Division of Rehabilitation Sciences PhD Program Current PhD Students Current PhD Students Rehab PhD Students Jason Bentley (8/2017) 4th year, Physiology - Mentor: E. Lyons Characterizing the mindset of inactive breast cancer survivors regarding their PA, examining how their implicit beliefs about PA may impact their adherence to a PA intervention, and exploring whether their mindset changes as a function of participating in a values-based intervention Nisha Bhattarai, BS (8/2018) 3rd year, Biological Sciences - Mentor: A. Murton Understanding the role of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in skeletal muscle proteolysis resulting in cachexia post burn injury Ursela Christopherson, MOT (8/2018) 3rd year, Occupational Therapy - Mentor: E. Lyons Motivation Techniques/Strategies that encourage an increase in physical activity to improve health outcomes Kelli Faaitiiti (9/2019) 2nd year, MD/PhD - Mentor: D. Brown Amy Givan, MS (9/2019) 2nd year, Exercise Physiology - Mentor: S. Al Snih Jason Johnson, BS (8/2017) 4th year, Health Sciences - Mentor: S. Al Snih Healthcare services utilization and functional outcome disparities among sex, gender, race, and ethnic minority groups Kseniya Masterova, BS (9/2019) 2nd year, Biology/Physics MD/PhD - Mentor: Z. Gugala Efi Polychronopoulou (8/2015) 6th year, Mathematics - Mentor: Y. Kuo Predictors of long-term musculoskeletal outcomes from pediatric burn injury Kevin Pritchard, MS (9/2019) 2nd year, Occupational Therapy - Mentor: K. Ottenbacher Khamron Robertson (8/2020) 1st year, Respiratory Therapy - Mentor: S. Al Snih Mandi Sonnenfeld, MOT (8/2016) 3rd year, Occupational Therapy - Mentor: K. Ottenbacher Vision impairment and frailty among older Mexican-Americans Emre Vardarli, MS (8/2018) 3rd year, Exercise Science - Mentor: A. Murton Zachary Von Ruff (8/2020) 1st year, Exercise Science - Mentor: D. Paddon-Jones More InformationPhD Program Program Faculty Current Students Former Students