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Woei-Nan Bair, PT, PhD

Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Background

Woei-Nan Bair is an assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy at 黑料视频's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She joined Binghamton in September 2024.

Bair received her physical therapy education and practiced in university-affiliated teaching hospitals in Taiwan for over 10 years. She specialized in treating balance and gait issues across the lifespan. To further develop her ability to provide evidence-based interventions, she earned a PhD in movement science and completed two postdoctoral trainings.

Her research involves working in transdisciplinary teams, typically including experts in public health, geriatrics and engineering. She is establishing a laboratory to study mechanisms of falls, balance and gait impairments by inducing falls in a controlled, safe environment, either physically or perceptually using virtual reality.

Education

  • PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
  • MS, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen鈥檚 University, Canada
  • BS, physical therapy, School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy Division, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Research Interests

  • Falls assessments and evidence-based interventions
  • Balance issues and interventions, emphasizing reactive balance responses
  • Walking (gait) issues and interventions

Clinical Interests

  • Geriatric physical therapy
  • Interventions for balance and gait impairments across the lifespan

Teaching Interests

  • Geriatric physical therapy
  • Biomechanics

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