Leadership & Staff
Leadership
Chair

Julius P.A. Dewald, PT, PhD
Chair
Associate Chairs

Ana Maria Acosta, PhD
Graduate Research Education, Professor

Michael Ellis, PT, DPT
Translational Research, Professor

Bill Healey, PT, EdD
Professional Education, Professor

Peter McMenamin, PT, DPT, MS, OCS
Strategic Partnerships, Associate PRofessor

Carol Courtney, PT, PhD
Post-Professional Clinical Education, Professor

Tobey DeMott Yeates, PT, DPT
Health Equity, Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor
Charles Heckman, PhD
Research, Professor
Assistant Chairs

Cori Arquines, PT, MHPE, CLT
Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

Emily Becker, PT, MPT, EdD
Communications, Development and Alumni Relations, Assistant Professor

Dawn Brown, PT, DPT, EdD
Curriculum, Assistant Professor

Rachel Tappan, PT, DPT, NCS
Educational Research, Associate Professor

Krista Van Der Laan, PT, DPT, OCS
Student Affairs, Assistant Professor

Jun Yao, PhD
Biomedical Research, Professor
Heather Henderson, PT, DPT, NCS
Recruitment and Admissions, Assistant Professor
Staff

Ray Arceo
Research Study Assistant

Derin Birch, MS
Research Tech III

London Blocker
Assistant Director, Admissions & Recruiting

Albert Chang
Research Study Assistant

Bessie Cofield
Program Assistant

Pam Easton
Program Assistant

Jane Gyarmaty, PT, DPT, NCS
Clinical Research Associate

Brad Holubar
Research Admin. Manager

Elizabeth Joslin
Clinical Research Associate

Molly Kanaley, MEd, LPC
Assistant Director, Student Affairs

Ahalya Mandana
Research Engineer II

Ryan Millman
Research Study Assistant

Kisha Nelson
Sr. Program Coordinator

Fabiola Perez
Research Assistant

Rocio Ramirez
Program Coordinator, Clinical Education

Amy Robinson
Program Coordinator, Post-Professional Education & Clinical Education Agreements

Afsheen Sajjadi
Research Associate

Toby Sanders
Program Coordinator, Marketing, Communications, and Alumni Relations

Anna Shafer
Research Engineer

Jennifer Shao
Research Study Assistant

Giselle Sourou
Program Coordinator

Evangeline Walker
Department Administrator

Jonathan Webb, MBA
Program Administrator
Stephany Carranza
Program Coordinator
Erin Cottingham
Sr. Program Coordinator
Laura Haugh-Scheidt
Program Coordinator
Paula Spears
Research Administrator
Di Zhang, BS
Systems Analyst