Mindy Levin

Mindy Levin is a Professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (SPOT), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She was Research Scholar of the Quebec Health Research Fund (1992-2004) and held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Motor Recovery and Rehabilitation (2005-2019). She is currently a Distinguished James McGill Professor. She has over 200 peer-reviewed publications. Her research focuses on elucidating the mechanisms underlying sensorimotor deficits and their recovery in patients with central nervous system lesions. She has a strong background in motor control theory and the translation of motor control and motor learning principles into clinical rehabilitation applications to improve the lives of people with neurological lesions. Amongst her research methodologies are new technologies such as virtual reality and robotics.

She is a Past-President of the International Society of Motor Control (ISMC) and of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation (ISVR). She served on the Board of Directors of the International Neurological Physiotherapy Association of World Physiotherapy. Currently, she is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance (ISRRA) and a Board of Directors member of the ISMC and ISVR. She is past Editor-in-Chief of the journal “Motor Control”.