Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Studies

He completed master’s in professional counseling and in religion from Liberty University and doctorate in rehabilitation counseling from Michigan State University. His current areas of research interest include attitude towards persons with disabilities, multicultural counseling, employment for persons with disabilities, including persons with chronic illnesses and disabilities, health and wellness, religion and spirituality, and mental illnesses (depression and anxiety).

Research: Reducing/eliminating depression, Anxiety

Dr. Kwok joins Tung Wah College in April 2018. He has practiced in various health service settings including sports and orthopedics physiotherapy, neurological rehabilitation, community medicine, public health and work disability management and prevention. He is also the Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Apart from local physiotherapy practice experience in Hong Kong, Dr. Kwok had practiced physiotherapy for twelve years in Australia where he received advanced training in Sports Orthopedics, Occupational Health Practice, and Health Administration, and was registered under the Medicare, Work Care Authority and the Transport Accident Commission to treat work and transport accident injuries.

Research: Bone Health and Osteoporosis, Integrative Medicine, Orthopedics Rehabilitation.

Catherine Ortega worked as staff physical therapist and athletic trainer to provide care in specialty areas of sports medicine and musculosketal manual therapy. Designed and implemented Biomechanical Evaluations to enhance performance for active groups such as runners, golfers, cyclists and triathletes. Designed and provided assessments to the San Antonio Police Academy and Fire Department Academy cadets for injury prevention recommendations. In 1986 she get Physical Therapy License from Texas State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. In 1998 she get certification from American Physical Therapy Association.

Research: Physical Therapy, Manual Therapy, Sports Medicine

He Liu, Ph.D., is faculty member at Gannon University. He teaches introductory Molecular and Cellular Biology, Animal Physiology and lab, and Research Methods in Biology courses in the Biology Department.  His research is on the environmental effects on and the molecular basis of animal physiology and behavior. He is a member of various national committees. He serves as reviewer and editorial board member of various international journals. 

Research: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Animal Physiology, Physiology, Neuroscience

Dr. Irmo Marini is a Professor in the School of Rehabilitation at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. He earned his master’s in clinical psychology from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada, and his Ph.D. in Rehabilitation from Auburn University in Alabama. Dr. Marini earned two outstanding faculty research awards at Arkansas State, three more faculty research awards at Pan-American, two outstanding teaching awards at Pan-American, and one service award. On a national level, Dr. Marini was the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Education award by the National Council on Rehabilitation Education, and a year later received the 2010 James F. Garrett Distinguished Career award in rehabilitation research by the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association. He was also voted the National Council on Rehabilitation Education’s 2013 recipient of the Rehabilitation Educator of the year award. He also received the Patricia McCollom distinguished career award in life care planning research in 2015. To date, he has published over 85 peer-reviewed journal publications, 40 book chapters, and co-authored and co-edited 7 books on counseling and rehabilitation counseling psychology related topics. Dr. Marini is former President of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association and former Chair of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification. Dr. Marini has maintained a forensic life care planning and vocational expert private practice since 1994.

Research: Rehabilitation Clinical Psychology Psychology

Marco Orsini is a physician, professor at Federal Fluminense University (UFF) from Neurology Department. He is doing his Master's Program in Rehabilitation Science at Centro University Augusto Motta (Unisuam), Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals. He has published about 300 articles in periodicals indexed in Brazil and abroad.

Research: Pain, Neuromuscular Diseases, Peripheral Neuropathies and Rehabilitation.

Dr.Sayed currently working as Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, College of Medical &Health Sciences, Ahlia University, Bahrain.He is the Award winner of the distinguish scientist for the contribution and achievement of in the field of physiotherapy from Venus International Foundation (Center for Advanced Research& Design 2015).He attended the different confrences. He serving as Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner CKTP Elite CKT Association), Secretary General of Egyptian Association of Physical Therapy & Medical Rehabilitation and he is member of The Mediterranean Society of Pelvic Floor Disorders and Egyptian Physical Therapy Syndicate. Dr Tantawy is a reviewer in many international journals. Dr Sayed is also member in the Editorial Board of many international journals.

Research: Physical Therapy Sports Medicine

Trevor Archer has received his PhD from Uppsala University during the period of 1976-79. Currently, he is working as Professor in Gothenburg University. He has successfully completed his administrative responsibilities as Head of Department and Dean of Faculty. His research has included biopsychology, health, sports, personality, learning and memory, neurotoxicity, brain disorders and epigenetics. Based on this research and fellowship training, he has received several awards and honors, such as: Honorary Doctor and Honorary Professor in Pharmacology of the Polish Pharmacology Society, Sansone Award of the School of Medicine, University of Washington, St. Louis, Missouri. He is serving as an Editorial Member of 24 reputed journals and expert reviewer for 117 journals. He authored 318 research articles, 150 book chapters, edited 42 books, and one general psychology book. He is a member of Neurotoxicity Society. He has been honored as Founding Member of European Behavioral Pharmacology Society.

