Amy J. Bastian, Ph.D., P.T.

Dr. Amy Bastian is the Chief Science Officer at Kennedy Krieger Institute, a role in which she identifies and promotes new directions for breakthrough research into the developing brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal system. She is also director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory that studies the neural control of human movement. Dr. Bastian is a professor of neuroscience and neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

After completing her undergraduate degree in physical therapy at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Bastian completed her doctoral degree in movement science at Washington University in 1995 and a post-doctoral fellowship in neuroscience at Washington University under Dr. W.T. Thach.

Dr. Bastian’s research uses computerized movement tracking techniques, non-invasive brain stimulation, novel devices and robotics to control walking and reaching movements in people with and without neurological damage. She has co-authored more than 100 scientific papers and numerous book chapters and served as chair of the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Study Section at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is currently the primary investigator on two R01 grants from the NIH, one of which received a prestigious Javits award.