Mentors
Lead Mentors and their Research Areas
RRCD Mentors
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M. Bishop, PhD, PT, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, UF
Transition from acute to chronic pain and strategies for management of pain -
B. Byrne, MD, PhD, Professor, Depts of Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology; Director, Powell Gene Therapy Center, UF
Biostatistics, clinical trial methodology in atherosclerosis, OT, & PT rehabilitation -
J. Daly, PhD, Professor, Neurology, VA Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, UF
Cognitive and motor learning, stroke, neurorehabilitation, Traumatic Brain Injury -
S. Classen, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, FGSA, Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy, UF
Understanding driving from the person-vehicle-environment interactions, to enhance occupational performance, societal participation, and well-being -
R. B. Fillingim, PhD, Professor, University of Florida Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence, UF
Mechanisms and clinical implications of individual differences in pain responses -
D. Fuller, PhD, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, UF
Respiratory motor recovery, spinal plasicity, spinal cord injury -
I. Humbert, PhD, CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Speech Language and Hearing Science, UF
Swallowing and swallowing disorders -
A. Judge, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept Physical Therapy, UF
pathways leading to skeletal muscle atrophy caused by disuse, disease, sepsis and aging -
J. Kramer, PhD, OTR/L, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, UF
Occupational therapy, disability studies, education and rehabilitation -
C. Leeuwenburgh, Professor and Chief, Division of Biology of Aging, UF
Aging and mitochondrial biology -
M. Marsiske, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical & Health Psychology, UF
Cognitive aging, with a particular emphasis on cognitive intervention strategies with older adults -
D. Martin, PhD, PT, Professor, Physical Therapy, UF
Respiratory physiology and function, ventilator dependence -
G. Mitchell, PhD, Professor and Center Director, Center of Respiratory Research for Rehabilitation, UF
Functional assessment and outcomes in medical rehabilitation -
M. Pahor, MD, Professor and Chair, Aging & Geriatric Research; Director, Institute on Aging, UF
Aging, physical exercise, sarcopenia and prevention of disability -
M. Perri, PhD, Professor & Associate Dean, Clinical & Health Psychology, UF
Obesity, physical exercise, behavioral therapy, underserved populations -
C. Price, PhD, Associate Professor, Clinical and Health Psychology, UF
neurodegenerative subcortical diseases -
M. Robinson, PhD, Professor, Clinical and Health Psychology; Director, Center for Pain Research and Behavioral Health, UF
Management of pain, experimental pain and psychophysics, rehabilitation, psychophysiology -
B. Shenkman, PhD, MSN, Professor and Department Chair, Health Outcomes and Policy, UF
Determining which combinations of health care delivery, community, and patient factors influence quality and outcomes of care; and developing corresponding evidence-based strategies to improve health outcomes -
G. Smith, PhD, ABPP-CN, Professor and Chair, Clinical & Health Psychology, UF
Neurocognitive disorders -
D. Vaillancourt, PhD, Professor, Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, UF
How the brain regulates voluntary and involuntary movement with a specific focus on motor disorders -
K. Vandenborne, PhD, PT, Professor & Chair, Physical Therapy, UF
Pathophysiology of muscle degeneration /regeneration, evaluation of skeletal muscle -
G. Walter, PhD, Physiology & Functional Genomics, UF
Pathophysiology of muscle damage and the development of novel molecular and cellular imaging techniques
RRCD Mentors
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L. Aziz-Zadeh PhD, Associate Professor, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, USC
Obesity, frailty, disability, muscle strength, and population health and health disparities -
G. Baranek, PhD, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, USC
Sensory features of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) -
S. Cermak, EdD, OTR/L, Professor, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, USC
Developmental disorders, cognitive-perceptual problems in adults with stroke -
S. Dusing, PhD, PT, Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, USC
understanding the influence of motor control on global development and efficacy of physical therapy interventions for infants -
B. Fisher, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Professor, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, USC
Investigate brain-behavior relationships during motor skill learning and motor control in both non-disabled individuals and individuals with neurologic disorders -
J. Gordon, EdD, PT, FAPTA, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, USC
