Professor
Director, Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy (Emeritus)
Division of Physical Therapy
Department of Health Sciences
3024 Bondurant Hall, CB# 7135
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7135
Office: (919)843-8783 Fax: (919)966-3678
Education
- PhD, Human Movement Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004
- MS, Physical Therapy, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1987
- Postgraduate Fellowship, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
- BS, Physical Therapy, The University of Florida, 1983
Research Interests
- Balance and cognitive interactions in older adults and following traumatic brain injury
- Effects of military mTBI on balance and cognitive function including dual-task performance; measurement of physiologic changes post-concussion and return to duty implications
- Clinical measurement development and validation
- Interventions that facilitate motor recovery following acquired brain injury
- Education methods that incorporate online instruction
Current Funded Research
- Leddy J (PI). Exercise Reset for Concussion: Modifying the Buffalo Concussion Protocol for Application in a Military Environment. CDMRP, Co-investigator, 20%. 1/2023-2027.
- Register-Mihalik J (PI) Active Rehabilitation Concussion Rehabilitation for Active Duty Military Service Members. CDMRP, Co-investigator, 15%. 9/2020-8/2023.
- Kean J (Principal) Optimizing Rehabilitation Interventions for Cognition Following Complex Traumatic Brain Injury, CDMRP proposal 9/2019-9/2023 Role: Coinvestigator 10%.
- McCulloch KL (PI) Complex Assessment of Military Performance (CAMP), CDMRP proposal, $1,998,728. 9/2019-8/2022 30% will continue with NCE
- Leddy J (PI) Exercise Tolerance Testing and Progressive Return to Activity Treatment-Modifying the Buffalo Concussion Assessment and Treatment Protocol for Application in a Military Environment, CDMRP, 9/1/2019-2020, 5%
Teaching
- PHYT 784 Neuromuscular I- PT Intervention
- PHYT 785 Neuromuscular II- PT Intervention
- PHYT 885 Advanced Neuromuscular Intervention
- HMSC 701 Scientific Basis of Human Motion
Professional Societies
- American Physical Therapy Association Section Membership: Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy, Brain Injury Special Interest Group; Federal Section
- Co-leader Clinical Practice Guideline Development: PT Management of Patients Following a Concussive Event
- American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group, Mild TBI Task Force
- Governor’s Brain Injury Advisory Council, State of North Carolina
Editorial Boards
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy
- Editorial Board, Brain Injury
Honors
- Alpha Epsilon Lambda, Graduate Honor Society, UNC-CH, 2000
- Outstanding Alumna, Physical Therapy, University of Florida, College of Health Professions and Public Health, 2010
- Service to the Section Award, American Physical Therapy Association Neurology Section, 2013
- 4th Annual Robert C. Olson Lectureship, Marquette University, 2015
- Lucy Blair Service Award, American Physical Therapy Association, 2016
- Carolina Women’s Leadership Council, Faculty-Graduate Student Mentorship Award, 2018
- Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, 2019
- Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2022
Publications
- Please see this PubMed Link for list of peer review publications
