Our Team

Primary Faculty

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RESTORE Team Director

Doctoral of Physical Therapy (DPT) Students

Sebastian Brothers

Laura Durkee

Aaron Gann

Javier Gonzalez Plazola

Barbara Goodhart

Ellie Grupenhoff

Jessica Juan

Christina Kennedy

Adriana Maldonado

Arianna Odom

Christine Samuelsen

Ashrita Satchidanand

Peter Thomsen

Melissa Tran

Post-Doctoral Trainees

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Katherine Seidler, PT, DPT, MSCI
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-present

Emma Beisheim-Ryan, PT, DPT, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-present

Alex Garbin, PT, DPT, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-present

Laura Churchill, PT, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-present

Maegan Olivos, PT, DPT, MPH, GCS
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-present

Katie Butera, PT, DPT, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-present

Jacob Capin, PT, DPT, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2021
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Marquette University

Jesse Christensen, DPT, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2019
Current Position: Salt Lake City VAMC, Assistant Professor, U. Utah

Victor Cheuy, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2018
Current Position: Assistant Professor, U. of California San Francisco

Roger Paxton, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2017
Current Position: Research Fellow, U. of Colorado Children's Hospital

Joshua Winters, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

Abbey Thomas, PhD, ATC
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2012
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina

Staff

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Lauren Hinrichs, Research Assistant

Eliza Biondi, Research Services Professional (Also affiliated with Cory Christiansen's Interdisciplinary Movement Lab)

Meghan Connors, Research Services Entry Professional

Duylam Nguyen, Research Services Entry Professional

Rebecca Altic, PT, DPT, Research Services Professional

Deborah Currier, M.Ed, PTA, LMT, Research Services Professional

Maggie Givan, MA, Research Services Professional

Cynthia Huang, Research Services Professional

Danielle Derlein, Research Services Senior Professional

Dennis Hansen, PT, MBA, Research Services Senior Professional

Amy Peters, M.Sc, Research Services Senior Professional

Renee Rudys-Shapard, Research Services Senior Professional

Kristine Hare, Temporary (Researcher)