Claudio Ferre

Claudio Ferre serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Boston University's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, with joint affiliation in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences. His tenure-track position bridges clinical occupational therapy practice and neuroscience research.

• BA, DePaul University
• PhD, Columbia University

Dr. Ferre's research program centers on pediatric neurorehabilitation, specifically investigating divergent functional outcomes in children with comparable developmental-stage brain injuries. His work establishes critical links between neural architecture (analyzed through DTI/fNIRS), nervous system integrity (measured via TMS), and motor behavior to develop precision therapies for cerebral palsy and related movement disorders. The lab's focus on experience-dependent plasticity mechanisms informs early intervention strategies that maximize developmental potential.

He directs the Development, Experience, and Motor Recovery Lab, which employs a multimodal approach to decode how neural injury and activity patterns interact during critical developmental windows. This research directly shapes evidence-based rehabilitation protocols targeting motor skill acquisition in neurologically impaired children.