Brian Loyd, PT, PhD is the Director of the Neural Injury Center and an associate professor in the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science and Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. Within the department he is the director of the Community Activity, Mobility, and Participation (CAMP) lab where he conducts research related to the activity and community participation deficits associated with vestibular dysfunction across a number of patient populations. Brian teaches clinical neuroscience and vestibular rehabilitation. Brian graduated from Hastings College in 2010 with a degree in Biopsychology before completing his Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in 2013. Brian graduated with a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2017. Following his PhD Brian completed a 3-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Utah where he studied gaze and postural stability disorders and vestibular rehabilitation.
Andy Kittelson, PT, PhD is an assistant professor in the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. He leads the work of the Design-Physio lab, which aims to improve clinical decision-making in rehabilitation using data science and precision monitoring approaches. Andy teaches Clinical Reasoning and Applied Clinical Anatomy in the physical therapy program. Andy graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Arizona State University in 2002, where he worked under Dr. Douglas Chandler studying protein biochemistry in amphibians, specifically Xenopus /aevis frogs. He then completed his Doctor of Physical Therapy training at Regis University in 2010, followed by a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Colorado in 2016.
Valerie Moody PhD, LAT, ATC, CSCS has been at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ for 19 years where she serves as Program Director of the Masters in Athletic Training Program and as Director of the Montana Youth Sports Safety Institute. She has been a certified athletic trainer for 27 years and assists with providing athletic training services to youth hockey athletes in the Missoula community. She has served as Vice President, President and Governmental Affairs Chair of the Montana Athletic Trainers' Association and currently serves as Secretary. She serves on numerous committees at the local, regional and national level and is active in researching interdisciplinary care models in concussion management, emergency preparedness and sports safety in high school and youth athletics in Montana, as well as injury prevention strategies in Wild Land Fire Fighters.
Jenna Griffin, MS, CCC-SLP. CBIS is a speech-language pathologist, PhD candidate, and certified brain injury specialist with expertise in neurogenic communication disorders. She serves as a clinical associate professor in the School of Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. She co-directs the Big Sky Aphasia Program, one of 15 international intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs), which addresses holistic language rehabilitation for patients with aphasia and their caregivers. She graduated from the speech-language pathology graduate program at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, with master's thesis focused on principles of neuroplasticity including intensity and dosage for aphasia rehabilitation. Jenna completed a clinical fellowship at St. Vincent Healthcare Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center located in Billings, Montana before returning to the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ as a clinical faculty member in 2015. She is a member of the Montana Speech Language Hearing Association (MSHA), is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and a member of ASHA's Special Interest Group 2: Neurogenic Communication Disorders. Jenna is a member of the Behavioral Research for Aphasia and Intensive Neurorehabilitation (BRAIN) Lab at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, and her current research focuses on clinical aphasia rehabilitation within the context of an ICAP.
Dr. Bill Rosen, MD did his undergraduate work primarily at Oregon State University. After a brief stint with the Forest Service, he returned to school in 1984 to obtain his MD degree at St. Louis University. In 1988 he began his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UC Davis, with a strong interest in neurotrauma and specifically acquired brain injuries. Dr. Rosen began practicing Physiatry in Billings in 1992. In late 2005, he moved his practice to Missoula. In 2008 he started a private clinical practice, specializing in outpatient neurotrauma rehab. For the last two years, his practice has been limited to consultations only and he has been involved in research and teaching at the Neural Injury Center and at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, in Spokane, Washington. In 2014, he became the first physician in Montana to qualify for the new subspecialty of Brain Injury Medicine. His clinical research interests focus on achieving a better understanding of neurotrauma survivors and improving the physical examination of individuals who have suffered injuries and/or have neurologic dysfunction.