Gaio Lakin

Mentor:  Perry H. Leo, PhD

Research Topic:  "A mechanical model of airway collapse in asthma"

Specific Aims:

• To extend the current understanding of small airway mechanics.
• To propose a computer model of the small airways using a novel analytical approach based on the calculus of variations.
  
  
  

Publications:

Schwartz M, Lakin G.  The effect of tibial torsion on the dynamic function of the soleus during gait.  Gait and Posture 2003; 17(2):113-18.

Last updated 3-26-2008