Neural control of reaching movements in healthy adults and patients with stroke and other neurological disorders. -
J. Hay, PhD, Professor, Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy, USC
Health economics -
M. Jakowec, PhD, Neorology, USC
Molecular mechanisms involved in neuroplasticity in the injured brain with the emphasis on the basal ganglia, a region of the brain responsible for motor behavior -
M. Lawlor, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Associate Chair of Research and Professor, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, USC
Pediatric occupational therapy, maternal and child health, family-centered care, interdisciplinary models of service delivery, and ethnographic research -
G. Loeb, MD, Medical Device Development Facility, USC
Using electrophysiological interfaces between the nervous system and electronic equipment in order to understand natural functions -
L. Michener, PhD, PT, ATC, SCS, FAPTA, Professor, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, USC
Biomechanics of musculoskeletal shoulder pain, diagnosis and treatment of shoulder and cervical pain -
E. Pyatak, PhD, OTR/L, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, USC
Understanding the lived experiences of individuals with chronic conditions, and developing and evaluating innovative lifestyle interventions that enhance the health, well-being, and quality of life of individuals with chronic conditions -
C. Powers, PhD, PT, FAPTA, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, USC
How altered kinematics, kinetics, and muscular actions contribute to lower extremity injury -
S. Roll, PhD, OTR/L, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, USC
musculoskeletal disorders and rehabilitation interventions -
G. Salem, PhD, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, USC
The growing importance of exercise in improving health and life-quality across the lifespan -
T. Sanger, MD, PhD, Pediatric Movement Disorders Center, USC
Biomedical Engineering, Pediatric Neurology, and Biokinesiology -
F. Sattler, MD, Medicine, USC
Pathophysiology and management of HIV associated weight loss, changes in body fat and metabolic complications -
N. Schweighofer, PhD, Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, USC
Computational neural models of motor learning and optimization of learning via adaptive practice schedules in healthy and stroke -
A. Toga, PhD, Professor, Neuroimaging, USC
Neuroimaging, informatics, mapping brain structure and function, and brain atlasing -
F. Valero-Cuevas, PhD, Brain-Body Dynamics Lab, USC
Brain-body dynamics -
C. Winstein, PhD, PT, FAPTA Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, USC
Motor control and learning with particular emphasis on movement disorders, recovery, and rehabilitation of function/motor learning after neurological insult
RRCD Mentors
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S. Al Snih, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, UTMB
Obesity, frailty, disability, muscle strength, and population health and health disparities -
D. Brown, PT, PhD, Dean, School of Health Professions and Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, UTMB
Neurological dysfunction, disability and rehabilitation -
J. Goodwin, MD, Professor George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair of Geriatric Medicine, UTMB
Aging, health services delivery and access, cancer in older adults -
Z. Gugala, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgery, UTMB
Wounds and injuries, prevention of infection, rehabilitation -
Y. F. Kuo, PhD, Director, Office of Biostatistics, UTMB
Patterns of care, treatment toxicities, and health outcomes -
K. Markides, PhD, Professor, Population Health Science, UTMB
Hispanic aging and minority health -
D. Paddon-Jones, PhD, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, UTMB
Muscle metabolism, protein synthesis -
K. Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR, Professor Emeritus, Rehabilitation Sciences, UTMB
Functional assessment, outcomes measures, frailty, disability -
B. Rasmussen, PhD, Professor, Physical Therapy, UTMB
Muscle metabolism, protein synthesis, human nutrition and exercise -
T. Reistetter, OTR, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, UTMB
Upper extremity movement and function, spasticity and movement disorders, neurorehabilitation, TBI -
G. Sharma, MD, MPH, Professor & Chie Medical Officer, Internal Medicine, UTMB
Quality improvement, health services research, provider continuity, end of life care -
O. Suman, PhD, Surgery, UTMB
Cardiopulmonary physiology; exercise physiology and burns -
C. Tucker, PhD, PT, Nutrition, Metabolism, and Rehabilitation Sciences, UTMB
learning health systems, person-centered outcomes, physical activity & functioning, pediatric rehabilitation, social determinants of health -
E. Volpi, MD, PhD, Professor, Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, UTMB
Muscle metabolism, protein synthesis, sarcopenia -
R. Wong, PhD, Preventive Medicine, UTMB
Economic consequences of population aging, in particular in Mexico and among immigrant Hispanics in the U.S.
