Dr. J. Lucas Mckay, PhD MSCR, is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Neurology at Emory University School of Medicine. He earned his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master’s in Clinical Research Methods. He co‑directs the Emory Brain Health Center Motion Analysis Lab and maintains one of the largest full‑body behavioral data repositories for movement disorders. His translational research focuses on balance, gait, falls, and freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease, bridging engineering, biostatistics, and clinical trials. He serves as a biostatistician on federally funded Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease trials and holds NIH career development awards, with a strong record of interdisciplinary collaboration and peer‑reviewed publications.