Assistant Professor
Division of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School, University of Minnesota
Dr. Ann Van de Winckel, PhD, MSPT, PT is Assistant Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medical School, at the University of Minnesota.
She is the Director of the Brain Body Mind Lab where she studies brain mechanisms underlying mind and body interventions that improve body awareness, including cognitive multisensory rehabilitation (CMR), a physical therapy approach, and Qigong, a gentle mindful movement practice from Traditional Chinese Medicine, to improve health and daily life function in people with chronic neurological conditions and/or chronic pain.
She has published over 40 papers, among which 28% are in the top 25% of most cited worldwide, and 71% are published in the top 25% of journals cited by Citescore. She has received numerous grants from various funding sources, including a NCCIH R34 grant for her “HAPPINESS project: cHAnging the Perceived Pain INtensity in divErSe populations with Spinal cord injury: A feasibility study”, which is a feasibility study of Qigong in adults with SCI-related neuropathic pain, emphasizing adults of diverse backgrounds.
Brain Body Mind Lab website: https://med.umn.edu/familymedicine/research/programs-centers/rehabilitation-science/labs/brain-body-mind-lab
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