Rehabilitation Science PhD program graduates:
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Sharon Barak, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Andrea Behrman
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Habitual Ambulatory Activity Measurement Post-Stroke”
Degree Awarded: May 2009 -
Mark Bowden, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Steve Kautz
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Measurement of Activity Specific Behavioral Recovery in Chronic Stroke”
Degree Awarded: May 2009 -
Bongsam Choi, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Craig Velozo
Department: Occupational Therapy
Dissertation: “Developing Precise Disability Measures for Back Pain”
Degree Awarded: August 2010 -
Kristin Day, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Andrea Behrman
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Motor Control Solutions to Dynamic Stability Deficits during Walking after Spinal Cord Injury”
Degree Awarded: May 2010
Alumni Spotlight
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Harshavard Deoghare, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Danny Martin
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Physiological Stress during Failed Spontaneous Breathing Trials in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation Patients”
Degree Awarded: August 2010 -
Jillian Lillibridge Heilman, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Mary Ellen Young
Department: Behavioral Health Science
Dissertation: “The Psychosocial Impact of Locomotor Training on Children with Severe, Chronic, Incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries”
Degree Awarded: December 2009 -
Tseng-Tien Huang, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Danny Martin
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Gene Expression Changes in the Human Diaphragm Following Cardiothoracic Surgery”
Degree Awarded: May 2009 -
Jill McClung, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. John Rosenbeck
Department: Speech, Language, and Hearing Science
Dissertation: “Effects of Notetaking Training on Note Fidelity and Recall in Healthy Older Adults”
Degree Awarded: December 2010 -
Tara Patterson, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Lorie Richards
Department: Occupational Therapy
Dissertation: “Upper Extremity Kinematics in Individuals with Stroke under Varied Task Constraints”
Degree Awarded: May 2009 -
Bhavana Raja, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Steven Kautz
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Non-Paretic Leg Performance in Hemiparetic Walking: Loading Asymmetries, Compensatory Mechanisms and Responsiveness to Locomotor Training”
Degree Awarded: December 2010 -
Amy D. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. John Rosenbeck
Department: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Dissertation: “Semantic-Motor Representations: Effects on Language and Motor Production”
Degree Awarded: May 2010 -
Yvonne Carol Rogalski, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. John Rosenbeck
Department: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Dissertation: “Levels of Processing Effects on Text Memory in Older Adults”
Degree Awarded: May 2010 -
Milapjit Sandhu, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. David Fuller
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Neuroplasticity in the Phrenic Motor System: Intermittent Hypoxia, Spinal Cord Injury and Stem Cell Transplantation”
Degree Awarded: December 2019
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Amit Sethi, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Lorie Richards
Dissertation: “Understanding Variability in Reaching Movements Post Stroke: Non-Linear Dynamical Systems Perspective”
Degree Awarded: December 2010 -
Barbara K. Smith, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Danny Martin
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Respiratory Muscle Overload Training and Diaphragm Remodeling”
Degree Awarded: August 2010 -
Jia-Hwa Wang, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Craig Velozo
Department: Occupational Therapy
Dissertation: “Using Real-Data Simulations to Compare Computer Adaptive Testing and Static Short-Form Administrations of an Upper Extremity Item Bank”
Degree Awarded: August 2009 -
Pey-Shan Wen, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Craig Velozo
Department: Occupational Therapy
Dissertation: “Psychometric Properties and Rater Effects of the Computer Adaptive Measure of Functional Cognition for Traumatic Brain Injury”
Degree Awarded: August 2009 -
Sandra Winter, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Sherrilene Classen
Department: Occupational Therapy
Dissertation: “Content and Predictive Validity of a Self-Report Safe Driving Behavior Measure for Older Adults and a Proxy Measure for Family Members or Caregivers”
Degree Awarded: December 2009 -
Fan Ye, Ph.D.
Advisor: Dr. Krista Vandenborne
Department: Physical Therapy
Dissertation: “Impact of Viral Mediated Insulin-Like Growth Factor I on Skeletal Muscle Following Cast Immobilization”
Degree Awarded: May 2010