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Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program
About the Faculty
RHB
Program
Director
Research interests: Postural and functional considerations in the treatment
and rehabilitation of lower extremity injury
RHB Director
of Graduate Studies
Research interests: Spinal cord injury
University of Kentucky
Associate Dean of Research
Charlotte Peterson, Ph.D., Joseph Hamburg
Endowed Professor
Research Interests:
elucidation of cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling skeletal
muscle structure and function.
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Research interests:
Literacy development and intervention for at-risk children; intervention
for school-age language disorders
RHB Department Chair
Research interests: Alternative and augmentative communication strategies;
early intervention
Division Directors
Research interests: Alternative and augmentative communication strategies;
early intervention
Research interests: Rehabilitative clinical outcomes in the older population
Research interests: Postural and functional considerations in the treatment
and
rehabilitation of lower extremity injury
Other Program Faculty
Research interests: Understanding
the effects that movement-related somatosensation or externally-generated
afference may have on central nervous system processes of perception,
sensorimotor control and proprioception in the oral facial system of humans
Timothy A. Butterfield, Ph.D., ATC, Athletic Training
Research interests: Plasticity of
skeletal muscle; functional adaptation of skeletal muscle as a result of
exercise; the role of exercise on muscle damage
Gilson J. Capilouto, Ph.D.,
CCC-SLP, ATP,
Communication Science Disorders
Research interests:
AAC performance measures, narrative
discourse performance across the lifespan for persons with and without
neurological disorders and risk factors for language development in
children born prematurely.
Research interests: School-based practice; early
intervention outcomes; pediatric service delivery models; inclusive
education
Robert A. (Tony) English, Ph.D., PT, Physical Therapy
Research interests: clinical functional
outcomes testing in people with chronic degenerative conditions.
Emphasis on middle aged people.
Research interests: Communication disorders in
aging; speech and voice
science
Research Interests: Investigating
the underlying cellular mechanisms of
skeletal muscle atrophy in general and sarcopenia in particular.
Research interests: Speech development; disordered speech in children;
dialect development.
Research interests: Communication
supports for self-determination for individuals with developmental
disabilities; Pediatric communication disorders in students with
severe/multiple developmental disabilities
Research interests: Health care
delivery system; relationship-centered care
Research interests: Soft tissue healing; outcomes assessment; knee and
shoulder; articular cartilage
Research interests: Post-stroke speech and language disorders; communication
disorders following head injury
Patrick McKeon, Ph.D., ATC, Athletic Training
Research interests: Sensorimotor alterations
associated with lower extremity joint injury; ankle instability
Jennifer Medina McKeon, Ph.D., ATC, CSCS, Athletic Training
Research interests: Kinematic variables of the
knee and their relationship to injury; risk factors for lower extremity
injury
Research interests: Clinical trials; efficacy of PT intervention
Research interests: Laryngeal,
respiratory, and resonance compensations in the presence of laryngeal
pathology; the efficacy of voice therapy
Research interests: Motor activation patterns related to rehabilitation of
the upper extremity
Research interests: the impact of cognitive deficits on communication in
individuals with acquired brain injury; the validity of treating
attentional deficits as a means for improving proficiency of conversational
discourse in this population
Eastern Kentucky University
Occupational Therapy Program Faculty
Department Chair
Colleen Schneck, SC.D., OTR/L,
FAOTA
Research interests: Child development, sensory processing, visual perceptual
skills, school-based practice
Other Program Faculty
Onda Bennett, Ph.D., OTR/L
Research
interests: Mental health; instruction and curriculum design
Anne Blakeney, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Research
interests: Socio-cultural basis of health beliefs and behaviors and the
effect of poverty on the human occupations.
Dana Howell, Ph.D., OTD, OTR/L
Research interest: Qualitative research, interdisciplinary education,
quality of life of rural seniors, and adult physical dysfunction and
rehabilitation
Ruth A. Huebner, Ph.D., OTR/L
Research interests: Autism and severe development delay; brain injury;
psychosocial aspects of disability
Christine Myers, Ph.D., OTR/L
Research interests: Early childhood transitions of children with
special needs and their families
Research interests: Play, environmental interactions, maternal work, video
methods
Sharon B. Shasby, Ed.D.,
OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA
Research interests: School-based practice, sensory processing, early
intervention outcomes, autism
Ann Shordike,
Ph.D., OTR/L
Research interests: Holistic practice, history, traditions, and cultural
aspects of health and healing; mental health and community mental health
practice
Peggy Wittman,
Ed.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Research interests: Quality of
life in rural communities, especially as related to occupational performance
of citizens; phenomena of using animal assisted therapy with persons with
autism and Asperger's Syndrome; and outcomes of a community-built
occupational therapy practice in a rural area.
Institutional Partners
Communication Disorders Program Faculty
Elizabeth G. Blodgett,
Ed.D., CCC-SLP, Murray State University
Research interests: Phonological assessment and intervention; child language
assessment and intervention
Jo-Ann Hammons, Ph.D.,
CCC-SLP, Murray State University
Research interests: Treatment outcomes in fluency disorders
Frank M. Kersting, Ed.D.,
CCC-SLP, Western Kentucky University
Research interests: Emergent literacy; technology applications; intervention
protocols for children with language disorders
Creighton Miller, Ph.D.,
Murray State University
Research interests: Speech and hearing sciences; computer and internet
applications; research methods; instrumentation
Pearl Payne, Ph.D.,
CCC-SLP, Murray State University Research interests: Early identification of stuttering; efficacy of early
intervention models for children who stutter; relationships between language
and the onset and development of stuttering
Sharon Hart, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Murray State University
Research interests: The effectiveness of using
communication-centered intervention to facilitate phonological learning
in young children
Adjunct Faculty
Cale Jacobs, Ph.D., ATC, Athletic Training, Lexington Clinic
Research interests: Total joint replacement;
development of new prostheses for total joint replacement
Timothy Hewitt, Ph.D. Cincinnati
Children's Medical Center, Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center
Research interests: Dynamic neuromuscular joint
control strategies and their use for preventing knee injuries
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