Weiyang Deng,
Assistant Professor
College of Health Sciences
Join year: 2025
Shirley RyanAbilityLab
Postdoc Fellow
University of Southern California
Major:Biokinesiology
Nanjing Medical University
Major: Rehabilitation Therapeutics
- Weiyang Deng,BahdaHoang, MeaghanRubsum, Gabriela Lopez, Meaghan K O’Brien, TheresaSukal-Moulton, Barbara Sargent, Colleen Peyton, Elizabeth Hoffman, Raye-AnndeRegnier, NicolePouppirt, John A. Rogers, Richard L. Lieber, Arun Jayaraman, Concurrent validity of the Bayley-4, AIMS, and HINE assessments in 1-year-old infants, Under Review
- Weiyang Deng, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jacklyn Stoller, Meaghan Rubsam, Madison Ku, Marielena Barbieri, Christina Lacci, Arun Jayaraman, Environmental enrichment strategies for infants atpreand post-term age: A summarized communication from pediatric physical therapists, Pediatric Physical Therapy. Mar 2025
- Weiyang Deng, Megan O'Brien, Rachel Andersen, Richa Rai, Erin Jones, Arun Jayaraman, Portable technologies for the early assessment of motor development in infants under 1 year old,npjDigital Medicine – Nature Portfolio. Jan 2025
- Weiyang Deng, Sofia Anastasopoulos, Raye-AnndeRegnier, NicolePouppirt, Ann Barlow, Cheryl Patrick, Megan O’Brien, Sarah Babula, TheresaSukal-Moulton, Colleen Peyton, Catherine Morgan, John Rogers, Richard L. Lieber, Arun Jayaraman, Protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a year-long (NICU-to- home) evidence-based, high dose physical therapy intervention in infants at risk of neuromotor delay, Sep 2023
- Weiyang Deng, VivienMarmelat, Douglas L. Vanderbilt, Federico Gennaro, Beth A. Smith, Barcoding, linear and nonlinear analysis of full day leg movements in infants with typical development and infants at risk, Infancy, Mar 2023
- Weiyang Deng, Barbara Sargent, Kathryn Havens, Douglas Vanderbilt, Marcelo Rosales, Jose Carlo Pulido, Maja J.Matarić, Beth A. Smith, Correlation between performance and quantity/variability of leg exploration in a contingency learning task during infancy, Infant Behavior and Development, Jan 2023
- Allen Chang, Lauren Klein, Marcelo R. Rosales, Weiyang Deng, Beth A. Smith, Maja J.Matarić,Evaluatingtemporal patterns in applied infant affect recognition, 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), Oct 2022
- Marcelo Rosales, Weiyang Deng, RyotaNishiyori, Douglas Vanderbilt, Beth Smith, Leg movement rate before and after a caregiver-provided intervention for infants at risk of developmental disability, Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, Oct 2021
- Weiyang Deng, Barbara Sargent, Nina S. Bradley, Lauren Klein, Marcelo Rosales, José Carlos Pulido, Maja JMatarić, Beth A. Smith,Usingsocially assistive robot feedback to reinforce infant leg movement acceleration. 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, August 2021
- Weiyang Deng, RyotaNishiyori, Douglas L. Vanderbilt, Beth A Smith,Howmany days are necessary torepresenttypical daily leg movement behavior for infants at risk of developmental disabilities? Sensors, Sep 2020
- Ivan A. Trujillo-Priego, Judy Zhou, Inge F. Werner, Weiyang Deng, & Beth A. Smith, Infant leg activity intensity before and after naps. Journal for the Measurement of PhysicalBehaviour, June 2020
- Weiyang Deng, Ivan A Trujillo-Priego, Beth A Smith,Howmany days are necessary torepresentan infant’s typical daily leg movement behavior using wearable sensors? Physical Therapy Journal, June 2019
- Naomi T. Fitter, Rebecca Funke, Jose CarlosPulido ,Lauren E. Eisenman, Weiyang Deng, Marcelo R. Rosales, Nina S. Bradley, Barbara Sargent, Beth A. Smith, and Maja J.Mataric,Sociallyassistive infant-robot interaction: Using robots to encourage infant leg-motion training, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, April 2019
- Joanne Shida-Tokeshi, Christianne J Lane, Ivan A Trujillo-Priego, Weiyang Deng, Douglas L. Vanderbilt, Gerald E. Loeb, Beth A Smith, Relationships between full-day arm movement characteristics and developmental status in infants with typical development as they learn to reach: An observational study, Gates Open Research. April 2018
- Weiyang Deng, Douglas L. Vanderbilt, Beth A. Smith, Differences in spontaneous leg movement patterns between infants with typical development and infants at risk for developmental delay: cross-sectional observation prior to sitting onset, Journal of Motor Learning and Development. June 2017
- Ivan A Trujillo-Priego, Christianne J Lane, Douglas L Vanderbilt, Weiyang Deng, Gerald E. Loeb, Joanne Shida-Tokeshi, Beth A Smith, Development of a wearable sensor algorithm to detect the quantity and kinematic characteristics of infant arm movement bouts produced across a full day in the natural environment, Technologies, June 2017