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Human Performance and Gait Laboratory
A collaboration between Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Winston-Salem State University School of Health Sciences
Piedmont Plaza 1 Building, Ground Floor (G040)
1920 West First Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
336-716-0521 (p)
336-716-0525 (f)
Laboratory Director
Department Chair, Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Winston-Salem State University
Laboratory Medical Director
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Foot and Ankle
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Laboratory Medical Director
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatrics
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Laboratory Manager/Instructor
Titleist Performance Institute Golf 2 Certified
Department of Physical Therapy
Winston-Salem State University
Marc Washington
HPG Lab Graduate Assistant (2025 - Present)
WSSU Doctor of Physical Therapy Student, Class of 2027
Marc is helping with data collection and analysis of clinical gait assessments, and other various lab research projects. Additionally, he is assisting in improving data collection techniques to ensure validity and reliability of measures in the HPG Lab.
Pierce Bombard
Medical Student Research Program (MSRP) Fellow (2026 - Present)
WFU School of Medicine MD Student, Class of 2029
Pierce is assisting with the lab data collection, data processing, and data analysis procedures for his MSRP research project titled "Standardized Multimodal Gait Laboratory Assessment for Foot and Ankle Biomechanics Integrating Spatiotemporal Metrics, Plantar Pressure Analysis, Three-Dimensional Motion Capture, and Force Plates: A Reproducible Protocol."
2024: Nathan Hambrick, Physical Therapy Student
Cal Hubbard, Physical Therapy Student
2023: Sidney Rhodes, Physical Therapy Student
2022: Jacob Jayala, Physical Therapy Student
2021: Jonathan Lind, Physical Therapy Student
2020: Amanda Sugg, Physical Therapy Student
Ashton Randolph, Physical Therapy Student
2019: Ryan Johnson, Physical Therapy Student
Hailey Blackburn, Physical Therapy Student
2018: Dustin Sellers, RISE Scholar Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dexter Perkins, RISE Scholar Undergraduate Research Assistant
2017: Kaela Bellefeuil, Physical Therapy Student
2016: Vinni Williams, Physical Therapy Student
2015: Michael Arcidiacono, Physical Therapy Student
2014: Cory Alcon, Physical Therapy Student
Caryln Diaz, Physical Therapy Student
Brian Messersmith, Physical Therapy Student
2013: Marco Augart, Visiting Medical Student
Ariel Frost, Medical Student
Honorée McGraw, Research Volunteer
2012: April Hargrove, Chancellor's Scholar
Nikesha Gray, Chancellor's Scholar
John Pope, Research Volunteer
Brad Perry, Medical Student
Scott Rhode, Physical Therapy Student
2011: Ben Wooster, Medical Student
Parker Abblitt, Medical Student
Dawid Chabowski, Research Volunteer
2010: Chad Oakley, Physical Therapy Student
Brian Emerson, Physical Therapy Student
Jemel McCallister, Research Volunteer
2009: Isabella Gillespie, Summer Research Intern
David Holst, Medical Student
Chad Oakley, Physical Therapy Student
Brian Emerson, Physical Therapy Student
Jemel McCallister, Research Volunteer
2008: Abe Martinez; Research Volunteer
