Collaboration Investigators
Emily J Fox PT, PhD
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Emily Fox, PT, DPT, MHS, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Director of Neuromuscular Research at Brooks Rehabilitation. She also directs the Brooks Motion Analysis Center, a clinical and research assessment facility. She is the Director of the Brooks-PHHP Research Collaboration, an established collaboration between Brooks Rehabilitation and the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. In this role, she brings strategic leadership to to grow rehabilitation research and enhance the missions of Brooks and PHHP.
Dr. Fox’s research is focused on control and recovery following neurologic injury and disease. Her objective is to apply intrinsic neural and biomechanical control principles to enhance rehabilitation and promote recovery. As a physical therapist and researcher, she has extensive experience working with individuals with stroke, spinal cord injury, and older adults. Her research represents an interdisciplinary, translational approach to investigate mechanisms underlying motor control and the use of activity-based interventions to restore function.
The specific objectives of her research are to: 1) identify mechanisms associated with motor function and recovery, 2) develop innovative approaches to enhance walking control and recovery, including community ambulation, 3) investigate novel approaches to enhance the delivery and effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions and 4) advance strategies to enhance respiratory recovery after spinal cord injury. Dr. Fox’s current funded projects investigate therapeutic approaches such as transcutaneous electrical stimulation and acute intermittent hypoxia to enhance neuromuscular plasticity and recovery.
Jason M Beneciuk DPT, PhD, MPH
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- Musculoskeletal pain
Dorian K Rose PT, MS, PhD, FAPTA
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The overall mission of my research program is to enhance the quality of life for individuals with disability resulting from neurologic injury or disease. My research program tests clinically relevant hypotheses aimed at restoring motor control and functional mobility following stroke. My portfolio includes clinical outcome studies that assess the efficacy or effectiveness of novel rehabilitation interventions, explain mechanisms of treatment effectiveness and assess one’s return to community participation. Within neurologic movement science, my primary focus is intervention strategies and underlying mechanisms of recovery in stroke rehabilitatio
- Clinical Trials Design & Analysis
- Monitoring and evaluating stroke therapy
- Stroke
- facilitation of physical activity and exercise
Joel E Bialosky
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Meryl Alappattu DPT, PhD
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- Chronic Pain
- Pain
- Pelvic pain
- Rehabilitation
- Women’s Health
Collaboration Coordinator
Amanda L Kastner PhD
Trainees
Advisory Board
UF Public Health and Health Professions
Beth Virnig, PhD, MPH
Dean and Robert G. Frank Endowed Professor
Brooks Rehabilitation
Trevor Paris, MD, FAAPM&R
System Chief Medical Officer
Brooks Rehabilitation
Mark Bowden, PT, PhD
Vice President of Clinical Integration and Research
External Advisors
UF Physical Therapy
Gordon Mitchell, PhD
Professor, BREATHE Center Director, and Deputy Director of UF McKnight Brain Institute
University of Delaware
Darcy Reisman, PhD
Department Chair and Academic Director
American physical therapy association
Tara Jo Manal, PT, DPT, FAPTA
APTA Vice President of Scientific Affairs
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Services and Residency Training, University of Delaware