Dr. Bernadette Gillick is tenured associate professor in the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine. Locally, she is director of the Waisman Center Neuromodulation Laboratory and director of research design at the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). Nationally, Gillick serves on the Cerebral Palsy Foundation Scientific Advisory Council and on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. Internationally, she is involved in the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation Scientific Advisory Board and is a US Representative for the International Alliance for the Academies of Childhood Disability.
An expert in pediatric stroke and early brain injury, rehabilitation, neuromodulation, and neuroplasticity, Gillick is a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and for over 20 peer-reviewed medical journals.
Gillick has been honored with many awards, including the Eugene Michels New Investigator Award from the American Physical Therapy Association, the McKnight Land Grant Professorship, and the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Mentor of the Year Award. In addition, she has been invited to present more than 150 talks throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
