K 12 Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program External Advisory Board Members
Committee Member |
Title/Role |
Research Focus |
| James Blackman, MD | Professor Head, Division of Developmental Pediatrics Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center University of Virginia |
Pediatric rehabilitation, cerebral palsy and developmental disorders |
| Jean Deitz, PhD, OTR | Professor Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Program in Occupational Therapy University of Washington |
Pediatric occupational therapy, assistive technology, and tests measures |
Richard P. DiFabio, PhD, PT |
Professor Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program in Physical Therapy University of Minnesota |
Neuromotor control, outcomes research, balance & equilibrium |
| V. Reggie, Edgerton, PhD | Professor Departments of Physiological Science and Neurobiology University of California, Los Angeles |
Neuromuscular plasticity and rehabilitation after spinal cord injury |
| Arthur English, PhD | Professor Department of Cell Biology Emory University School of Medicine |
Promoting recovery, peripheral nerve injury, and neural regeneration |
| Chukuka Enwemuka, PhD, PT | Dean School of Health Professions, Behavioral and Life Sciences, New York Institute of Technology |
Photoengineering of tissue repair with visible and infra-red light and lasers |
| Carl V. Granger, MD | Professor and Director (emeritus) Department of Rehabilitation Medicine SUNY at Buffalo, NY |
Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation Functional independence, and assessment of rehabilitation outcomes |
| Joseph Hidler, PhD | Associate Professor and Director Center for Rehabilitation Research National Rehab Hospital, Washington, DC |
Biomedical engineering, stroke, robotic rehabilitation |
| Eric Hoffman, PhD | Director Research Center for Genetic Medicine Children's National Medical Center Washington, DC Director, NCMRR |
Integrated Molecular Core for Rehabilitation Medicine |
| Alan M. Jette, MPH, PhD, PT | Director Health and Disability Research Institute Boston University |
Disability and aging, and disability assessment |
| Gary W. Kielhofner, DrPH, OTR\L, FAOTA |
Professor of Occupational Therapy College of Health Applied Health Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago |
Model of human occupation and application to persons with disability |
| Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, PhD, ABPP | Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurosurgery, and
Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University |
Brain injury rehabilitation, work and employment in persons with disabilities |
| David L. Nelson, PhD, OTR | Professor Department of Occupational Therapy College of Health Sciences Medical College of Ohio |
Occupational therapy effectiveness and outcome studies |
| Mary Rodgers, PhD, PT | Professor and Chair Department of Physical Therapy University of Maryland |
Wheelchair propulsion biomechanics, gait analysis, and pathokinesiology |
| William Zev Rymer, MD, PhD | John G Searle Professor and Director of Research Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago |
Rehabilitation engineering |
| Mary L. Schnieder, PhD, OTR | Professor of Kinesiology and Program Coordinator Occupational Therapy Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Sensory processing disorders, and prenatal stress in a non-human primate model |
| Linda Tickle-Degnen, PhD, OTR | Professor and Chair Department of Occupational Therapy Tufts University |
Social role/health in children and persons with Parkinson’s disease |
