Rate My Professor Carolin Curtze

Dr. Curtze obtained her Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the University of Groningen in 2012, earning cum laude distinction for her dissertation on neuromechanics in lower limb amputees. She also holds a Master’s degree in Sport Science from Justus Liebig University Giessen in 2005, graduated with distinction, and a first state examination in primary school teaching. Prior to UNO, she was Senior Research Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University’s Department of Neurology from 2012 to 2018, specializing in balance and gait impairments in Parkinson’s patients. Notable accolades include first place in Educational Research at OHSU in 2017, Paper of the Month award in 2015, two Ph.D. Top Publication Awards, and the Ubbo Emmius Ph.D. Scholarship. Prominent publications feature “Levodopa Is a Double-Edged Sword for Balance and Gait in People With Parkinson’s Disease” (Movement Disorders, 2015), “Inertial Sensor-Based Centripetal Acceleration as a Correlate for Lateral Margin of Stability During Walking and Turning” (IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2020), “Digital Biomarkers of Mobility in Parkinson’s Disease During Daily Living” (Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, 2020), and “Challenges and advances in the use of wearable sensors for lower extremity biomechanics” (Journal of Biomechanics, 2023). Additionally, she contributes as an Editorial Review Board Member for Nature Scientific Reports, ad hoc reviewer for various journals, and serves on faculty and thesis committees.