Kathleen A. Sluka, PT, PhD, FAPTA

Lynn Rasmussen, BA

Lynn received her BA in Psychology from the University of Iowa. Lynn is our laboratory manager and has been with the team since 2006. She takes care of all operations and is actively involved in mentoring trainees and collecting data. She is currently working on the exercise-induced pain and analgesia studies, A2CPS and the Metabolic Biomarkers in Fibromyalgia study.

Sandy Mostaert, BA

Sandy works for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science as a Clinical Trials Research Assistant and Data Management. Sandy was assigned in 2019 under the direction of Dr. Sluka to assist in clinical trials for pain management. She is currently working on the Fibromyalgia Transcutaneous Electrica Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Physical Therapy study (FM-TIPS), A2CPS, and Metabolic Biomarkers in Fibromyalgia study.

Giovanni Berardi, PT, PhD

Dr. Berardi received his PT degree from Rosalind Franklin University and practiced in Chicago for several years before returning to Marquette University to receive his PhD in Clinical & Translational Rehabilitation Health Science under the direction of Marie Hoeger Bement, PT, PhD. Giovanni joined the laboratory in November of 2020 initially as a Postdoctoral Scholar. He is currently in the role of Assistant Research Scientist and is working on the A2CPS and Metabolic Biomarkers for Fibromyalgia projects . 

Kazuhiro Hayashi, PT, PhD

Dr. Hayashi received his PT degree from Magoya University and practiced in Japan for several years before he received his PhD in Medical Science from Aichi Medical University under the direction of Takahiro Ushida. He joined the laboratory in July 2020 and is working on the role of purinergic receptors in exercise-induced pain.