Gordon Mitchell

Professor | Director · University of Florida

Gordon Mitchell is a preeminence professor of neuroscience in the department of physical therapy and McKnight Brain Institute.

Cellular mechanisms of intermittent hypoxia induced spinal respiratory motor plasticity Compensatory respiratory plasticity in motor neuron disease (ALS) Inflammation and spinal plasticity Developmental plasticity Intermittent hypoxia and brain function

Sarah Westen

Clinical Assistant Professor | Director · University of Florida

Sarah Westen's patient-oriented clinical research focuses on biopsychosocial factors related to health engagement.

Disease Adolescents Coping Chronic health conditions Mental Health

Russell Hepple

Professor · University of Florida

Russell Hepple's lab examines the mechanisms causing muscle atrophy and dysfunction with aging.

Aging Cancer Cachexia Mitochondria Muscle Atrophy Neuromuscular Junction

Afsar Ali

Research Associate Professor · University of Florida

Afsar Ali researches disease spillover from environment to humans and how to mitigate cholera and diarrheal diseases.

Diarrheal Disease Cholera Algal Blooms Flesh Eating Bacteria Environmental Disasters

Mairead Sullivan

Associate Professor and Chair of Women's and Gender Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Gina Maria Musolino

Professor | Associate Director · University of Florida

Gina Maria Musolino uses design, development, and evaluation for contemporary, health care professionals' development from class to clinic.

Physical Therapy Health Policy Holistic Admissions Clinical Reasoning Clinical Faculty Development Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: Professional Formation

Mark Bishop

Associate Professor and Director · University of Florida

Mark Bishop is an associate professor and the director of the doctor of physical therapy program.

Joint-Biased Manual Therapy Musculoskeletal Pain Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Patient Expectations Pain Rehabilitation

Anna Galloway

Clinical Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Anna Galloway's research finds appropriate uses of music within occupational therapy increase collaboration with music therapists.

End of Life Care Intensive Care Creative Arts Therapy Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy Equal Access Clinic (OT EAC)

Rebecca Pearl

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Rebecca Pearl conducts research on health and appearance-based stigma, body image, eating disorders and obesity.

Stigma Eating Disorders Body Image Obesity

Guanhong Miao

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Guanhong Miao specializes in population epidemiology with the integration of epigenetics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and microbiomes.

Statistical Analysis Multi-omics Genetic Epidemiology Security and Privacy

Consuelo Kreider

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Consuelo Kreider develops evidence-based strategies to improve access and participation for rural veterans and neurodiverse.

Mixed-methods Disability Research Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Equitable Access to Rehabilitation Rural Health Veteran Rehabilitation

Robert Cook

Professor | M.D. · University of Florida

Dr. Robert Cook is a professor within the Department of Epidemiology focusing on preventative health care.

Primary Care Medicine Alcohol Consumption Sexually Transmitted Diseases HIV Infection Stigma

Sai Zhang

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Sai Zhang's research leverages machine learning and big biomedical data to decode complex human diseases and advance precision medicine.

Computational Biology Computational Genomics Machine Learning Precision Medicine Statistical Genetics

Hongwu Wang

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Hongwu Wang is a biomedical engineer merging AI, wearables, rehab robotics, and assistive tech into real-world aging/disability solutions.

User Participatory Design, Machine Learning & Sensor-Based Outcome Measures Assitive Technology & Rehabilitation Robotics Biomedical Engineering Rehabilitation Science Wearable/mHealth Technology

Chien-Te "Vince" Wu

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Chien-Te Wu studies cognition, perception, EEG-based diagnostic assistance system, social decision making, and cognitive intervention.

Mental Health Cognitive Aging Cognitive Neuroscience Cognitive Intervention

Robin Cox

Research Director and Professor · ResilienceByDesign Research Lab and Royal Roads University

Robin Cox's expertise includes the psychosocial dimensions of disasters, disaster resilience, and traumatic stress and coping.

Resilience Higher Education Community Resilience Disaster Psychosocial Response Stress and Coping

Thomas Pogge

Director, Global Justice Program ; Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs · Yale University

Examining solutions to issues of global inequality and justice in health care are long-standing concerns for this Yale professor & author

Justice in Health Care Social and Political Philosophy Ethics and Moral Philosophy Globalization and Inequality

Kari Sampsel

Medical Director, Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program, Attending Staff Emergency Physician · The Ottawa Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine & University of Ottawa

Emergency Medicine, Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Clinician, Educator and Advocate

Emergency Medicine Sexual Assault Domestic Violence Intimate Partner Violence Sexual Assault Awareness

Tamer Nadeem, Ph.D.

Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Wireless networks, edge/cloud systems, generative AI, cybersecurity, trustworthy AI, AI-enabled health, cyber-physical systems, and cobots.

Cybersecurity and Privacy Wireless Networks Edge/Cloud Computing Generative AI Trustworthy AI

Heangjin Park

Assistant Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies · Loyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Nationalism Globalization Logistics Transnational Mobility Commodity Supply Chains