Chairperson: Edelle C. Field-Fote, PT, PhD (6/30/21)
Director, Spinal Cord Injury Research
Shepherd Center – Crawford Research Inst
2020 Peachtree Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Richard Ellenson (06/30/20)
New York, NY 10019
Robyn Watson Ellerbe, PhD (6/30/21)
American Physical Therapy Association
1111 N. Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Arthur W. English, PhD (6/30/22)
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Emory University School of Medicine
Whitehead Research Building
615 Michael Street, Room 405P
Atlanta, GA 30322
Thubi H.A. Kolobe, PT, PhD, FAPTA (6/30/2022)
Professor and Director of Research
Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor
Ann Taylor Chair for Pediatrics and Devel Disab
Director of Human Development Laboratory
Department of Rehabilitation Science
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1200 N Stonewall Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
Barbara Lutz, PhD, RN, CRRN, PHNA-BC, FAHA, FNAP, FAAN (06/30/22)
McNeill Distinguished Professor
Sch of Nursing/College Health & Human Services
University of North Carolina-Wilmington
2031 McNeill Hall / 601 S. College Rd.
Wilmington, NC 28403-5960
Craig M. McDonald, MD (6/30/21)
Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehab
4860 - Y Street, Suite 3850
Sacramento, CA 95817
Kenneth Ottenbacher, OT, PhD (06/30/20)
Professor & Director, Div of Rehab Sciences;
Director, Center for Recovery, Physical Activity and Nutrition
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-1137
David J. Reinkensmeyer, PhD (6/30/21)
Dept Of Biomedical Engineering
Univ of California At Irvine
4200 Engineering Gateway
Irvine, CA 92697
Brian Ruhe, PhD, CP (6/30/2022)
8A 38th Place
Long Beach, CA 90803
Elizabeth R. Skidmore, OT, PhD (6/30/21)
Dept of Occupational Therapy
University of Pittsburgh
5012 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD (6/30/21)
Prof & Director, Rehabilitation Science PhD Program
University of Colorado School of Medicine
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
13121 E. 17th Ave, Room 3108
Aurora, CO 80045
Rob Wudlick (6/30/2022)
Chair, GUSU2Cure Paralysis
4930 Sleepy Hollow Rd
Excelsior, MN 55331
Ex-Officio Members
James Anderson, MD, PhD
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, NIH
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Diana Bianchi, MD
Director, Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Daofen Chen, PhD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Neuroscience Center, MSC 9525
6100 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852
Theresa Cruz, PhD
Acting Director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Building 6710B Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Patricia Dorn, PhD
Director, Rehabilitation Research & Development
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
Jerome L. Fleg, MD, FACC, FAHA
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 8147
Bethesda, MD 20892
Lyndon Joseph, PhD
Division of Geriatrics & Clinical Gerontology
National Institute on Aging, NIH
7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3C307
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
Mary F. Lovley
Program Policy Advisor
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Office of Special Education and Rehab Services
Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington DC 20202-2736
Ralph Nitkin, PhD
Deputy Director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
Eunice K. Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Building 6710B Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Lana Shekim, PhD
Director, Voice and Speech Programs
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH
6001 Executive Blvd., Room 8301
Bethesda, MD 20892-7180
Chuck Washabaugh, PhD
Director, Orthopedics Program
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, NIH
One Democracy Plaza, Suite 800
6701 Democracy Blvd., MSC 4872
Bethesda, MD 20892
James R. Whitehead, EdD
Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research
330 C Street SW, Room 1304
Washington, DC 20201
Erik Wolf, Ph.D.
Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine
Research Program
Department of Defense
810 Schreider Street,
Fort Detrick, MD 21702
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