Sean Collins, PT, ScD, CCS

Dr. Collins serves as the Chairperson of the Department of Physical Therapy.  He joined the faculty in September 1998.  His clinical experience was focused on general and cardiopulmonary physical therapy.  Dr. Collins completed his dissertation in job strain (particularly low job control) and cardiovascular regulation. This dissertation required computational modeling (at the level of raw electrocardiogram data and heart rate time series modeling) as well as biostatistical analysis for within and between subject contrasts. This multiscale approach to data integration and analysis has become Dr. Collins’ primary scholarly interest with a wide range of applications, some of which include physiological monitoring; modeling energetic demands and endurance; and assessing the physiological responses to reduced control and exhaustion in occupational settings.

Dr. Collins has over 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals, has presented at local, national, and international conferences and is the author of a Cardiac System chapter in the Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, edited by Jaime Paz and Michelle Panik; and a chapter on Cardiopulmonary Anatomy for Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy, a text edited by William DeTurk and Lawrence Cahalin.

Dr. Collins is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, and the Research as well as the Cardiopulmonary sections – serving as the Associate Editor of the Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal.  He is also a member Society of Mathematical Biology, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Philosophy of Science Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.