Dr. V. Reggie Edgerton

Dr. Edgerton has 430+ peer-reviewed publications in the physiology of neural control of movement and neuromuscular plasticity, and is widely considered the world’s foremost expert in these fields. In addition to being a member of the UCLA faculty since 1968, he has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Goteborg in Sweden, Tokyo Metropolitan Neuroscience Institute, and the Panum Institute of the University of Copenhagen. Professor Edgerton served as a panelist for the National Academy of Sciences task force Decadal Report for NASA. Dr. Edgerton’s awards include the Annual National Paralysis Foundation Christopher Reeve Award, the University California Irvine/Christopher Reeve National Paralysis Foundation Spinal Cord Research Award, and the National Spinal Cord Injury Association L.W. Freeman Award. He is also the recipient of a Citation Award by the American College of Sports Medicine, has served NASA in a number of roles, and is currently on the Scientific Advisory Boards of the American Paralysis Association and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Dr. Edgerton received a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology at Michigan State University. He joined the faculty of UCLA in 1968.