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Research Interests:
Dr. McKernan’s current research interests and funded work includes: using machine learning (ML) techniques to understand the relationships between clinical, biologic, biomechanical, demographic, and environmental factors and behavioral and psychosocial outcomes of people with disabilities, creating enhanced data structures by appending socio-geographic and demographic data to existing clinical data, and analysis of randomized controlled trials involving neuro-stimulation and pharmacologics for individuals who have experienced stroke, TBI, and other conditions. She currently serve as the Co-director for the data center and Informatics Core of the NIH HEAL initiative at the University of Pittsburgh, overseeing data governance, monitoring, sharing, and statistical analysis.