Brandon Oubre

Research Fellow in Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

I am postdoctoral research fellow interested in how computing technologies can be used to understand, monitor, and improve human health. My work focuses on developing technologies for objective assessment of motor function in several disease areas—including stroke, ataxia, and knee osteoarthritis. In particular, I am developing systems to unobtrusively and remotely assess motor performance, monitor disease trajectories, and identify early disease signs. My research integrates data analytics, machine learning, and biomedical engineering. I enjoy close collaborations with experts in neuroscience, neurology, and biomechanics. In my free time, I enjoy playing automation and strategy video games and reading science fiction and fantasy.

I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and was awarded the 2021–2022 Outstanding Dissertation Award by the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences. I was a member of the AHHA lab during my doctoral studies. I have also been the recipient of nationally-competitive rewards, including the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and an honorable mention from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

news

Feb 13, 2023 I have been awarded the 2021–2022 Oustanding Dissertation Award by the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences.
Sep 1, 2022 Began Research Fellow position at Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology and Harvard Medical School.
Jul 20, 2022 Our article, “Estimating Post-Stroke Upper-Limb Impairment from Four Activities of Daily Living using a Single Wrist-Worn Inertial Sensor,” has been accepted at IEEE BHI’22.
Feb 22, 2022 Our article, “Estimating Ground Reaction Force and Center of Pressure using Low-Cost Wearable Devices,” has been selected as a featured article in the April 2022 issue of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

selected publications

  1. TBME Featured Article
    Estimating Ground Reaction Force and Center of Pressure using Low-Cost Wearable Devices
    Oubre, Brandon, Lane, Spencer, Holmes, Skylar, Boyer, Katherine, and Lee, Sunghoon Ivan
    IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 2022
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  2. Cerebellum
    Decomposition of Reaching Movements Enables Detection and Measurement of Ataxia
    Oubre, Brandon, Daneault, Jean-Francois, Whritenour, Kallie, Khan, Nergis C., Stephen, Christopher D., Schmahmann, Jeremy D., Lee, Sunghoon Ivan, and Gupta, Anoopum S.
    Cerebellum 2021
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  3. TNSRE Featured Article
    Estimating Upper-Limb Impairment Level in Stroke Survivors using Wearable Inertial Sensors and a Minimally-Burdensome Motor Task
    Oubre, Brandon, Daneault, Jean-Francois, Jung, Hee-Tae, Whritenour, Kallie, Miranda, Jose Garcia Vivas, Park, Joonwoo, Ryu, Taekyeong, Kim, Yangsoo, and Lee, Sunghoon Ivan
    IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng. 2020
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