2025-2026 Cohort
Teaching Assistants
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Devin S. Austin
PhD Student, University of Delaware
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Johanna Bayer, PhD, MSc, BSc
Research Scientist, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour
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Amanda Gahlot, PhD, OTR/L, BCPR
Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
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Andrew Hooyman, PhD, Gstat
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Chapman University
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Rachel (Rocky) Mazorow
PhD Candidate, Marquette University & Medical College of Wisconsin
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Becky Molinini, PhD, DPT
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Jinseok Oh, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
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Alexandra Reed, BS
PhD Candidate, Arizona State University
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Duncan T. Tulimieri, PhD
Quantitative Developer, New Age Alpha
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Rini Varghese, PhD, PT
Research Fellow, Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Learners
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Layla Abdullatif, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Fisayo Aloba, PT, DPT
Neuroscience Graduate Program, Emory University
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Adam Baker
PhD Student, Medical University of South Carolina
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Raziyeh Baghi, PhD, PT
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Jessica Bath, PhD, DPT
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
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Katie Blessinger, MS
PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University
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Reece Blay, PhD
Post-Doctoral Trainee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Thurston Arthritis Research Center
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Shaaron Brown, PT, DPT, PhD
Pediatric Physical Therapist, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
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Kaleb Burch, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Holly Carrington, BA
PhD Student, University of Southern California
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Jasmine J. Cash, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Medical University of South Carolina
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Jason Cherin, MS
PhD Student, University of Southern California
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Sarah J. Conklin, PT, DPT
PhD Trainee, Saint Louis University
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Ashley Collimore-Doherty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University
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Diana Early, PT, PhD
Physical Therapist, Children’s Health
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Michelle Eliason, OTR/L
PhD Student, Private Practice Owner & Clinician, University at Buffalo
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Keri Fisher, PT, DPT
Teacher’s College, Columbia University
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Jacob A. Goldsmith, MS, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, James J. Peters VA Medical Center
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Kellee Harper-Hanigan, DPT, PhD
Founding Program Director, Lincoln Memorial University
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Aaron Huynh, BS
PhD Student, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
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Ketaki Inamdar, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
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Hyo Jung Jeong, PT, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University in St. Louis
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Trisha Kesar, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Emory University
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Ben Killen, PT, DPT, NCS
PhD Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Jemma Kim, PT, DPT
PhD Student, University of Delaware
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Amy Kemp, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Washington State University
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Cielita Lopez-Lennon, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist, University of Utah
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Callen Maupin, DPT
Graduate Student Fellow, University of Minnesota
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Eric G. Meyer, PhD
Associate Professor, Lawrence Technological University
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Shanmugasundaram Natesan, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Extremity Trauma & Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE), Defense Health Agency
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Tinu Olarewaju, MS, PT
PhD Candidate, University of Florida
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Shawanee' Patrick-Fuller, PhD
Lecturer, Ohio State University
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Juliette Pope
Graduate Student, University of Southern California
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Ryan Pontiff, PhD, DPT
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch
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Hayden Price
Student Research Assistant, The Ohio State University
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Lori Quinn, PT, EdD, FAPTA
Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
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Madeline Ratoza, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor & Associate Director of Clinical Education, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
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Mitra Rouhani, PhD, MSPT, BSPT
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
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Tiffany Salido, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University
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Jill Stewart, PT, PhD
Associate Professor & PhD Program Director, University of South Carolina
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Ellen Sutter, PT, DPT, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Boston University
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Jenna Tosto Mancuso, PT, DPT, NCS
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Joseph Towles, PhD
Associate Professor, Swarthmore College, Department of Engineering
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Bailey Uitz, PT, DPT
PhD Candidate, Northeastern University
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Lauren Van Valkenburgh, PT, DPT
PhD Student, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
