Dr. Friel received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas Medical Center, studying neurophysiological correlates of stroke recovery in the laboratory of Dr. Randolph Nudo. Dr. Friel completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. John Martin at Columbia University. With Dr. Martin, she investigated rehabilitation strategies-- and their neural underpinnings-- in an animal model of hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Dr. Friel joined the faculty of the BSTM in July 2008. In the BSTM, she conducts translational research in children with hemiplegic CP.