Agnès Roby-Brami is MD PhD. She joined INSERM in 1983, became Director of Research in 2005 and Emeritus since 2020. Her research interests initially focused on clinical neurophysiology, in particular spinal automatisms in spinal cord injured patients. She then turned her attention to motor control of the upper limb in patients with cerebral, spinal or osteoarticular lesions. Her work focused on disability assessment, recovery mechanisms and rehabilitation and assistance technologies. She has been actively involved in national and international academic networks on disability, and currently sits on research ethics committees.  She is the author or co-author of 138 international publications, 49 book chapters and numerous communications.

Keywords
Human motor control; Rehabilitation; recovery; stroke; spinal injury; assistive technology; disability