2003 – 2004

Rehabilitation Science PhD program graduates:

  • Katherine Byers, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Craig Velozo
    Department: Occupational Therapy
    Dissertation: “Testing The Accuracy Of Linking Healthcare Data Across The Continuum Of Care”
    Degree Awarded: August 2004

  • Toni Chiara, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Danny Martin
    Department: Physical Therapy
    Dissertation: “Expiratory Muscle Strength Training in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Controls
    Degree Awarded: December 2003

  • Tiffany Hilton (née Frimel), Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Krista Vandenborne
    Department: Physical Therapy
    Dissertation: “Adaptations In Skeletal Muscle During Cast Immobilization And Rehabilitation”Dissertation: “Expiratory Muscle Strength Training in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Controls
    Degree Awarded: December 2004

  • Stacy Fritz, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Kathye Light
    Department: Physical Therapy
    Dissertation: “Functional And Descriptive Predictors Of Outcomes For Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy For Individuals With Post-Stroke Hemiparesis”
    Degree Awarded: August 2004

  • Elizabeth Hannold, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Mary Ellen Young
    Department: Rehabilitation Counseling
    Dissertation: “Effects Of Locomotor Training On The Psychosocial Adaptation Of Persons With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury”
    Degree Awarded: May 2004

  • David Howard, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Beth Swett
    Department: Rehabilitation Counseling
    Dissertation: “Leisure In The Lives Of Older Men: Coping And Adaptation Following Prostate Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment”
    Degree Awarded: August 2004

  • Hye-Seon Jeon, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Carl Kukulka
    Department: Physical Therapy
    Dissertation: “Modulating The Soleus Hoffman Reflex (H-Reflex) During Gait Initiation”
    Degree Awarded: August 2003

  • Stephen Lussier, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Linda Shaw
    Department: Rehabilitation Counseling
    Dissertation: “Counselor Perspectives On Suicide And Suicidal Ideation”
    Degree Awarded: August 2004

  • Matthew Malcom, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Kathye LIght
    Department: Physical Therapy
    Dissertation: “The Reliability And Utility Of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation To Assess Activity-Dependent Plasticity In Human Stroke”
    Degree Awarded: December 2003

  • Cynthia Townson, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Mary Ellen Young
    Department: Rehabilitation Counseling
    Dissertation: “Predictors Of Acute Care Discharge Destinations Of Patients With Primary Diagnosis Of Stroke: The Influence Of Activities Of Daily Living Skills And Behaviors”
    Degree Awarded: August 2003

  • Marieke Van Puymbroeck, Ph.D.

    Advisor: Dr. Mary Ellen Young
    Department: Rehabilitation Counseling
    Dissertation: “Predictors Of Quality Of Life In Caregivers At One And Six Months Post Stroke”
    Degree Awarded: May 2004