Terry Ellis, PhD, PT, FAPTA

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Terry Ellis, PhD, PT, FAPTA is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Director of the Center for Neurorehabilitation in Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University.  Dr. Ellis also serves as the Director of the American Parkinson Disease Association National Rehabilitation Resource Center.  Her research is funded by NIH, the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the American Parkinson Disease Association and broadly focuses on understanding mechanisms underlying walking related impairments in persons with Parkinson disease and developing rehabilitation approaches to improve real-world walking in the home and community settings. She has expertise in applying digital technologies to improve the quality and quantity of real-world walking and quality of life in persons with Parkinson disease.  She has also developed and evaluated the effects of soft robotic exosuits to prevent freezing of gait and restore locomotor function in those living with Parkinson disease.

Dr. Ellis has a Ph.D. in Behavioral Neurosciences from Boston University School of Medicine and is a licensed physical therapist with board certification in Neurologic Physical Therapy.  She has published numerous articles and lectures internationally on topics related to the optimization of rehabilitation to improve real-world walking outcomes in persons with Parkinson disease over the continuum of care.

Scholarly, Research, and/or Practice Interests

• Neurorehabilitation
• Parkinson disease / Clinical Practice Guidelines / Physical Therapy Models of Care
• Characterizing and improving walking behavior in persons with Parkinson disease
• Mobile health technologies / Digital Therapeutics
• Augmenting walking capacity using soft robotic systems in persons with Parkinson disease and stroke

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