Dr. Veronica Silva

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Veronica Silva's research program focuses on understanding the visuomotor processes involved in controlling human locomotion and mobility biomechanics across the lifespan. Her methodological approach utilizes neurophysiological, performance-based techniques to assess visual information acquisition, processing, and integration in challenging contexts, such as stairs and obstacle avoidance. Silva has an extensive teaching portfolio that encompasses undergraduate and graduate courses in motor control, biomechanics, neuroscience, human movement, ergonomics, and research methods across higher education institutions in Canada, the United States, and Brazil. Before joining the University of Manitoba as an Assistant Professor, she served as a Research Scientist at Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and was a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Silva completed her postdoctoral training at Sunnybrook Health Sciences and earned her PhD in Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo, where her doctoral research examined the role of visual information during stair locomotion. She also holds a Master's degree in Movement Sciences and Bachelor's in Physical Education from São Paulo State University, Brazil, concentrating on the effects of physical activity on aging and locomotor behavior. Silva is dedicated to exploring the determinants of successful mobility under naturally challenging conditions with an emphasis on visual perception and executive mechanisms that govern posture and movement control.

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