Associate Professor
Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
Margaret Finley, PT, PhD is an associate professor and interim chair in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science. She earned a PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. Finley’s research has been supported by a VA Rehabilitation Research Service through a predoctoral fellowship, postdoctoral training (Associate Investigator) and subsequent mentored Career Development Award, as the principal investigator on a multi-site Department of Defense-funded study and currently by the Department of Defense Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP), Craig H. Neilsen Foundation and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health SCI Research Program. Finley is the Director of Health & Rehabilitation Science Graduate Programs and teaches courses in both the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences program. Her research uses a mixed method approach to examine the interaction of biological and psychosocial factors in the development and progression of secondary condition and the impact of activity and participation on biopsychosocial health factors in individuals with neuromotor impairments.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM