Rate My Professor Brooke Dexheimer

Dexheimer has obtained significant funding as principal investigator or co-investigator on multiple grants, including the Virginia Commonwealth University C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center K12 Mentored Career Development Award (NIH NCATS K12 TR004364, 2025–2026) for examining handedness effects on early fine motor deficits in Parkinson’s disease; co-investigator on NIH NINDS R01 NS139424 (2024–2029) investigating posterior-parietal cortex in motor learning; co-PI on VCU Quest Grant (2024–2025) for altering sensory perception in VR; and PI on Shirley Ryan AbilityLab C-STAR grant (2023–2025) developing methods to quantify lateralized fine motor impairments in Parkinson’s disease. Additionally, she received a pilot grant from the VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center. Her publications include "Roles of Handedness and Hemispheric Lateralization: Implications for Rehabilitation of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems" (American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2024), "The complementary dominance hypothesis: a model for remediating the ‘good’ hand in stroke survivors" (Journal of Physiology, 2024), "Reaction time asymmetries provide insight into mechanisms underlying dominant and non-dominant hand selection" (Experimental Brain Research, 2022), "When the non-dominant arm dominates: the effects of visual information and task experience on speed-accuracy advantages" (Experimental Brain Research, 2021), and "Ipsilesional arm training in severe stroke to improve functional independence (IPSI): phase II protocol" (BMC Neurology, 2022). With over 100 citations, her scholarship influences neurorehabilitation practices.