Balsam Jamal Alammari is currently a PhD student at the University of Miami, Department of Physical Therapy. She studies and works at the Rehabilitation and Community Integration for Neurological Disorders research lab. Balsam received her Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2015. She received her Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Sciences from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2022. Before that, she worked as a physical therapist and assumed a teaching role for cardiopulmonary health and biomechanics at King Abdulaziz University. Her current research focuses on investigating factors related to community walking after stroke, while incorporating advanced technology to explain intrinsic factors related to motor impairments, like gait characteristics. Her previous work focused on assessing hepatic touch as a mechanism of static postural control.
Balsam Jamal Alammari is currently a PhD student at the University of Miami, Department of Physical Therapy. She studies and works at the Rehabilitation and Community Integration for Neurological Disorders research lab. Balsam received her Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2015. She received her Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Sciences from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2022. Before that, she worked as a physical therapist and assumed a teaching role for cardiopulmonary health and biomechanics at King Abdulaziz University. Her current research focuses on investigating factors related to community walking after stroke, while incorporating advanced technology to explain intrinsic factors related to motor impairments, like gait characteristics. Her previous work focused on assessing hepatic touch as a mechanism of static postural control.