Rachel Hibbs, DPT

Research Therapist
University of Pittsburgh

COURSES

PRACTICAL HANDS-ON WHEELCHAIR SKILLS TRAINING IC14

BIO

Rachel Hibbs, DPT is a clinical research therapist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She earned a B.S. in Rehabilitation Science and certificate in Pathokinesiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010 and completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at the University of Pittsbugrh in 2013. She spent 4 years in cliical practice at UPMC Rehabilitation Institute Spinal Cord Injury Unit and 1 year at the Cleveland Louis Stokes VA Medical Center Spinal Cord Inury Service. Her clinical and research interests include seating and wheeled mobility, postural control, ambulation in incomplete SCI, and upper limb preservation in primary wheelchair users.