Dr. John H. Kindred received his Ph.D. in Human Bioenergetics from Colorado State University. After graduating in 2017, he began his postdoctoral work at the Medical University of South Carolina in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences. He received a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Career Development Award – 1 and joined the Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System in 2019. This award focused on identifying neurophysiological and biomechanical markers of post-stroke fatigue in chronic stroke Veterans. It led to his current funding, a VA Career Development Award – 2, which investigates the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation, specifically repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), on the severity of post-stroke fatigue. He transferred to the CVNR in 2026 and is restarting this clinical trial. His research has two main goals: to identify the causes and consequences of fatigue and to develop evidence-based therapies to treat fatigue in neurological conditions. To achieve these goals, he uses a combination of patient-reported outcomes (questionnaires), cognitive and physical assessments, and non-invasive brain stimulation, e.g., transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), to probe nervous system function and alter the nervous system’s behavior.

Dr. Kindred is from Columbia, SC, and served Honorably for over nine years on Active Duty in the United States Marine Corps.

Research Interests:

Fatigue in Neurological Populations, Non-invasive brain stimulation, nervous system physiology, remote measurements