Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Dr. Cole is a Physical Therapist with an Orthopaedic Clinical Specialty and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He holds doctoral degrees in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science from the University of Iowa, and a Master of Biomedical Engineering from University of New South Wales. Dr. Cole’s research interests combine his biomedical engineering and physical therapy education by working with multidisciplinary teams to adapt emerging technology to examine the relationship between cognition, movement dysfunction, physical activity, and community participation. His current research uses dual-tasks and movement performance during instrumental activities of daily living to identify behavioral biomarkers that detect early cognition and movement dysfunction in older adults. Dr. Cole is currently funded under an NIH R21 from the National Institute for Aging.
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