munoz, K. D., Thacker, L. R., Hyde, M., & Dusing, S. C. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on a Clinical Trial: A Quantitative Report on Study Engagement and Strategies. Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association, 35(4), 439–448. https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001036
This paper won the Jeanne Hughes Award for best paper published in Pediatric Physical Therapy in 2023.
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) Annual Meeting, 09/2023
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) Annual Meeting, 09/2023
Dr. Inamdar presented her PhD research at the 77th AACPDM Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
New Grant - 08/ 2023
New Grant - 08/ 2023
Thrilled to announce that the American Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy has funded our research on development of AI-Based programs for kinematic assessment in infants. This work will be carried out with our Co-Investigator Dr. Valeriya Gritsenko's NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Laboratory in the WVU Department of Neuroscience!
It's our Birthday! The CRADLE Lab was established on August 15th, 2023.
It's our Birthday! The CRADLE Lab was established on August 15th, 2023.
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