NDNG Executive Committee
Michele York, PhD, ABPP-CN
CO-CHAIR
Neuropsychologist
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD
CO-CHAIR
Research Scientist, Kessler Foundation
Research Assistant Professor, Department of PM&R
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Mark A. Hirsch, PhD, FACRM
PAST CHAIR and PROGRAM COMMITTEE LIAISON
Senior Scientist, Director, Dept. of PM&R Residency Research Education
Director, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Lab
Carolinas Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health
Charlotte, NC
Shilpa Krishnan, PT, PhD
SECRETARY and CAREER DEVELOPMENT NETWORKING GROUP LIAISON
Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Therapy
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Hannes Devos, PhD, DRS
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING GROUP LIAISON
Director, Laboratory of Advanced Rehabilitation Research in Simulation
Kansas University Medical Center (KUMC)
Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Kansas City, KS
Julie Faieta, MOT, OTR/L
SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICER & CAREER DEVELOPMENT NETWORKING GROUP LIAISON
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Graduate Research Associate, Division of Occupational Therapy
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH
Erwin E. H. van Wegen, PhD
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING GROUP LIAISON
Associate Professor
VU University Medical Center
Brian Downer, PhD
MEMBERSHIP OFFICER & CAREER DEVELOPMENT NETWORKING GROUP LIAISON
Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Patricia Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM
PAST CHAIR
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Senior Scientist, Center for Gait & Movement Analysis (CGMA), Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
FOUNDING CHAIR & PROGRAM COMMITTEE LIAISON
Vice President of Research & Innovation
Shepherd Center
