Taylor Takla
Other Information
Awards and Honors
Best Clinical Research Presentation, Translational Neuroscience Program Symposium, May 2024, Wayne State University
Thomas C. Rumble Competitive University Graduate Fellowship, 2023 – 2024, Wayne State University
Whitaker Prize, Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, June 2023, Aurora, Colorado
2nd Place Graduate Research Symposium 3-Minute Thesis Competition, March 2023, Wayne State University
1st Place Translational Neuroscience 3-Minute Thesis Competition, November 2022, Wayne State University
Outstanding Research Award, Eugene Applebaum College Research Day, October 2022, Wayne State University
2nd Place Translational Neuroscience 3-Minute Thesis Competition, May 2022, Wayne State University
Research Interests
Addiction/substance abuse, exercise
Research Key Collaborators
Advisors
Nora Fritz
Advisory/Dissertation Committee
Ana Daugherty, Hilary Marusak, Merrill Landers (from the University of Nevada Las Vegas)
Publications
Takla, T. N., Feldpausch, J., Edwards, E. M., Han, S., Calabresi, P. A., Prince, J., Zackowski, K. M., & Fritz, N. E. (2025). Cerebellar Volume Measures Differentiate Multiple Sclerosis Fallers from Non-Fallers. Brain Sciences, 15(1), 77.
Takla, T. N., Monaghan, P. G., Peterson, D. S., & Fritz, N. E. (2024). The Relation Among Reactive Stepping and Fall-Related Psychological Factors in Multiple Sclerosis. Brain Sciences, 14(12), 1197.
Takla, T. N., Matsuda, P. N., Herring, T. E., Daugherty, A. M., & Fritz, N. E. (2024). Motor and non-motor factors of concern about falling and fear of falling in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 48(4), 198-206.
Monaghan, P. G., Takla, T. N., Chargo, A. N., Edwards, E. M., Yu, B., Myers, E., ... & Fritz, N. E. (2024). Measurement properties of backward walking and its sensitivity and feasibility in predicting falls in people with multiple sclerosis. Int J MS Care. 26(Q3), 155-166.
Chargo, A. N., Takla, T. N., Fritz, N. E., & Daugherty, A. M. (2024). On the Move: Correlation of Impaired Mobility with Spatial Navigation Ability in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. Brain Sciences, 14(3), 277.
Takla, T. N., Matsuda, P. N., Herring, T. E., Daugherty, A. M., & Fritz, N. E. (2024). Scale development to evaluate differences between concern about falling and fear of falling: the concern and fear of falling evaluation. Frontiers in psychology, 15, 1336078.
Takla, T. N., Chargo, A. N., Daugherty, A. M., & Fritz, N. E. (2023). Cognitive Contributors of Backward Walking in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis International, 2023(1), 5582242
Tidball, A. M., Niu, W., Ma, Q., Takla, T. N., Walker, J. C., Margolis, J. L., ... & Parent, J. M. (2023). Deriving early single-rosette brain organoids from human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports, 18(12), 2498-2514
Takla, T. N., Luo, J., Sudyk, R., Huang, J., Walker, J. C., Vora, N. L., ... & Tidball, A. M. (2023). A shared pathogenic mechanism for valproic acid and SHROOM3 knockout in a brain organoid model of neural tube defects. Cells, 12(13), 1697.