Theresa Moulton, PhD, DPT

  • Assistant Professor
    Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences
    Department of Pediatrics
    Northwestern University

    Dr. Theresa Sukal Moulton is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences and the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Moulton’s current role at Northwestern includes education of approximately 95 Doctor of Physical Therapy students per year in the areas of neuroscience, technology, pediatric physical therapy, and mentored research projects. In her own research, she investigates the underlying neural mechanisms of selective motor control in children and young adults with cerebral palsy, as well as infants who are at high potential of a cerebral palsy diagnosis. She serves as an assessor for several early intervention trials and loves to watch motor learning in action at these young ages. Also trained as an engineer, Theresa is most comfortable tinkering, graphing data, and finding creative and practical approaches to rehabilitation science, movement quantification, and mobility support. She collaborates with community partners in team-based activity interventions that use running frames for adolescents with movement challenges where athletes train together and participate in a community run event at the end of the season.

    Dr. Moulton completed her PhD and DPT at Northwestern University and post-doctoral training in Dr. Diane Damiano’s laboratory at NIH. Theresa has been an active member of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, serving in a range of leadership and service roles, as well as a longstanding member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

     

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