Wan-Chun Su
Assistant Professor
Bachelor's Degree: Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University, 2013
Master's Degree: Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University, 2015
PhD: Biomechanics and Movement Science, University of Delaware, 2022
Email: wanchunsu@lsu.edu
Office: 2215 HPL Field House
Biography
Dr. Wan-Chun Su is an Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior in the School of Kinesiology. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in physical therapy from National Taiwan University. Following her graduation, she practiced as a pediatric physical therapist at National Taiwan University Hospital. Driven by her research interests in early identification and intervention for children with developmental disorders, she obtained her Ph.D. in Biomechanics and Movement Science at the University of Delaware. Before joining LSU, Dr. Su served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Select Publications
Su, W. C., Cleffi, C., Srinivasan, S., & Bhat, A. (2024). A pilot study comparing the efficacy,
fidelity, acceptability, and feasibility of telehealth and face-to-face creative movement
interventions in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Telemedicine Reports, 5(1),
67–77. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmr.2023.0061
Su, W. C., Dashtestani, H., Miguel, H. O., Condy, E., Buckley, A., Park, S., Perreault, J.
B., Nguyen, T., Zeytinoglu, S., Millerhagen, J., Fox, N., & Gandjbakhche, A. (2023).
Simultaneous multimodal fNIRS-EEG recordings reveal new insights in neural activity
during motor execution, observation, and imagery. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 5151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31609-5
Su, W. C., Colacot, R., Ahmed, N., Nguyen, T., George, T., Gandjbakhche, A. (2023). The use
of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in tracking neurodevelopmental trajectories
in children with or without developmental disorders: a systematic review. Frontiers
in Psychiatry, 14, 1210000. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1210000
Su, W. C., Culotta, M., Tsuzuki, D., & Bhat, A. (2022). Cortical activation during cooperative
joint actions and competition in children with and without an autism spectrum condition
(ASC): an fNIRS study. Scientific reports, 12(1), 5177. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08689-w
Su, W. C., Srinivasan, S., Cleffi, C., & Bhat, A. (2021). Short report on research trends during
the COVID-19 pandemic and use of telehealth interventions and remote brain research
in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 25(6), 1816–1822. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211004795
Su, W. C., Culotta, M., Tsuzuki, D., & Bhat, A. (2021). Movement kinematics and cortical activation
in children with and without autism spectrum disorder during sway synchrony tasks:
an fNIRS study. Scientific reports, 11(1), 15035. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94519-4
McPartland, J. C., Lerner, M. D., Bhat, A., Clarkson, T., Jack, A., Koohsari, S.,
Matuskey, D., McQuaid, G. A., Su, W. C., & Trevisan, D. A. (2021). Looking back at the next 40 years of ASD neuroscience
research. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 51(12), 4333–4353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05095-5
Chen, L. C., Su, W. C., Ho, T. L., Lu, L., Tsai, W. C., Chiu, Y. N., & Jeng, S. F. (2019). Postural control
and interceptive skills in children with autism spectrum disorder. Physical therapy,
99(9), 1231–1241. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzz084
Media References
New York Time Article “For Some Children with Autism, Dance Is a Form of Expression”
by Michele C. Hollow. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/well/family/autism-children-dance.html
Zaraska, M (October, 2020). Moving in Sync Creates Surprising Social Bonds Among People.
Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/moving-in-sync-creates-surprising-social-bonds-among-people/
University of Delaware Local News, UDaily “Understanding Motor Problems in Children with ASD” by Ashley Barnas. https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2021/august/anjana-bhat-nih-grant-research-children-asd/