UMOVE Director

UMOVE Co-Directors

  • Jeffrey Moore, Ph.D.
    Jeffrey Moore, Ph.D.
    Professor, UMass Movement Research Center (UMOVE) Co-Director
    Biological Science, UMOVE

    Molecular motors and cytoskeletal biophysics; muscle mechanics and regulation; cardiomyopathy mechanisms; mechanobiology; cardiovascular physiology.

  • Yuho Kim, Ph.D.
    Yuho Kim, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, UMass Movement Research Center (UMOVE) Co-Director
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology, UMOVE

    Mitochondrial, Neuromuscular and Cardiac disorders; Muscle Diseases

  • Richard Nuckols, Ph.D.
    Richard Nuckols, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, UMass Movement Research Center (UMOVE) Co-Director
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UMOVE

    Robotics; Human Movement Biomechanics; Sensing; Mechanics

  • Rudy Valentine, Ph.D.
    Rudy Valentine, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, UMass Movement Research Center (UMOVE) Co-Director
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology, UMOVE

    Exercise physiology; metabolism; skeletal muscle; obesity; diabetes

UMOVE Center Researchers

  • David Cornell, PT, DPT, Ph.D., FACSM
    David Cornell, PT, DPT, Ph.D., FACSM
    Associate Professor; Director, DPT Program; Co-Director, Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL), Associate Director, Center for Sports Engineering and Performance
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology, UMass Movement Research Center (UMOVE), HAL, Center for Sports Engineering and Performance

    Sports Medicine and Human Performance; Autonomic Nervous System Function; Enhancement and Promotion of Health and Fitness

  • Matthew Gage, Ph.D.
    Matthew Gage, Ph.D.
    Professor; Chair
    Chemistry, UMass Movement Research Center (UMOVE), Center for Pathogen Research and Training (CPRT), Sports Collaborative for Open Research and Education (SCORE)

    Protein Structure/Function, biophysics, Spectoscopy, Bioinformatics

  • Lynne Gauthier
    Lynne Gauthier
    Associate Professor, UMOVE Center Researcher
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology, Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL), UMOVE

    Neurorehabilitation, Gaming for Telerehabilitation, Motion capture outside of laboratory settings, Neuroimaging, Neurocapacity and Behavior Change

  • Pei-Chun Kao, P.T., Ph.D.
    Pei-Chun Kao, P.T., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology

    Biomechanics and neuromuscular control of human walking

  • Erika Lewis, PT, Ed.D., MS, CHT
    Erika Lewis, PT, Ed.D., MS, CHT
    Associate Professor
    Physical Therapy and Kinesiology, UMass Movement Research Center (UMOVE)

    Physical Therapist, Certified Hand Therapist. Hand and Upper Extremity Examination, Treatment, and Orthosis Fabrication. Orthopedic Physical Therapy Examination and Therapeutic Exercise in Lower Extremity and Upper Extremity.

  • Kelsey Mangano, Ph.D., RDN
    Kelsey Mangano, Ph.D., RDN
    Associate Professor, Undergraduate Nutrition Program Director, Associate Director - Center for Population Health (CPH)
    Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, Center for Population Health, Health Assessment Laboratory

    Nutritional Epidemiology; Nutritional Sciences; Clinical Trials; Gut Microbiome; Musculoskeletal Aging

  • Sabrina Noel, Ph.D., RD
    Sabrina Noel, Ph.D., RD
    Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Population Health (CPH), Director of the Health Assessment Laboratory (HAL), Graduate Program Coordinator for the ScD in Public Health
    Public Health, Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences, Center for Population Health, Health Assessment Laboratory

    Nutritional Epidemiology, Community Assessments, Dietary Assessment, Musculoskeletal Aging, and Health Disparities