Faculty Investigators
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Research Interests
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| Jennifer Cooke, PT, DPT |
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Foot orthotics
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Jessica Cassidy, DPT, PhD
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- Multimodal neuroimaging and neurostimulation in neurological disease, injury, and development
- Biomarkers of motor recovery in stroke
- Neural network connectivity application in rehabilitation and motor learning
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| Deidra Debnam, PT, DPT |
- Sports medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Return to sport after ACL injury/surgery
- Athletic injury risk reduction
- Disparities in healthcare access and delivery
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| Deborah Givens, PT, PhD, DPT, FAPTA |
- Motor control and knee osteoarthritis
- Low back pain prognostic factors, interventions, and motor control
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| Michael Gross, PT, PhD, FAPTA |
- Treatment of lower extremity injuries
- Influence of foot orthoses on injury and balance
- Prevention of paratrooper landing ankle injuries
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| Jyotsna J. Gupta, PT, PhD |
- Diagnosis and treatment of shoulder joint pathology
- Explore implicit biases in practicing physical therapists
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| Lisa Johnston, PT, MS, DPT |
- Evaluation of learning in clinical and professional education
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| Michael Lewek, PT, PhD |
- Rehabilitation of locomotor function with emphasis on biomechanics, energetics, motor learning/control, and neurophysiology
- Enhancing gait for individuals with Parkinson’s disease
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| Dana McCarty, PT, DPT |
- Neonatal physical therapy
- Pediatric physical therapy
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| Karen McCulloch, PT, PhD, FAPTA |
- Traumatic brain injury in military populations
- Clinical measurement development and validation
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| Michael McMorris, PT, DPT |
- Musculoskeletal clinical cases
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| Vicki Stemmons Mercer, PT, PhD |
- Postural control with neurological or neuromuscular dysfunction
- Falls prevention
- Stroke rehabilitation
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| Jeff O’Laughlin, PT, DPT |
- Orthopedics
- Sports medicine
- Developing an advanced Musculoskeletal practitioner
- Clinical reasoning and development
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| Laurie Ray, PT, MPT, PhD |
- Pediatrics
- School-based PT
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| Louise Thoma, PT, DPT, PhD |
- Physical activity and physical function in adults with arthritis and knee injury
- Optimizing rehabilitation utilization and quality for adults with arthritis and knee injury
- Integrating rehabilitation into routine rheumatology care
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| Bing Yu, PhD |
- Biomechanics of sports injury
- Biomechanics of sports techniques
- Musculoskeletal system modeling
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