Research: Biopsychology, Health, Sports, Personality, Learning and memory, Neurotoxicity, Brain disorders and Epigenetics

Dr. Luh Karunia Wahyuni ​​is a doctor of Physical and Rehabilitation Medical Specialist. she completed her medical studies at the University of Indonesia. She is Head of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Indonesia. she is speaker and also a Member of Association of Indonesian Doctors. she is the author of numerous publication. she also serves as an editorial member for various international journals.

Research: Physical Medicine Stroke Rehabilitation

Dr. Danelina Vacgeba is currently an associate professor of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation at Medical University – Pleven, Bulgaria. He did his Doctorate in Medical University, Pleven. He is a Membership in scientific and public organizations such as Association of physiotherapists in Bulgaria, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, European Association of pedagogues and psychologists "Science", National Research Analytics Federation member of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Research: Medical rehabilitation Kinesitherapy Occupational therapy

Dr. Khalil N. Hamed Al Abbad is currently working as a Consultant of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Jordan, he did his Doctor of Medicine and Surgery From the university of Belgrade at Jordan, he did his research on Mineral Water Resources and Rehabilitation. He worked as a Head of Specialist of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Research: Rehabilitation

Dr. Ozlem Altindag Currently working as a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep. He is graduated from Medical School of Dicle Universtiy.

Research: Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Rheumatology

Giuseppe Sorrentino is Full Professor of Neurology at the University of Naples “Parthenope”. He obtained the MD degree in 1980 and in 1984 the board of Neurology. In 1999 he got a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular biology (Neurochemistry) at the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg in France. Through the financial support of national and international Institutions (MPI, CNR, European Science Foundation, NATO) he attended qualified Italian and foreign research Institutes such as “Mario Negri” Institute in Milan, the Center of Neurochemistry of CNRS-INSERM of Strasburg (Francia) and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg (Canada). He is the principal investigator of research programs about Alzheimer disease granted by national and international institutions (MIUR, CNR, Ministero della Salute, NATO, Regione Campania, Regione Lazio, Provincia di Salerno). His research fields are the cellular biology of dementia, the cholinergic and phospholipids metabolism and the clinical research. About this topics, he published more than 40 publications on international impacted journals and 70 communications at national and international meetings.​

Research: Cellular biology of Amyloid beta Protein. Neurochemistry of phosphorlipids. Motion and gait analysis in Neurodegenerative diseases. Magnetoencepaholography and connectivity

Dr. Nigar Dursun is Head of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kocaeli University Medical Faculty. She received her Ph.D. in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from Ankara University. She is a Membership of several Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She received Danish Government Research Scholarship Award. She got Presentation Award 26th National Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Congress Turkey 2017. She is an author of various publications.

Research: Rehabilitation Neurorehabilitation Stroke rehabilitation Motor learning Physical Medicine

Ratko Pavlović completed PhD degree in 2006 at the Faculty of Physical Education in Eastern Sarajevo (BIH). He was a professor of gymnastics, skiing, recovery in sports. Lecturer of more seminars in diagnostics, methodology and condition in athletics and training process. At the same faculty he held the position of Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Vice Dean for Science and Editor of the editorial staff of scientific journal ''Sport and Health''. He was president of the Commission for the professional exam of teachers, associates and educators. More times mentor at first, second and third cycle studies. He participated in training Tempus project, From Quality Assurance to Strategy Development'' WUS Austria and participant for thousands of conferences, scientific conferences and symposia and was a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Scientific Conference (Slovakia, 2014; Romania, 2016; Turkey, 2017). He has published more about 180 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the author of 4 textbooks and one practicum of Athletics and textbook Theory and Methodic of Elementary Games. The reviewer is a monograph of the international importance World race walking research, published by the University Matey Bel, (Slovakia); books FITNESS individual programs and Obesity of pre-school children in Canton Sarajevo, published by the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sarajevo; books Theory of Physical Culture, published by the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, University of East Sarajevo. A member of the editorial board of 58 international scientific journals and regular reviewer of 18 international scientific journals. He is a member of international scientific organizations.

Research: Sports and rehabilitation science Athletics Physical Education and Sport Fitness Anthropomotorics Motor Control