RESEARCH STAFF

James Rimmer, PhD

Director of Research and Education
Lakeshore Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dustin A. Dew

Exercise and Sport Science Laboratory Coordinator

Casey Herman, MS

Program Manager
Lakeshore Foundation

Jeanell Irish

Telecoach

Laurie Malone, PhD

Associate Director of Research and Education
Lakeshore Foundation

Tapan Mehta, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Administration, Biostatistician
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Director of Biostatistics and Data Management Core
UAB/Lakeshore Research Collaborative

Whitney Neal

Research Assistant

Sangeetha Padalabalanarayanan, MS

Project Coordinator
Rectech, UAB

Carleton Rivers, MS, RDN

Assistant Professor and Internship Director
UAB MS in Nutrition Sciences, Clinical Track/Dietetic Internship

Rebecca Rogers

Research Assistant

Lori Theriot

Recruitment Coordinator
Lakeshore Foundation

Mohan Thirumalai, MS, ME

Information Services Manager
UAB

Kerri Vanderbom, PhD

Project Coordinator, DRRP II
UAB

COLLABORATORS

Brooks Wingo, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Barbara Gower, PhD

Professor, Associate Scientist
Nutrition Obesity Research Center,
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Laura E. Dreer, PhD

Assistant Professor, Opthalmology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Laura K. Vogtle, PhD, OTR, ATP

Professor, Director of Post Professional Program, Department of Occupational Therapy
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kevin Fontaine, PhD

Professor, Department of Health Behavior
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alan W. Eberhardt, PhD

Associate Dean, School of Engineering; Professor, Biomedical Engineering
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lloyd Cooper, IDSA

Principal Designer
PUSH Product Design

Dan Ding

Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology
University of Pittsburgh

Jennifer Rowland, PhD, PT, MPH

Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy; Core Faculty, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Texas Medical Branch

Peter Axelson

Founder and Director of Research and Development
Beneficial Designs, Inc.

Seanna Kringen

Research Associate
Beneficial Designs

Timothy Wick

Interim Dean, School of Engineering
University of Alabama at Birmingham

COMPANIES

Beneficial Designs

Children’s of Alabama

PUSH PD

United Cerebral Palsy

VA Hospital