Leadership & Staff

Leadership

Chair

Julius P.A. Dewald, PT, PhD

Chair

j-dewald( at )northwestern.edu

Associate Chairs

Ana Maria Acosta, PhD

Graduate Research Education, Professor

a-acosta( at )northwestern.edu

Michael Ellis, PT, DPT

Translational Research, Professor

m-ellis( at )northwestern.edu

Bill Healey, PT, EdD

Professional Education, Professor

b-healey( at )northwestern.edu

Peter McMenamin, PT, DPT, MS, OCS

Strategic Partnerships, Associate PRofessor

peter-mcmenamin( at )northwestern.edu

Carol Courtney, PT, PhD

Post-Professional Clinical Education, Professor

carol.courtney( at )northwestern.edu

Tobey DeMott Yeates, PT, DPT

Health Equity, Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

t-demott( at )northwestern.edu

Charles Heckman, PhD

Research, Professor

c-heckman( at )northwester.edu

Assistant Chairs

Cori Arquines, PT, MHPE, CLT

Clinical Education, Assistant Professor

cori.arquines( at )northwestern.edu

Emily Becker, PT, MPT, EdD

Communications, Development and Alumni Relations, Assistant Professor

emily.becker( at )northwestern.edu

Dawn Brown, PT, DPT, EdD

Curriculum, Assistant Professor

dawn.brown( at )northwestern.edu

Rachel Tappan, PT, DPT, NCS

Educational Research, Associate Professor

rachel-tappan( at )northwestern.edu

Krista Van Der Laan, PT, DPT, OCS

Student Affairs, Assistant Professor

krista-vanderlaan( at )northwestern.edu

Jun Yao, PhD

Biomedical Research, Professor

j-yao4( at )northwestern.edu

Heather Henderson, PT, DPT, NCS

Recruitment and Admissions, Assistant Professor

dpt-admissions( at )northwestern.edu

Staff

Ray Arceo

Research Study Assistant

Ray.arceo( at )northwestern.edu

Derin Birch, MS

Research Tech III

d-birch( at )northwestern.edu

London Blocker

Assistant Director, Admissions & Recruiting

dpt-admissions( at )northwestern.edu

Albert Chang

Research Study Assistant

albert.chang( at )northwestern.edu

Bessie Cofield

Program Assistant

b-ward( at )northwestern.edu

Pam Easton

Program Assistant

pamela-easton( at )northwestern.edu

Jane Gyarmaty, PT, DPT, NCS

Clinical Research Associate

jane.gyarmaty( at )northwestern.edu

Brad Holubar

Research Admin. Manager

b-holubar( at )northwestern.edu

Elizabeth Joslin

Clinical Research Associate

elizabeth.joslin( at )northwestern.edu

Molly Kanaley, MEd, LPC

Assistant Director, Student Affairs

molly.kanaley( at )northwestern.edu

Ahalya Mandana

Research Engineer II

ahalya.mandana( at )northwestern.edu

Ryan Millman

Research Study Assistant

ryanmillman2021( at )u.northwestern.edu

Kisha Nelson

Sr. Program Coordinator

k-nelson( at )northwestern.edu

Fabiola Perez

Research Assistant

fabiola.perez( at )northwestern.edu

Rocio Ramirez

Program Coordinator, Clinical Education

rocio.ramirez( at )northwestern.edu

Amy Robinson

Program Coordinator, Post-Professional Education & Clinical Education Agreements

amy.robinson( at )northwestern.edu

Afsheen Sajjadi

Research Associate

afsheen.sajjadi( at )northwestern.edu

Toby Sanders

Program Coordinator, Marketing, Communications, and Alumni Relations

toby.sanders( at )northwestern.edu

Anna Shafer

Research Engineer

anna.shafer( at )northwestern.edu

Jennifer Shao

Research Study Assistant

jennifer.shao( at )northwestern.edu

Giselle Sourou

Program Coordinator

giselle.sourou( at )northwestern.edu

Evangeline Walker

Department Administrator

e-walker( at )northwestern.edu

Jonathan Webb, MBA

Program Administrator

jonathan.webb( at )northwestern.edu

Stephany Carranza

Program Coordinator

stephany.carranza( at )northwestern.edu

Erin Cottingham

Sr. Program Coordinator

e-neal( at )northwestern.edu

Laura Haugh-Scheidt

Program Coordinator

laura.haugh-scheidt( at )northwestern.edu

Paula Spears

Research Administrator

p-spears( at )northwestern.edu

Di Zhang, BS

Systems Analyst

d-zhang( at )northwestern.edu