Jenni Moore PT, DHS, NCS

Founder

Jenni Moore PT, DHSc, NCS is the founder of The Institute for Knowledge Translation and an advisor to the Southeastern Norway Center for Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation.  Her current work and research focus on the selection and implementation of evidence-based practices within hospital systems in the United States and in Norway.  Previously, Dr. Moore was the Clinical Practice Leader of Neurologic Physical Therapy at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab where she conducted implementation projects within all levels of care.  She also led the development of the Rehabilitation Measures Database (www.rehabmeasures.org), which is a free, online repository of summaries of psychometric properties and clinical utility of over 400 assessments used in rehabilitation.  Dr. Moore is involved in many Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including co-chairing the APTA sponsored Clinical Practice Guideline on a core set of outcome measures for neurologic physical therapy, and leading the Knowledge Translation Summit.  

 

T. George Hornby PT, PhD

Director of Research

 

T. George Hornby PT, PhD, FAPTA, is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Indiana University,  the director of the Locomotor Recovery Laboratory at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, and the Director of Research for the Institute for Knowledge Translation.  Dr. Hornby’s work is focused on optimizing rehabilitation interventions to improve lower extremity function in patients with stroke and spinal cord injury, with a primary focus on restoration of walking ability.   By integrating both quantitative and clinical measures of motor function, Dr. Hornby’s work aims to understand the biomechanical and physiological impairments underlying limitations in locomotor activity in these populations, and the relative efficacy and mechanistic basis of specific interventions to enhance function.  Recently, his activity has focused on direct translation of his research to clinical practice in rehabilitation.  Dr. Hornby has co-authored over 100 research publications in scientific journals. He is PI or Co-PI on active R01, DOD, and NIDRR center grants, with both national and international collaborations.  He is also the Director of Knowledge Synthesis and was the previous Director of Research for the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy.

 

Chris Henderson PT, PhD, NCS, GCS

Director of Innovation

 

Maghan Bretz PT, NCS

Residency Co-Director and Mentor

 

Chris Henderson, PT, PhD, NCS, GCS, is the Director of Innovation for the Institute for Knowledge Translation and an Assistant Research Professor within the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Physical Medicine. He has his PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science, Doctorate of Physical Therapy, and Masters of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware. He has also completed a Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency jointly supported by the Clement J Zablocki Veterans Affairs Hospital and Marquette University. Dr. Henderson’s work is focused on optimizing the rehabilitation of individuals following acute onset neurologic injuries and translating evidence-based interventions into routine neurologic physical therapy.

 

Maghan Bretz PT, NCS, is an iKT mentor and the Program Director for the St. Vincent Evansville & University of Evansville Neurologic Residency Program. She earned board certification in neurologic physical therapy in 2016 and later developed the first neurologic physical therapy residency program in Indiana. Additionally, Maghan is a treating clinician in the outpatient neurologic rehabilitation setting and an adjunct faculty member in the Doctoral Physical Therapy program at the University of Evansville. She also serves within the ANPT as a Knowledge Translation task force member for the Locomotor CPG, charged with the creation of products to facilitate clinical implementation of this evidence. Maghan is heavily involved with best practice implementation efforts at Ascension St. Vincent Evansille, specifically with the stroke population in the inpatient rehabilitation setting.