Personal History8/72-5/74: Meredith College Raleigh, North Carolina 1974-76: BS in Physical Therapy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1979-81: MS in Medical Allied Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Major in Biomechanics and Education 1982-85: PhD in Biomechanics, The Pennsylvania State University Research InterestsDr. Rodgers' major areas of research include rehabilitation biomechanics, wheelchair propulsion biomechanics, and gait analysis. She oversees a training grant that provides two pre-doctoral and one post-doctoral traineeships. The purpose of this grant is to attract and train potential rehabilitation scientists in predoctoral and post doctoral positions. This project offers pre-doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows academic and research preparation in fields pertinent to physical rehabilitation science. The Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core of the Pepper Center provides start-up support for high quality research proposals of high relevance to the Center's overall theme, exploring mechanisms underlying the disability phenotype in older persons and the functional and clinical reponses to exercise.Publications
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