Amani Alkayyali
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomechanical assessments in the operating room
Our team
People
A collaborative group spanning kinesiology, biomedical engineering, and medicine — working together on shoulder health, imaging, and cancer survivorship.
Principal Investigator
David B. Lipps, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Movement Science
- School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
- Affiliate, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Member, Cancer Control & Population Sciences, Rogel Cancer Center
Dr. Lipps directs the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics & Imaging Laboratory, integrating quantitative ultrasound imaging, experimental biomechanics, and wearable technology to understand shoulder function. His research program centers on the upper-extremity morbidity faced by breast cancer survivors following surgery and radiation therapy, with the goal of improving how these impairments are detected and treated.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Layla Lynch
Ph.D. Student
Massage interventions in breast cancer survivors
Bhillie Luciani
Ph.D. Student
Biomechanical applications to oncology research
Research Staff
Natalie Greener
Clinical Research Coordinator
Study coordination & participant care
Undergraduate Researchers
Belzora Lovett
Undergraduate Honors Student
Smarika Khadka
Undergraduate Researcher
Margit Fried
Undergraduate Researcher
Jessica O’Regan
Undergraduate Researcher
Kelsey Ward
Undergraduate Researcher
Brendan Gray
Undergraduate Researcher
Annie Atwood
Undergraduate Researcher
Selected Alumni
Former lab members have gone on to academic, clinical, and industry research positions. A few highlights:
- Joshua Leonardis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University
- Whitney Wolff, Ph.D.
Instructor of Practice, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University
- Susann Wolfram, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University
- Tea Lulic-Kuryllo, Ph.D.
Scientific Specialist, Waterloo Regional Health Network (Ontario, Canada)
- Jamie Takayesu, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine
- Brian Diefenbach, M.S.
Director of Performance Science, Detroit Tigers