Team
Our research team includes experienced early childhood researchers and methodologists from six academic institutions, along with licensed physical therapists who will deliver the intervention to participants at research sites in Los Angeles, California; Omaha, Nebraska; Seattle, Washington; and Richmond, Virginia.
Leadership
Stacey Dusing, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Co-Principal Investigator
Sykes Chair, Pediatric Physical Therapy, Health and Development
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Regina Harbourne, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Rangos School of Health Sciences, Physical Therapy
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Co-Investigators
Natalie Koziol, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sandy Willett, PhD, PT, PCS
Director and Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Department and Pediatric Physical Therapy
Residency Program, Munroe Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Lin-Ya Hsu, PT, PhD
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Sarah (Sally) Westcott McCoy, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Professor Emerita, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Barbara Sargent, PhD, PT
Assistant Professor, Clinical Physical Therapy and Director, Development of Infant Motor Performance Laboratory
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Douglas Vanderbilt, MD, MS
Director, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine