Yaejin Moon ===================================================================== University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Telephone: (217) 898-5026 Department of Kinesiology E-mail: ymoon9@illinois.edu Motor Control Laboratory 301 Freer Hall 906 S.Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 ===================================================================== EDUCATION University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL Graduate research with Dr. Jacob Sosnoff, August 2011 - Present Ph.D, Kinesiology, August. 2013 Present M. S., Kinesiology, August. 2011 August. 2013 MS Thesis: Variability of peak shoulder force during wheelchair propulsion as a function of shoulder pain Project 1: Variability in wheelchair propulsion and shoulder pain development Project 2: Gait variability and fall risk in Multiple Sclerosis Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Undergraduate study, March. 2006 August. 2010 B.S. in Sport Science in Physical education (Cum Laude), August. 2010 PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES Becoming a scholar in movement rehabilitation as an expert in biomechanics and motor control. Finding position as a faculty member in kinesiology. RESEARCH INTERESTS Understanding complex human movements in biomechanics and motor control perspectives. Dynamic stability & adaptability assessment using variability and complexity analysis in movement Understanding fall mechanism in clinical population in motor control perspective Yaejin Moon 1
MASTER S THESIS Title: Variability of peak shoulder force during wheelchair propulsion as a function of shoulder pain Committee: Dr. Jacob Sosnoff, Dr. Ian Rice Computed force acting on the shoulder using inverse dynamic method Analyzed variability of peak shoulder resultant force Found relationship between variability of shoulder force and shoulder pain PUBLICATIONS Yaejin Moon., Jayaraman, C. C., Hsu, I. K., Rice, I. M., Hsiao-Wecksler, E. T., & Sosnoff, J. J. (2013). Variability of peak shoulder force during wheelchair propulsion in manual wheelchair users with and without shoulder pain. Clinical Biomechanics, 28(9/10), 967-972. Published Yaejin Moon, Douglas A. Wajda & Jacob J. Sosnoff. Stride time variability and fall risk in persons with Multiple Sclerosis. In preparation Yaejin Moon, Douglas A. Wajda & Jacob J. Sosnoff. Relationship between stride time variability in short distance walking and long distance walking in persons with Multiple Sclerosis. In preparation Jayaraman, C., Yaejin Moon, Rice, I. M., Hsiao Wecksler, E. T., Beck, C. L., & Sosnoff, J. J. (2014). Shoulder Pain and Cycle to Cycle Kinematic Spatial Variability during Recovery Phase in Manual Wheelchair Users: A Pilot Investigation. PLoS ONE, 9(3), 1-7. Published Douglas A. Wajda, Yaejin Moon, Robert W. Motl, & Jacob J. Sosnoff (2014) Preliminary investigation of Gait Initiation and Falls in Multiple Sclerosis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, In process SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Scholarship Awards Merit based Scholarship, Department of Physical education, Seoul National University, 2006~2010 Jong Scholarship recipient, Jong Scholarship, Chicago, IL, USA, 2014 YoungNak Scholarship recipient, YoungNak Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2014 Yaejin Moon 2
Award for Excellent Report in Liberal Subjects, Academic Writing Lab, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2007 3 rd place in student paper competition in MS level, World Congress of biomechanics, Boston, MA, USA, 2014 CONFERENCE POSTERS / TALKS Yaejin Moon, C Jayaraman, I.M.K Hsu, I.M, Rice, E.T. Hsiao-Wecksler, J.J. Sosnoff. (Sep 2013). Variability of peak shoulder force during wheelchair propulsion as a function of shoulder pain. American Society of Biomechanics, Omaha, Nebraska. Poster Yaejin Moon, Douglas Wajda, Jonghun Sung, Robert W. Motl, Jacob J. Sosnoff (Oct, 2013) Center of pressure trajectory of foot falls in multiple sclerosis. 3rd International Symposium on Gait and Balance in Multiple Sclerosis: Selecting the Right Measures, St Louis, Illinois. Poster Yaejin Moon, C Jayaraman, E.T. Hsiao-Wecksler, J.J. Sosnoff. (July 2014). Variability structure in hand-rim peak force during manual wheelchair propulsion: A pilot study. World Congress Biomechanics, Boston, Massachusetts (Awarded 3 rd place in student paper competition) Poster Yaejin Moon, C Jayaraman, I.M, Rice, & J.J. Sosnoff. (Sep 5 2012). Variability in Wheelchair Propulsion: A New Window into an Old Problem. Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, St. Louis, Missouri. Talk PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Assistant 1) Motor control Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champain, August 2011-Current. (Research adviser: Dr. Jacob sosnoff, Associate professor, Department of Kinesiology). Collected and analyzed data using tools. - Data collection and analysis on wheelchair propulsion mechanics using SMARTWheel, motion capture, and Matlab. - Data collection and analysis on gait metrics using Zeno gait mat and Matlab. - Data collection on gait metrics using Xsens accelerometer and Matlab. - Data collection on physiological fall risk using PPA package. Recruited and screened research participants Help training of research participants in physical training session. - Fall prevention exercise training for multiple sclerosis (2012-present) - Therastride training for multiple sclerosis (2012-present) 2) Gwonak Pubilc health center, Seoul, Korea, October 2008. Helped Test of Gross Motor Development assessment for Kindergartener Yaejin Moon 3
Conference Assistant The 26 th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports, Seoul, Korea, Jul 2008. Guided participants of the conference TEACHING EXPERIENCE Mentoring Illinois Scholars Undergraduate Research program, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL, Sep. -Dec. 2012 Physical Education Class Instructor All Day Care Service of Ministry of Education, Seoul Kyungdong Kindergarten, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 2010 ~ 2011 Physical education class, Seoul National University Girls Middle School, Seoul, Korea, May.2009 SNU Children Motor Development Class, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Mar. 2006 ~ Jun. 2009 Physical education class for children with disabilities, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Mar. 2009 ~ Jun.2010 Summer camp for children with disabilities, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Jun. 2008 Ski camp for children with disabilities, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Jan. 2008 RELEVANT COURSEWORK Motor control Motor Learning & Control, Dr. Sosnoff Biomechanics Whole-body Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Dr. Hsiao-Wecksler Neuropsychology Human performance & Energy psychology, Dr.Morrow Advances in psychobiology Dr. Juraska, Dr. Rhodes, Dr. Liang, Dr. Galvez Statistics Yaejin Moon 4
Kinesiology Research Methods, Dr. Weimo Zhu Applied statistics 1, Dr. Don Bullock Applied statistics 2, Dr. Don Bullock Yaejin Moon 5