Affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, Rutgers University

Soha Saleh is an assistant professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA. She studies the neural mechanisms that support motor and cognitive function after neurological disorders and central nervous system injury. Her long-term goal is to develop innovative, brain-guided rehabilitation strategies that are scientifically grounded and tailored to each individual.

She holds a PhD in biomedical engineering, and her expertise lies at the intersection of neurophysiology, rehabilitation engineering, and neuroscience. Her current work in neurophysiology focuses on using brain activation and connectivity to guide neuromodulation applications that enhance rehabilitation outcomes.

She designs and tests neurorehabilitation methods that simultaneously challenge both the body and the brain, for example, by adding cognitive demands to walking tasks, integrating virtual reality to enhance feedback, and using neuroscience-based metrics to track progress. To evaluate these interventions, she uses functional MRI and EEG to investigate how they affect brain excitability, network connectivity, and ultimately, behavior.