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Assistant Professor (Research)
NYU-Grossman School of Medicine
Akhila Veerubhotla is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU-Grossman School of Medicine. She joined NYU in March 2022. Prior to joining NYU, she completed her post-doctoral fellowship jointly at the Center for mobility and Rehabilitation Engineering at Kessler Foundation and in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School. She has a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from University of Pittsburgh and a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. With formal training in both Engineering and Science, her research focuses on using technology to help improve mobility, balance and physical activity in individuals with neurological impairments. Her work is primarily focused towards individuals with Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury. She serves as a Co-Investigator on the prestigious Rusk Rehabilitation Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Her research is published in multiple reputed journals and she is a peer-reviewer for the American Heart Association and many journals with high impact scores.