OUR TEAM
Our team includes dedicated faculty, research professionals, post-doctoral fellows, PhD and DPT students, all supported by a diverse network of multidisciplinary collaborators.
STAFF
Rebecca Altic, PT, DPT
Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Clinical trial management, rehabilitation education and training, clinical efficiency
Suzanne Behrens
Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Research outcomes assessor for multicomponent telerehabilitation
Deborah Currier, PTA
Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Outcome assessments, participant recruitment, protocol treatments
Jennifer Fremgen, PT
Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Musculoskeletal rehab enhancing movement, function, and wellness in ageing individuals
Mackenzie Fuller
Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Clinical research focused on falls prevention and multicomponent telerehabilitation, recruitment
Maria Gifford, PT, DPT
Intermediate Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Clinical trial coordination, data management and visualization, health equity
Maggie Givan
Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Research regulatory
compliance
Margie Grant
Business Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Executive support to the director, administrative, HR onboarding, and clinical trial support, events and program coordination
Dennis Hansen, PT, MBA
Senior Business Services Professional
Professional Interests
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STEAM: Art In STEAM: "Art" Intuition & Imagination in Complex Science Research & Education and Exploring the "Bio Creative Pathway"
Cynthia Huang, PT, DPT
Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Outpatient pelvic, orthopedic, and jaw care, grant and regulatory document review
Addie Middleton, PhD
Research Services Principal Professional
Professional Interests
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Rehabilitation research optimizing functional independence and quality of life, project development and management, disseminating research findings, clinical translation
Amy Peters
Senior Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Trial management, motion capture and wearable technology, optimizing rehabilitation, individualized health care
Jessica Plew
Intermediate Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Clinical trial coordination to support older Veterans with complex health conditions
Renee Rudys-Shapard
Senior Business Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Collaborative project management, contributing to foundations that create team success, process improvement
Haley Russell
Research Services Professional
Professional Interests
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Clinical trial management, recruitment and participant experience, ageing research
Doctoral of Physical Therapy Students
Class of 2025
Class of 2026
Class of 2027
Maximilliano Martinez
Jacqueline Mosely
Callum Bolger
Kahle Mercer
Jett Porter
Fiona Story
Savannah Troyer
Clinical Partners
Previous Trainees
PhD Student Alumni
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Andrew Kittelson
Brian Loyd
Jason Falvey
Allison Gustavson
Cherie LeDoux
Lauren Hinrichs-Kinney
Michelle Rauzi
Jeremy Graber
Michael Bade
Dana Judd
Andrea Marshall
Chip Carmichael
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2011-2018
2013-2017
2014-2018
2014-2019
2017-2021
2019-2023
2019-2023
2019-2023
2008-2012
2009-2014
2019-2023
2017-2021
Postdoctoral Fellow Alumni
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Joshua Winters
Roger Paxton
Victor Cheuy
Jesse Christensen
Jacob Capin
Katie Butera
Emma Beisheim-Ryan
Alexander Garbin
Laura Churchill
Janell Pisegna
Thomas Hogeboom
Jeremy Graber​
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2012-2014
2013-2017
2015-2018
2017-2019
2019-2021
2020-2022
2021-2023
2021-2024
2021-2023
2022-2023
2012
​2023-2025