Fay B. Horak

Fay B. Horak is a Senior Professor at Oregon Health & Science University, where she leads research at the intersection of neuroscience, neurology, and rehabilitation. Her work focuses on motor control, human movement analysis, and neurorehabilitation, with a particular emphasis on gait analysis and movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Her latest publications include an updated definition of freezing of gait in *Nature Reviews Neurology* (2026), digital gait biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease susceptibility and progression in *npj Parkinson’s Disease* (2025), and a JAMA Neurology trial of the acetylcholine M1 receptor modulator TAK-071 for cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease. She has also published on anticipatory postural adjustments, levodopa effects on gait, and daily-life mobility cognition links. Her recent award, a 2018 grant on central mechanisms of motor fatigue in multiple sclerosis, underscores her broad expertise in translational motor neuroscience.