Elham (Elli) Alijanpour, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation. She earned her PhD in Kinesiology and Rehabilitation from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. Her research background is in biomechanics and motor control, with a focus on gait coordination, walking efficiency, and age-related changes in mobility.

Before joining Kessler Foundation, Dr. Alijanpour conducted gait and movement research involving older adults and individuals with musculoskeletal conditions and gained experience in a clinical gait-analysis setting. At the Foundation, she is building on this work to investigate how exercise may support brain health, cognition, and mobility in people with multiple sclerosis.