Dr. McPherson is currently examining the nature and impact of injury prevention programs designed to train individuals to activate their transversus abdominis (TrA) during upright loaded functional tasks (with Dr. Todd Watson). She is also developing a line of research that examines the impact of various types of attentional focus instructions and/or feedback on performance and learning of adults post-stroke during seated balance and gait training tasks (with Dr. Ashley Hyatt).