NMPT Leadership
Department:
College of Public Health and Health Professions Dean's Office
David Fuller Ph.D.
Associate Dean For Research
Aging & Geriatric Research
Aging & Geriatric Research
David Clark, ScD
Neuromuscular plasticity; Aging and neuromuscular control of movement

Physiology & Aging
Todd Manini, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity; mobility decline in older adults

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Elisabeth Barton, Ph.D.
Muscle plasticity, Muscular Dystrophy, IGF-1 for muscle therapeutics

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Justin Hardee, Ph.D.

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Rachael Seidler, Ph.D.
Motor control, aging, neuroplasticity and rehabilitation associated with spaceflight

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Ashley Smuder, Ph.D.
Muscle plasticity; antioxidants; mechanisms of muscle atrophy

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
David Vaillancourt, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity, Motor control, motor disorders, neurological disorders, brain structure and function

Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
Lan Wei-LaPierre, Ph.D.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Matthew S Gentry, Ph.D.
neurodegenerative diseases; spatial metabolomics, novel therapeutics

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ramon C Sun, Ph.D.
neurodegenerative diseases; spatial metabolomics, novel therapeutics

Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Daniel Ferris, Ph.D.
Cognitive and motor learning, stroke, neurorehabilitation, Traumatic Brain Injury

Biomedical Engineering
Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity, brain stimulation, human

Biomedical Engineering
Kevin Otto, Ph.D.
Neural interfaces for treatment in neurological injury and disease, implantable devices, brain-machine interface

Biomedical Engineering
Christine Schmidt, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity; neural engineering, biomaterials, nerve regeneration, spinal cord injury

Clinical & Health Psychology
Clinical and Health Psychology
Shellie-Anne Levy, Ph.D.

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Karim Oweiss, Ph.D.
Brain machine interface, neural integration and coordination in sensorimotor systems

Genetics & Genomics
Pediatrics
Barry Byrne, MD-Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity; Muscular dystrophies, Pompe disease, gene transfer, pediatric clinical trials

Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D.
Neural plasticity, memory, aging

Neuroscience
Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity ,stroke

Neurology
Michael Okun, MD
Neuroplasticity; movement disorders treatment, brain stimulation effects on cognition, behavior, and mood; basal ganglia

Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Daniel Kopinke, Ph.D.
Muscle plasticity; mechanisms of muscle atrophy and hypertrophy

Physiology & Aging
Physiology & Functional Genomics
Erica Dale, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity, spinal cord injury, e-stim

Physiology & Functional Genomics
Karyn Esser, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity; Cognitive and motor learning, stroke, neuro-rehabilitation, prosthetics

Physiology & Aging
Glenn Walter, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity, Magnetic resonance imaging, muscle damage, gene transfer, muscular dystrophies, muscle atrophy and regeneration

Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy
Mark Bishop, PT, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity; musculoskeletal pain, orthopedic physical therapy, biomechanics, muscle damage

Physical Therapy
Emily Fox, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity, spinal cord injury, hypoxia based therapies, clinical trials

Physical Therapy
Sean Forbes, Ph.D.
Muscular dystrophies, muscle plasticity, clinical trials

Physical Therapy
David Fuller, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity, spinal cord injury, gene therapy

Physical Therapy
Elisa Gonzalez-Rothi

Physical Therapy
Russell Hepple, Ph.D.
Muscle plasticity; aging; mitochondrial function

Physical Therapy
Andrew Judge, Ph.D.
Muscle plasticity; mechanisms of cancer cachexia

Physical Therapy
Donovan Lott, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity, muscular dystrophy, Duchenne Myotonic Dystrophy, exercise, MRI, functional mobility & rehabilitation

Physical Therapy
Gordon Mitchell, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity, spinal cord injury, hypoxia-based therapies, neurophysiology

Physical Therapy
Federico Pozzi, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity, shoulder rehabilitation

Physical Therapy
Dorian Rose, Ph.D.
Neuroplasticity, Stroke, motor control, rehabilitation, clinical trials

Physical Therapy
Barbara Smith, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity; muscle training to improve breathing, ALS

Physical Therapy
Krista Vandenborne, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity, Muscle atrophy regeneration, magnetic resonance imaging, muscular dystrophies, pediatrics, muscle damage

Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Tracy Centanni, Ph.D.
Dyslexia; auditory and visual perception; neural plasticity; reading acquisition; Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Charles Ellis, Ph.D.
Neurologically based disorders of communication and equity in service provision.

Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Karen Hegland, Ph.D.
Neuromuscular plasticity; mechanisms of airway protection, swallowing, cough, rehabilitation
