JS

Joseph Sandoval

About

I'm a kinesiology student at UHCL interested in the intersection of movement science and neurobiology. Currently working in the Chen Neurobiology Lab at UTMB studying spinal cord injury and motor function.

Education

University of Houston-Clear Lake

B.S. Kinesiology

Current Position

University of Texas Medical Branch

Research Assistant, Dept. of Neurobiology

Research

Conference·2025

Decoding Motor States in SCI Locomotion

Conference poster — Mission Connect 2025 (Overall Best SCI Poster)

Sandoval, J., Sandoval, A., Li, W., Chen, B.

Conference·2025

Deep Learning-Based Behavioral Fingerprinting for Spontaneous Pain Detection in SCI

Conference poster — Mission Connect 2025

Sandoval, A., Sandoval, J., Shang, J., Chen, B.

Conference·2025

Characterize spatiotemporal development of central neuropathic pain in T8 lateral hemisection SCI mouse model

Conference poster — Mission Connect 2025

Shang, J., Li, W., Sandoval, A., Henwood, M., Wei, R., Dunn, T., Sandoval, J., Huang, M., Chen, B.

Conference·2024

Utilizing Fiber Photometry to Detect Neuropathic Pain in Mouse Models of Spinal Cord Injury

Poster — Department of Neurobiology, University of Texas Medical Branch

Li, W., Yi, Y., Henwood, M., Sandoval, J., Dunn, T., Shang, J., Chen, B.

Awards

November 2025

Overall Best SCI Poster

Mission Connect 2025

August 2024

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation Research Grant

Craig H. Neilsen Foundation