Vennila Krishnan

• PostDoc - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Stroke and SCI Rehabilitation), 2013
• PostDoc - University of Illinois, Chicago (Biomechanics of Gait in Older Adults), 2012
• PostDoc - University of Illinois, Chicago (Postural Control in Neuropathology), 2011
• Ph.D - University of Delaware Biomechanics and Movement Science, 2009
• M.I.T - Manipal University Information Technology, 2002
• B.P.T - Pondicherry Central University Physical Therapy, 1996

Licensed Physical Therapist (Illinois) # 070.021059

Licensed Physical Therapist (California) # 298379

• Fall Risk Reduction in Older Adults and in Neuro-pathological Population
• Posture & Gait Abnormalities and Rehabilitation
• Motor Control and Motor Disorders
• Biomechanical Evaluation of Movement Performance
• Hand Function

• Biomechanics I
• Biomechanics II & Gait
• Motor Control & Learning
• Research Methods
• Supervision for Doctoral Research Projects

1. DHA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

• 07/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
• Portable Ankle Instability Measurement System
• Kuduva (PI)
• Role: Co-PI

2. NIH R15

• 06/01/2023 - 05/31/2026
• AI-based Fall-Risk Assessment during Daily Activities in Post Stroke Survivors using Smartphones 
• Soangra (PI)
• Role: Co-PI

3. Center for Successful Aging - SCAN  

• 06/01/2018-08/31/2019
• Multicomponent Dual-Task Intervention to Reduce Risk of Falling in Community Dwelling Older Adults
• Krishnan (PI)
• Role: PI

4. NSF MRI Acquisition

• 09/01/2016-08/31/2019
• Acquisition of dynamic immersive virtual environment for research in human-machine interaction
• Marayong (PI)             
• Role: Co-PI

5. SCAN – Leisure World, LifeFit

• 09/01/2014-08/31/2021
• Fall risk reduction in older adults
• White (PI)  
• Role: Co-PI

• American Physical Therapy Association
• American Heart Association
• Society for Neuroscience

Osher’s Life Long Learning Institute (OLLI) – PreventFalls@theBeach: A Multi-Disciplinary Fall Prevention Program offered to OLLI member

• Google Scholar

• PubMed