PhD Alumni

Our PhD graduates are productive academic and industry professionals. Many are grant-funded independent investigators, published authors or members of editorial boards and grant review committees.

Amy Bastian, PT, PhD
Professor, Neuroscience, Chief Science Officer at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD

Ryan Bailey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Occupational and Recreational Therapies at the University of Utah

Justin Beebe, PT, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy at Simmons College in Boston

Adam Bittel, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s National Medical Center

Daniel Bittel, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s National Medical Center

Victor Cheuy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physcial Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, UC – San Francisco

Kendra Cherry-Allen, PT, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

Stacy DeJong, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Iowa

Gammon Earhart, PT, PhD
Professor, Washington University Program in Physical Therapy and Director of the Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University in St. Louis

Michael Falvo, PhD
Co-Director of the VA Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence at the War Related Illness & Injury Study Center in East Orange, NJ and Associate Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Edelle Field-Fote, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University, Director of Spinal Cord Injury Research at the Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA

Jonathan Fisher, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology, St. Louis University

Stefanie Foster, PT, PhD

Sara Gombatto, PT, PhD
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at San Diego State University

David Gutekunst, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training at St. Louis University

Madeleine Hackney, PhD
Research Health Scientist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory School of Medicine

Dustin Hardwick, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences at University of South Florida

John Hollman, PT, PhD
Professor, Program in Physical Therapy at Mayo School of Health Sciences

Minna Hong, PT, PhD
Researcher at Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System in California

Adam Horin, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab

CT Hwang, PhD
Licensing Associate, Office of Technology Management, Washington University in St. Louis

Hyo-Jung Jeong, PT, PhD

Valerie Kelly, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington

Catherine Lang, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Professor, Washington University Program in Physical Therapy

Cara Lewis, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training at Boston University

Corey Lohnes, PhD
Managing Director at Grant Cooper & Associates in St. Louis, MO

Donovan Lott PT, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida

Janice Loudon, PT, PhD
Professor, Physical Therapy, Creighton University

Katrina Maluf, PT, PhD
Professor, Physical Therapy at San Diego State University

Andrej Marich, PT, DPT, PhD
Physical Therapist, BJC Healthcare

Vicki Mercer, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ericka Merriwether, PT, PhD, ATC
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy, New York University

Tim Meyer, PhD
Vice President of Clinical Affairs, Respicardia, Inc.

Susanne Morton, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware

Michael Mueller, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Professor, Physical Therapy at Washington University in St.Louis

Sam Nemanich, PhD
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI

Dan Peterson, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University

Gretchen Salsich, PT, PhD
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training at St. Louis University

Sara Scholtes, PT, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, North Central College

Chris Sorensen, PhD
Senior Support Scientist, Washington University in St.Louis

Kshamata Shah, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy at Arcadia University

Rachel Tinius, PhD
Assistant Professor, Exercise Science, at Western Kentucky University

Lori Tuttle, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy at San Diego State University

Joanne Wagner, PT, PhD
Associate Director of Medical Affairs, Greenwich Biosciences

Jason Wingert, PT, PhD
Professor, Health and Wellness at the University of North Carolina-Asheville

Kathy Zackowski, PhD, OTR
Senior Director, Patient Management Care and Rehabilitation Research, National Multiple Sclerosis Society