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
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)
Justin Beebe, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, 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
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Colorado Denver
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
Research Physiologist at the War Related Illness & Injury Study Center in East Orange, NJ
Edelle Field-Fote, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Professor, Director of Spinal Cord Injury Research at the Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA
Jonathan Fisher, PhD
Professor, St. Louis University
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
CT Hwang, PhD
Trainee, Office of Technology Management, Washington University in St. Louis
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
Senior Consultant 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, Rockhurst University
Katrina Maluf, PT, PhD
Associate 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, New York University
Tim Meyer, PhD
Director, Electrophysiology, Data Management and Biostatistics at Boston Scientific
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
Professor of Occupational Therapy at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI
Dan Peterson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Gretchen Salsich, PT, PhD
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training at St. Louis University
Sara Scholtes, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy at St. Louis University
Chris Sorensen, PhD
Staff Scientist, Washington University in St.Louis
Kshamata Shah, PT, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 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
Medical Science Liaison, Acorda Therapeutics
Jason Wingert, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Health and Wellness at the University of North Carolina-Asheville
Kathy Zackowski, PhD, OTR
Associate Professor, Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine