Dr. Shulman’s major research interest is the impact of chronic neurologic diseases such as Parkinson disease on daily function and quality of life. Related interests include outcomes measurement, health disparities, exercise interventions, biosensor assessments of mobility, and cognitive/behavioral problems in Parkinson’s and related movement disorders. She has served as Investigator and Principal Investigator in numerous investigator-initiated and sponsored clinical trials including trials of exercise interventions in Parkinson disease, development of new instruments for measurement of outcomes, and investigation of the genetics of Parkinson disease. Dr. Shulman served as Principal Investigator for the NIH PROMIS Initiative (Patient-reported Outcomes Information System) to develop a new measure of Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Conditions. She is currently co-PI on a Seed Grant Challenge to develop innovative quantitative models for data visualization and analysis of big data- complex datasets of health outcomes.