Sudarshan Dayanidhi's research focuses on the role of muscle stem cell dysfunction in impaired musculoskeletal growth in children with cerebral palsy as well as muscle mitochondrial function in development and aging. This uses a combination of work in human studies and animal models and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine/Pedal-With-Pete Foundation and American Heart Association. Sudarshan has diverse training in Physical Therapy, Mechanical Engineering, Biokinesiology and postdoctoral training in Muscle Physiology.
