OMNI Staff and Membership Directory
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Assistant Professor & Investigator of the Ohio Musculoskeletal & Neurological Institute
Biomedical Sciences
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Life Science Building 135, Athens Campus
Expertise: Skeletal Muscle, Aging, Frailty, Neuromuscular Physiology, Adaptations to Exercise
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Prof., Physiology & Neuroscience; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Harold E. Clybourne, D.O., Endowed Research Chair
Biomedical Sciences
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Irvine 250, Athens Campus
Expertise: Aging Systems & Geriatrics, Human, Exercise, Integrative, & Neuromuscular Physiology Muscle Biology, Neurophysiology
Leatha Clark, DPT
Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Irvine Hall 251, Athens Campus
Expertise: Physical Therapy, Aging Systems, Pediatrics
Associate Professor, Microanatomy; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O.; Endowed Faculty Fellow in Enhanced Metabolic Aging
Biomedical Sciences
Diabetes Institute
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Academic and Research Center 302E, Athens Campus
Expertise: Metabolism, Aging Systems, Muscle Physiology
John Cotton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
255 Stocker
Expertise: Mechanics of biomaterials, mechanical simulation and modeling
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Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
251 Porter Hall
Expertise: Health psychology, Pain, Blood Donor Motivation
CTRU Medical Director; Associate Professor
Clinical and Translational Research Unit
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Research and Grants
Specialty Medicine
Athens
Irvine Hall 226, Athens Campus
Expertise: Full Spectrum Family Medicine, Organizational Strategic Planning, Military and Aerospace Medicine
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Jen-Tzer Gau, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Primary Care
Athens
Irvine Hall 210D, Athens Campus
Expertise: Geriatric Medicine
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience; Gary Chleboun Scholar of Physical Therapy
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Social Medicine
Athens
W283 Grover Center
Expertise: Neuroscience, sensorimotor control, biomechanics, orthopedics, sports medicine
Assistant Professor, Social Medicine
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Social Medicine
Athens
Irvine 128B, Athens Campus
Expertise: Minority Aging; Health Disparities; Risk and Resilience; Psychosocial Resources; Mental Health; Physical Health
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Robert Hikida, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Expertise: Development, maintenance, and rejuvenation of muslces.
John Howell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus, Physiology
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
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Nicholas Karayannis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
W295 Grover Center
Expertise: Adaptive mind-body interventions for pain management
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Chang Liu, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
321c Stocker
Expertise: Software engineering
Huanhuan Liu, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Life Science Building 250, Athens Campus
Expertise: Joint degeneration, Orthopedic biology
Jundong Liu, PhD
Associate Professor, Boimedical Engineering
Diabetes Institute
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Stocker 321A
Expertise: Medical image analysis, machine learning, computer vision, human motion detection and classification and shape modeling.
Anne Loucks, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Expertise: Exercise Endocrinology, bone
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Graciela Muniz-Terrera, PhD
Professor, Social Medicine; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Professor in Health and Aging
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Social Medicine
Athens
Irvine 128F, Athens Campus
Expertise: Aging, brain health, epidemiology, biostatistics
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Associate Professor, Psychology
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Expertise: Stress and psychophysiology in social relationships
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Professor in Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Irvine 225, Athens Campus
Expertise: Endocrine and Bone Pathology; Toxicologic Pathology; Cancer Metastasis; Drug Discovery & Safety; Food Safety.
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Janet Simon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Applied Statistics and Epidemiology
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
E146 Grover Center
Expertise: Patient-reported outcomes, epidemiology, and clinical research design and analyses
Robert Staron, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus, Anatomy
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Julie Suhr, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Expertise: Geriatric neuropsychology
Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Executive Director of Research Initiatives
Biomedical Sciences
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Life Science Building 227, Athens Campus
Expertise: Muscle, Mitochondria, Translational Medicine
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Brooke Vaughan, DPT
Assistant Clinical Professor
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Expertise: Neurorehabilitation
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Andrew Weems, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
248 Stocker
Expertise: Biomaterials
Professor, Anatomy; Associate Dean of Faculty
Biomedical Sciences
Executive Dean's Office
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Heritage Hall 373T, Athens Campus
Expertise: Oral Physiology, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Sensorimotor Integration
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Assistant Professor; Investigator of the Ohio Musculoskeletal & Neurological Institute
Biomedical Sciences
Diabetes Institute
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Life Science Building 135, Athens Campus
Expertise: Cartilage biology, Aging and Metabolism, Osteoarthritis