PhD in Human Movement Science
Faculty Research
Areas
Dept.
of AHS | Division of Physical
Therapy | Dept. of Exercise and
Sports Science
Center for Human Movement Science
Jan Busby Whitehead,
Professor, Medicine
Incontinence in aging, preventing disability,
interdisciplinary team building, community-university partnerships
Janet
Freburger, Assistant Professor, Division of PT
Health Services
Research: Patient centered outcomes of interventions; utilization of ancillary
services in the treatment of and prevention of health conditions; access to ancillary
services; survey research and psychometrics; evidence based practice in physical
therapy. Measurement and examination techniques in orthopedic physical therapy
William
Garrett, Professor, Orthopaedic Medicine
Chair of Orthopaedics
at UNC. Research history includes a large body of work on muscle strain injury
and studies ACL injury mechanisms with multiple colleagues from HMSC. Interested
in the injury mechanism, care, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries to the
articular cartilage of the knee as well as outcomes of arthroscopic surgery. Students
have a conduit to all the subspecialties in orthopaedics through Dr. Garrett.
Team physician for the US Soccer Federation.
Carol Giuliani,
Professor, Division of PT
Effects of exercise to improve movement
patterns in adults & children with neuromuscular dysfunction; identifying
underlying factors for movement dysfunction in aging & adults with stroke;
developmental motor control; aging motor control
Mike Gross,
Professor, Division of PT
Prevention and treatment of ankle
sprain injury; Effects of foot orthoses on lower quarter function; In general,
prevention and treatment of lower quarter musculoskeletal dysfunction sports medicine/orthopedics/foot
orthotics
Kevin Guskiewicz, Associate Professor, EXSS
Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., A.T.C. was hired by the Department Exercise and Sport Science in July 1995, and was appointed Department Chair in July 2005. Kevin heads up the sport concussion program at UNC, while also serving as the Director of the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory and Research Director for the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes. Kevin's teaching responsibilities include Cadaver Anatomy, Therapeutic Modalities, Human Anatomy, and Research Methods & Statistics in Sports Medicine.
Kevin’s research is focused on the assESSMent of sport-related concussion and the long-term effects of concussion. He has been the recipient of over 15 funded research grants on this topic, and has published over 45 journal articles and five textbook chapters related to concussion in sport. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Athletic Training, and is on the editorial boards of two other journals. Kevin was the recipient of the 1997 Kenneth Knight Outstanding Research Manuscript for the Journal of Athletic Training, the recipient of the 1999 NATA-REF New Investigator Award for Athletic Training Research, and the 2006 Medal for Distinguished Athletic Training Research He was awarded Fellowship in the American College of Sports Medicine in May 2003, and was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education in September 2006. He and his wife Amy have 4 children Jacob, Nathan, Adam, and Tessa.
Anthony
C. Hackney, Professor, EXSS and Nutrition
Exercise Physiology
Henry
Hsiao, Professor, BME
Biomedical instrument design, microcomputer
interfaces and telemedicine. He has designed operating room monitors, techniques
to measure pulmonary function and devices to assess blood flow. He has also
developed a system to measure audience responses for large groups. In telemedicine
he has been involved in most of the telemedicine projects at UNC-Hospitals including
remote ER consulting and remote infant monitors. His departmental website
is http://www.bme.unc.edu/directory/faculty/hsiao.html.
Michael Lee, Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
Prevention and management of secondary conditions in spinal cord injured;
Management of Wound; Use of integrative medicine in patients with chronic pain;
Clinical neurophysiology.
Michael Lewek, Assistant Professor, Division of PT
Dr. Lewek's research involves improvement of functional mobility following stroke. Specifically, he is interested in how peripheral sensory input influences motor commands during gait, and the specific role of muscle dysfunction on locomotion following neurological injury. Current projects involve improving muscle activation during the sit-to-stand task and characterizing the role of limb load on muscle function during gait.
Bonita Marks, Associate Professor,
EXSS
Dr. Marks conducts research on the interaction between aging, exercise, brain structure/function, and cognitive decline; falls risk in older populations; tennis sports physiology
Bob McMurray,
Professor, EXSS
Dr McMurray’s research is in pediatrics exercise physiology. He is currently working on a multi-site diabetes prevention project that includes 42 schools across the United States. He is also working on a family-orientated obesity reduction program. His main interests in pediatrics endocrinology focusing on the interaction of hormones and immune responses with exercise; the development and trajectory of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and ways to reduce these risk factors. Finally he serves as the physical activity consultant for the Coordinating Center for the multi-site Hispanic Community Health Study which is examining the health of Hispanic adults across the United States.
Vicki Mercer,
Associate Professor, Division of PT
Dr Mercer, PT, PhD studies postural control in older adults and in individuals with neurological dysfunction. She is particularly interested in anticipatory control prior to voluntary movement. Current areas of investigation include 1) paretic lower extremity loading and weight shifting abilities in the first 6 months after stroke and 2) interventions for improving lateral stability in stroke survivors and in older adults who are at increased risk of falls.
Joseph Myers, Assistant Professor, EXSS
Joseph B. Myers, PhD, ATC Assistant Professor, Exercise and Sport Science. Dr. Myers is the Chair of the Academic Committee for the Human Movement Science Curriculum. His research focuses on the area upper extremity biomechanics and neuromuscular control, scapular dysfunction, rotator cuff injury, and upper extremity injury in the overhead athlete.
Darin Padua, Assistant
Professor, EXSS
Neuromuscular control of knee and shoulder joint
stability, gender related risk factors associated with ACL and shoulder injury,
injury prevention of ACL and shoulder injury, and assessment of scapula kinematics.
Current research includes investigating the influence of trunk positioning during
jump-landing maneuvers on knee joint kinetics and muscle recruitment, biomechanical
comparison of ACL injury prevention interventions, and investigating the influence
of fatigue and injury on scapula kinematics. Co-Investigator on an AOSSM
Grant investigating the Epidemiology of ACL Injury and Jump Landing Movements.
Bill
Prentice, Professor, EXSS
Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Marie
Reilly, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of PT
Motor learning in children; movement parameters in children with autism; strength
training in children with cerebral palsy; assESSMent, treatment and outcome of
premature infants
Debbie
Thorpe, Associate Professor, Division of PT
Dr Thorpe is conducting research in several areas focusing on persons
with developmental disabilities: 1) Effects of aging and the development of secondary conditions in persons with cerebral palsy, specifically effects on mobility and activity levels and quality of life; 2)Activity-based interventions (specifically aquatic intervention) for persons with developmental disabilities to improve function, fitness and quality of life and 3)Examining grip and load force coordination and anticipatory control during grasp in children with autism spectrum disorders and developmental delay. For more information please visit
Project ACT NOW at http://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/physical/actnow and Project GRASP at http://www.med.unc.edu/ahs/physical/ProjectGRASP.html>
Paul Weinhold,
Research Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics, BME
Biomechanics
of musculoskeletal injury, repair, and adaptation with special focus on sports
medicine-related ligament and tendon injuries. Specific topics of interest
include investigating the development of in vivo and in vitro models to study
the role of biomechanical factors in tendon overuse injuries, investigating the
role of gender difference in motor control strategies on the occurrence of anterior
cruciate ligament injuries of the knee, investigating the effect of pharmacological
or tissue engineering approaches on enhancing the mechanical competence of healing
ligament and tendon.
Bing Yu, Associate Professor, Division
of PT
Function Evaluation for patients with osteoarthritic
knees; prevention of ACL injury in sports; Musculoskeletal system modeling; Optimization
of sport techniques biomechanics/movement analysis
Shauni
Lowrance, HMSC Registrar
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