Michael Crispino is a research assistant in the Center for Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. As an undergraduate, Michael interned at Hackensack Meridian Health-JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, NJ, where he shadowed a postdoctoral neuropsychology fellow.

Michael volunteered as a teaching assistant for a health psychology course at Rutgers and worked as a paraprofessional at a school supporting children with autism spectrum disorder.

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Background and Expertise



Education

BA - Psychology - Rutgers University

Research Interests

Michael Crispino is involved in research that explores how physical activity may help improve language skills and support recovery for people with aphasia when combined with speech and language therapy.