Rachel L. Lenhart
2nd year medical student
2nd year of MSTP

EDUCATION

• B.S. 2008, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  Biomedical Engineering

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Mayo Clinic, 5/2007-5/2008
  Advisor - Melissa Morrow
  Project - improving the OASIS program by incorporating gait data to determine the most beneficial cuts to make in surgery
• Purdue University, Summer 2006
  Advisor - Thomas Talavage
  Project - designed and implemented a pilot fMRI study to identify the central network underlying integration of auditory and visual speech inputs
• University of Texas Medical Branch, Summer 2005
  Advisor - Lisa Gould
  Project - investigated many factors that affect the wound healing process

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• biomechanics and rehabilitation