External Advisory Board
 

Board Member Name, Title and Affiliation	Research Focus
James Blackman, M.D., Professor, Head, Division of Developmental Pediatrics Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center University of Virginia	Pediatric rehabilitation, cerebral palsy and developmental disorders
Jean Deitz, Ph.D., OTR, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Program in Occupational Therapy, University of Washington	pediatric occupational therapy, assistive technology, tests measures
Richard P. DiFabio, Ph.D., PT, Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Program in Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota	Neuromotor control, outcomes research, balance & equilibrium
V. Reggie, Edgerton, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Physiological Science and Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles	Neuromuscular plasticity and rehabilitation after spinal cord injury
Arthur English, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine	Promoting recovery, peripheral nerve injury, neural regeneration
Chukuka Enwemuka, Ph.D., P.T., 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, M.D., Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo, NY, Director (emeritus) Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation	Functional independence, assessment of rehabilitation outcomes
Joseph Hidler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director, Center for Rehabilitation Research, National Rehab Hospital, Washington, DC	Biomedical engineering, stroke, robotic rehabilitation
Eric Hoffman, Ph.D., 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, Ph.D., PT, Director, Health and Disability Research Institute, Boston University	Disability and aging, disability assessment
Gary W. Kielhofner, DrPH., OTR, 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, Ph.D., 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, Ph.D., OTR, Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Medical College of Ohio	Occupational therapy effectiveness and outcome studies
Mary Rodgers, Ph.D., PT, Professor and Chair Department of Physical Therapy, University of Maryland	Wheelchair propulsion biomechanics, gait analysis, pathokinesiology
William Zev Rymer, M.D., Ph.D., John G Searle Professor and Director of Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago	Rehabilitation engineering
Mary L. Schnieder, Ph.D., OTR, Professor of Kinesiology and Program Coordinator Occupational Therapy Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison	Sensory processing disorders, prenatal stress in a non-human primate model
Linda Tickle-Degnen, Ph.D., OTR, Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy, Tufts University	Social role/health in children and person with Parkinson’s disease

 

'08 Meeting Summary