2009 – 2010

Rehabilitation Science PhD program graduates:

  • 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
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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