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Anita Singh

  • College of Engineering

    • Bioengineering

      • Chair

      • Associate Professor

Biography

Anita Singh, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the Bioengineering Department at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. She earned her Ph.D. from Wayne State University, Detroit, in Biomedical Engineering. She then completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, and worked as a Research Associate and the co-Director of Behavior and Biomechanics Core at Drexel University, College of Medicine. She also has industrial experience in a medical device company. Her research has focused on developing a new model of traumatic axonal injury that offers the possibility of improving the understanding of white matter tract damage in the brain during and after a traumatic event. Another area of her research includes investigating a new combinatorial treatment strategy using bioengineered scaffolds and a robotic training paradigm in spinally contused and transected rats. She is currently involved in understanding the biomechanical, functional, and structural injury thresholds for neonatal brachial plexus palsy. Her work has been published in several journals, including the Journal of Biomechanics, Brain Injury, and Journal of Neurotrauma, and she has presented and received awards at national and international conferences. She is also a recipient of the prestigious NIH R01 and NSF-CAREER awards and has additional funding from several foundations and the Department of Defense.

Labs: Injury Biomechanics Laboratory

Research Interests

  • Neonatal Injury, Biomechanics, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Engineering Education

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

BIOE 0844

The Bionic Human

Undergraduate

BIOE 3001

Research Design and Methods in Bioengineering

Undergraduate

BIOE 3312

Mechanics for Bioengineering II

Undergraduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Weiser, M., Stoy, L., Lallo, V., Balasubramanian, S., & Singh, A. (2024). The Efficacy of Body-Weight Supported Treadmill Training and Neurotrophin-Releasing Scaffold in Minimizing Bone Loss Following Spinal Cord Injury. Bioengineering (Basel), 11(8). Switzerland. 10.3390/bioengineering11080819

  • Mukherjee, D., Lai, V., Huang, Z., & Singh, A. (2024). The BIORES-21 Survey: Insights Into Remote and Online Education in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology. J Biomech Eng, 146(5). United States. 10.1115/1.4064792

  • Orozco, V., Balasubramanian, S., & Singh, A. (2024). Direct Linear Transformation for the Measurement of In-Situ Peripheral Nerve Strain During Stretching. J Vis Exp.. United States. 10.3791/65924

  • Iaconianni, J.A., Balasubramanian, S., Grimm, M.J., Gonik, B., & Singh, A. (2024). Studying the Effects of Shoulder Dystocia and Neonate-Focused Delivery Maneuvers on Brachial Plexus Strain: A Computational Study. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 146(2). ASME International. doi: 10.1115/1.4064313.

  • Johnston, R., Sell, D., Fiedler, G., & Singh, A. (2023). Assessing Phase-Change Materials as Effective Long-Term Biosensors in Limb Prosthetics. Biosensors (Basel), 13(10). Switzerland. 10.3390/bios13100944

  • Singh, A., Orozco, V., & Balasubramanian, S. (2023). In vivo biomechanical responses of neonatal brachial plexus when subjected to stretch. PLoS One, 18(8), e0290718. United States. 10.1371/journal.pone.0290718

  • Singh, A., Majmudar, T., Magee, R., Gonik, B., & Balasubramanian, S. (2022). Effects of Prestretch on Neonatal Peripheral Nerve: An In Vitro Study. J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj, 17(1), e1-e9. United States. 10.1055/s-0042-1743132

  • Majmudar, T., Balasubramanian, S., Magee, R., Gonik, B., & Singh, A. (2021). In-vitro stress relaxation response of neonatal peripheral nerves. J Biomech, 128, 110702. United States. 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110702

  • D'Andrea, C.R., Alfraihat, A., Singh, A., Anari, J.B., Cahill, P.J., Schaer, T., Snyder, B.D., Elliott, D., & Balasubramanian, S. (2021). Part 2. Review and meta-analysis of studies on modulation of longitudinal bone growth and growth plate activity: A micro-scale perspective. J Orthop Res, 39(5), 919-928. United States. 10.1002/jor.24992

  • D'Andrea, C.R., Alfraihat, A., Singh, A., Anari, J.B., Cahill, P.J., Schaer, T., Snyder, B.D., Elliott, D., & Balasubramanian, S. (2021). Part 1. Review and meta-analysis of studies on modulation of longitudinal bone growth and growth plate activity: A macro-scale perspective. J Orthop Res, 39(5), 907-918. United States. 10.1002/jor.24976