OMNI Staff and Membership Directory
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Assistant Professor & Investigator of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal & Neurological Institute; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Faculty Fellow in Aging Systems Physiology
Biomedical Sciences
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Life Science Building
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
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Irvine
Expertise: Aging Systems & Geriatrics, Human, Exercise, Integrative, & Neuromuscular Physiology Muscle Biology, Neurophysiology
Leatha Clark, DPT
Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Irvine Hall
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
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Academic and Research Center
Expertise: Metabolism, Aging Systems, Muscle Physiology
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Stocker Center
Expertise: Mechanics of biomaterials, mechanical simulation and modeling
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Associate Professor
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Expertise: Sensorineural coding in binaural hearing.
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Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Porter Hall
Expertise: Health psychology, Pain, Blood Donor Motivation
CTRU Medical Director; Associate Professor
Clinical and Translational Research Unit
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Research and Grants
Specialty Medicine
Athens
Irvine Hall
Expertise: Full Spectrum Family Medicine, Organizational Strategic Planning, Military and Aerospace Medicine
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Jen-Tzer Gau, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Primary Care
Athens
Irvine Hall
Expertise: Geriatric Medicine
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience; Gary Chleboun Scholar of Physical Therapy
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Grover Center
Expertise: Neuroscience, sensorimotor control, biomechanics, orthopedics, sports medicine
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Robert Hikida, PhD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Expertise: Development, maintenance, and rejuvenation of muscles.
John Howell, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus, Physiology
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
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Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Grover Center
Expertise: Adaptive mind-body interventions for pain management
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Professor
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Life Sciences Building
Expertise: Pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases (NDs)
Chang Liu, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
321c Stocker
Expertise: Software engineering
Huanhuan Liu, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Life Science Building
Expertise: Joint degeneration, Orthopedic biology
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Diabetes Institute
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Stocker Center
Expertise: Medical image analysis, machine learning, computer vision, human motion detection and classification and shape modeling.
Anne Loucks, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ 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
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Social Medicine
Athens
Irvine Hall
Expertise: Aging, brain health, epidemiology, biostatistics
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Associate Professor, Psychology
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Porter Hall
Expertise: Stress and psychophysiology in social relationships
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Professor; Director, Histology Core Facility
Biomedical Sciences
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Irvine Hall
Expertise: Endocrine and Bone Pathology; Toxicologic Pathology; Cancer Metastasis; Drug Discovery & Safety; Food Safety.
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Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Grover Center
Expertise: Patient-reported outcomes, epidemiology, and clinical research design and analyses
Robert Staron, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus, Anatomy
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Porter Hall
Expertise: Geriatric neuropsychology
Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Executive Director of Research Initiatives
Biomedical Sciences
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Research and Grants
Athens
Life Science Building
Expertise: Muscle, Mitochondria, Translational Medicine
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Brooke Vaughan, DPT
Assistant Clinical Professor
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Expertise: Neurorehabilitation
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Professor, Anatomy; Associate Dean of Faculty
Biomedical Sciences
Executive Dean's Office
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Heritage Hall
Expertise: Oral Physiology, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics, Sensorimotor Integration
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Associate Professor, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Professor
Biomedical Sciences
Diabetes Institute
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Athens
Life Science Building 133
Expertise: Cartilage Biology, Aging and Metabolism, Osteoarthritis