Faculty

Program Faculty (click on a name to email that person)
Lisa Stehno-Bittel, P.T., Ph.D.: Department Chair and Associate Professor
Patricia Kluding, P.T., PhD.: Assistant Professor
Wen Liu, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor
Janice Loudon, P.T., Ph.D., ATC, SCS: Associate Professor
Patricia Pohl, P.T., Ph.D.: Associate Professor
Yvonne Searls, P.T., Ph.D.: Assistant Professor
Irina Smirnova, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor

Affiliated Faculty
Paul Cheney, Ph.D.: Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Physical Therapy
Kenneth Fisher, Ph.D.: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Robery Gregory, Ph.D.: Department of Sport and Exercise Science
Thomas Imig, Ph.D.: Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Physical Therapy
Steven LeVine, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Physical Therapy
Carl Luchies, Ph.D.: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Interim Director Human Performance Laboratory, Landon Center on Aging
Terence McIff, Ph.D.: Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Stephen Munns, M.D.: Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Therapy
Randolph Nudo, Ph.D.: Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Barbara M. Quaney, PT, Ph.D.: Landon Center on Aging
Peter Smith, Ph.D.: Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Physical Therapy
George Timberlake, Ph.D.: Department of Ophthalmology
George Varghese, M.D.: Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Education
Sara Wilson, Ph.D.: Department of Mechanical Engineering

Core Faculty
Lisa Stehno-Bittel, Department Chair & Associate Professor: B.S. in Physical Therapy (University of Kansas Medical Center), Ph.D. in Physiology (Missouri), post-doctoral fellow in Pharmacology (Mayo School of Medicine). Research Focus: Membrane and cellular physiological adaptation to disease and with physical therapy interventions.

Irina Smirnova, Director of PhD program in Rehabilitation Science & Assistant Professor: M.S. in Biochemistry (Lvov State University), Ph.D. in Protein Chemistry (Ukraine Academy of Science). Research Focus: Cellular effects of diabetes on the cardiovascular system.

Janice Loudon, Associate Professor: B. S. in Physical Therapy (University of Kansas Medical Center), M.S. in Exercise Physiology (Kansas), Ph.D. in Movement Science (Washington University), Board Certified Athletic Trainer, Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy. Research Focus: Pathomechanics and injury; adolescent athletic injuries; arthritis.

Wen Liu, Assistant Professor: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Nanchang), M.S. in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (Drexel), post-doctoral fellow in Biomedical Engineering (University of Calgary, Boston University). Research Focus: Effect of sensory signal on the improvement of motor control and function; analysis of postural control and gait performance for non-patient and patient populations; functional instability of the ACL-deficient knee; functional instability of the ankle joint after sprain injury; effect of internal or external spinal fixation on the mechanical instability of the spine.

Yvonne Searls, ACCE, Assistant Professor: B.A. in Biology, Benedictine College, B.S. in Physical Therapy, Rockhurst College, Ph.D. in Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center. Research Focus: Changes in vascular smooth muscle cell calcium signaling with diabetes and therapetuic effects of yoga in Parkinson's disease.

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