Shawn B. Frost, Ph.D.

Professional Background

Dr. Frost is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He received a B.S. from Stony Brook University with majors in Biology and Psychology. He was a Psychobiology Pre-doctoral Fellow at Florida State University and received an M.S. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. He was a Biomedical Research Scholar and American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Dr. Frost has been the recipient of grants from the American Heart Association, The National Institutes of Health and the Paralyzed Veterans of America Foundation.

• BS, SUNY at Stony Brook
• MS, Florida State Univ.
• PhD, Florida State Univ.
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Research

Overview

Research Focus: Neuroplasticity in recovery of function after injury. Preclinical models of brain and spinal cord injury.
Research Interests: We are interested in the underlying mechanisms of recovery that can be used in the development of therapeutic interventions in treatment of neurologic injury. A current goal is to identify intact pathways that may be suitably targeted for therapeutic intervention after spinal cord injury. We are studying the use of activity dependent stimulation to strengthen intact connections of the brain to spinal motor neurons below the level of injury.