Aaron L. Wong, PhD

Assistant Professor
Institute Scientist, Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Director-Scientific, Klein Family Parkinson’s Rehabilitation Center

Aaron Wong, PhD

Contact

Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
50 Township Line Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027

Email Aaron L. Wong

215-663-6747

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Aaron L. Wong, PhD

Assistant Professor
Institute Scientist, Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Director-Scientific, Klein Family Parkinson’s Rehabilitation Center

Research & Clinical Interests

Dr. Wong is interested in understanding how the healthy motor system controls movements and how people learn skills, with the long-term goal of applying that understanding to more effectively rehabilitate individuals with movement disorders resulting from injury or neurodegenerative disease. His research blends behavioral, computational, and neuropsychological approaches in the study of movement planning and motor learning. He is interested in topics ranging from cognitive-motor interactions contributing to the learning and control of skilled behaviors; processes and decisions underlying motor planning; mechanisms underlying imitation and tool-use deficits in individuals with apraxia following left-hemisphere stroke; and the influence of motivation and effort on behavior in people with Parkinson’s disease. 

Education

PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD - 2006

Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD -  2017

Publications