2023 Updates

Jacob Sosnoff, Ph.D., was awarded the Faculty Research Award from the University of Kansas Medical Center. This award is given in recognition of a substantial research program as evidenced by a strong record of publications of data-driven research in peer-reviewed journals; presentations and invited lectures are regional, national, and/or international meetings; external grant support for research; peer recognition in the form of elected offices in professional societies, memberships on journal editorial boards, journal reviews, study section memberships or consultantships; previous recognition as a recipient of honors and wards and involvement in the mentoring of graduate students and fellows who have published research that the candidate has supervised.

Jacob Sosnoff completed the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions 2023 Leadership Development Program.

The Mobility and Falls Lab Research was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal article "How Seniors Could Avoid Fall Injuries With a Martial-Arts Lesson."

Tobi Zanotto, Ph.D., received the Poster Spotlight Award (Top 30 Posters) at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine's 100th Annual Conference.

Lingjun Chen received the Best Early Career Poster in Aging Research and Geriatric Rehabilitation & Spotlight Award (Top 30 posters) at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine's 100th Annual Conference.

Lingjun Chen and James Fang both received the Lou Loescher-Junge Professional Development Award from the Department of Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Athletic Training.

2022 Updates

Lab director Jacob Sosnoff, Ph.D., was quoted in Brain and Life – a magazine of the American Academy of Neurology – on balance dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders. Read the article

A manuscript from a group led by Jacob Sosnoff, Ph.D., School of Health Professions associate dean for research, was accepted for publication. Titled "Mobile Technology for Falls Prevention in Older Adults," it appears in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, one of the flagship journals for the Gerontological Society of America.

An article in Physician’s Weekly highlights some of the work from the Mobility and Falls Lab. For a paper published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tobia Zanotto, Ph.D., Jacob J. Sosnoff, Ph.D., and colleagues aimed to explore the association between frailty and history of falls among people with multiple sclerosis. Read the article

2021 Updates

Tobia Zanotto received a Top 10 Talk award for his presentation at the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) Congress held in September 2021. His talk, based on his dissertation, was titled “Screening Tools to Expedite Assessment of Frailty in People Receiving Haemodialysis: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study."

Jacob Sosnoff was awarded a two-year grant from the National Institute of Health to explore the safety and feasibility of safe fall training in older adults at risk of falls. Learn more about the project. 

Zanotto published a manuscript in Brain Sciences, an international, peer-reviewed journal, examining the ability of individuals with multiple sclerosis to predict their walking ability. View the full text online. 

Sosnoff was a special guest on the SiriusXM program Doctor Radio to discuss falling without being injured.

In the midst of the Tokyo Olympics, Sosnoff spoke with the New York Times about how to fall without being injured.

Sosnoff presented at the 2021 International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement, held virtually in June. His talk was titled “Smartphones for Community-based Fall Risk Assessment."

Sosnoff discussed Apple’s interest in measuring fall risk in the Verge.