Chairperson:
Barbara S. Bregman, PT, PhD (6/30/25)
Professor, Neuroscience and Rehab Med
Acting Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine
Associate Dean for Health Professions and Education Development
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057
Sarah Blanton, PT, DPT, FNAP (6/30/27)
Professor Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Division of Physical Therapy
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Ga. 30322
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal, PhD (6/30/25)
Hugh Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor
Depart of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Director, IUCRC BRAIN Univ of Houston Site
Director, Noninvasive BMI Systems Lab
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4005
Karl D. Cooper, Esq (6/30/28)
Executive Director, American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD),
Rockville, MD 20850
Steven C. Cramer, MD, MSc, FAAN, FAHA (6/30/27)
Professor, Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Dawn M. Ehde, PhD (6/30/25)
Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
Nancy & Buster Alvord Endowed Professorship in Multiple Sclerosis Research
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98104
Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN, (6/30/27)
Associate Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research
Research Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL 60611
Angel Hardy Heinz (6/30/28)
Public Policy Manager
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
80 M St SE, Suite 100
Washington DC 20003
Michelle J. Johnson, PhD (6/30/25)
Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehab and Bioengineering
Director, Rehabilitation Robotics Lab
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Steven J. Keteyian, PhD, M.A. (6/30/26)
Section Head, Cardiac Rehabilitation/Preventive Cardiology Unit
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine
Henry Ford Hospital Medical Group
Detroit, MI 48202
Oluwaferanmi [Feranmi] O. Okanlami MD, MS (6/30/28)
Director - Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services
Assistant Professor
Family Medicine/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation/Urology/Orthopaedic Surgery
Associate Director, Health Policy and Economics Path of Excellence
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Robert L. Sainburg, PhD, OTR/L (6/30/25)
Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Distinguished Chair in Kinesiology and Neurology
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Kris Tjaden, PhD, M.A. (6/30/26)
Professor and Associated Dean, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences
University at Buffalo
State University of New York
Buffalo, NY 14214
Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD (6/30/25)
Director, Brain-Body Dynamics Laboratory
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
The University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90089-2905
Lewis A. Wheaton, PhD (6/30/26)
Associate Professor, School of Biological Sci
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
Tiffany A. Yu, MS (6/30/28)
Founder and CEO, Diversability, LLC
Los Angeles, California 90016
Kathleen M. Zackowski, PhD (6/30/26)
Senior Director, Patient Management, Care, and Rehabilitation Research
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
New York, NY 10017
Ex-Officio Members
Diana Bianchi, MD
Director, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20892
Daofen Chen, PhD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Neuroscience Center, MSC 9525
Rockville, MD 20852
Theresa Cruz, PhD
Director, National Center for Medical
Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20817
Patricia Dorn, PhD
Director, Rehabilitation Research & Development
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC 20420
Jerome L. Fleg, MD, FACC, FAHA
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD 20892
Kristi Hill, PhD
Acting Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research, ACL
Washington, DC 20201
Lyndon Joseph, PhD
Division of Geriatrics & Clinical Gerontology
National Institute on Aging, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
Ralph Nitkin, PhD
Deputy Director, National Center for Medical
Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20817
Merav Sabri, PhD
Program Director, Division of Scientific Programs
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), NIH
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Tara A. Schwetz, PhD
Director, Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20892
John C. Shero, MHA, FACHE
COL (Ret), US Army
Director, Extremity Trauma & Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE)
Defense Health Agency (DHA), Research & Engineering Directorate
San Antonio, TX 78205
Edward Vitelli
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Office of Special Education and Rehab Services
Department of Education
Washington DC 20202-2736
Chuck Washabaugh, PhD
Director, Orthopedics Program
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20892
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