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Startle Reflex

Published on
Nov 21, 2024
Dr. Valentina Graci shares how her “eclectic” expertise and experiences led her to pursue a career in improving automotive safety.

The Sled Lab team examines human biomechanics to understand injury prevention and mechanisms in several scientific realms such as, but not limited to, automotive safety in current and future motor vehicles, age-related falls, and neuromotor rehabilitation.

Dr. Graci aims to identify the mechanisms underlying injury to inform strategies and interventions to reduce injury and improve safety. She leverages her eclectic scientific background, spanning from experimental psychology to exercise science and biomechanics. Her research focuses on biomechanical risk factors for age-related falls, and injury mechanisms due to motor vehicle accidents.

E-mail:
graciv [at] chop.edu