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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Vicki Tysseling Lab

Our Team

Meet the lab team members below and see our Collaborators page to learn about our partners. We welcome requests for information about our work and collaboration opportunities; see About Us to learn more.

Principal Investigator

Vicki Tysseling

Vicki Tysseling, PT, PhD

v-tysseling( at )northwestern.edu
(312) 908-8160

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Research Assistant Professor

Mingchen Jiang

Mingchen Jiang, MD/PhD

m-jiang( at )northwestern.edu
(312) 503-4814

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Amr Mahrous

Amr Mahrous, PhD

amr.mahrous( at )northwestern.edu

I develop therapies for motor disabilities by studying spinal cord injury (SCI) and ALS in animal models. My research targets disease-related changes to improve motor function. Current projects include optimizing spinal cord stimulation to restore movement after SCI and investigating the neural basis of muscle spasms to guide more precise treatments.

Research Staff

Derin Birch

Derin Birch, MS

Research Technologist III

d-birch( at )northwestern.edu
(312) 503-1791

Graduate Students

Owen Shelton

Owen Shelton

OwenShelton2021( at )u.northwestern.edu

Miranda Torres

Miranda Torres

MirandaTorres2026( at )u.northwestern.edu

Undergraduate Students

Karaj Singh

Karaj Singh

KarajSingh2022( at )u.northwestern.edu

I’m a junior at Northwestern majoring in Biological Studies with a focus on Health and Human Disease, and minoring in Spanish and Cognitive Science. In the Tysseling Lab, I support data extraction and analysis for spinal cord experiments, helping refine protocols and prepare data for statistical review. This experience is shaping my path toward a future in the healthcare field.