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 °®¶¹´«Ã½'s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She joined °®¶¹´«Ã½ 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’s 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