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Director Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals
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Judith M. Burnfield, PhD, PT, is a nationally recognized physical rehabilitation clinician, researcher and scholar. Dr. Burnfield is Director of the Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering, Director of the Movement and Neurosciences Center and the Clifton Chair in Physical Therapy and Movement Sciences at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals. She holds faculty appointments in the clinical sciences and engineering at multiple universities. Dr. Burnfield earned her physical therapy degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, her Ph.D. in Biokinesiology from the University of Southern California, and completed her post-doctoral training at the Pathokinesiology Laboratory at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Burnfield has over 65 peer-reviewed manuscript publications and numerous book chapters in areas relevant to the promotion of functional independence, cardiorespiratory fitness, and long-term health and wellbeing of individuals with physical disabilities and chronic conditions. She co-authored the book, Gait Analysis: Normal and Pathological Function, used in many physical therapy, orthotics, prosthetics, and physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. She has served as PI and Co-PI for grants funded by NIDILRR, NIH, and NSF. Her federally funded research and development work has created patented technologies and treatment approaches used worldwide in rehabilitation, fitness, and home settings.
