Richard W. Bohannon (born December 29, 1953) is an American physical therapist, clinician, and scholar. Since 2000, he has served as Principal of Physical Therapy Consultants in North Carolina.
Bohannon has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of ''Human Muscle Performance'', the ''Journal of the Geriatric Physical Therapy'', and the ''Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics''. He has also published hundreds of research papers focused on physical therapy.
As a researcher, Bohannon has been cited more than 28,000 times, and he has He is a Fellow of the American Society of Neurorehabilitation, the Stroke Council of the
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and death ...
, the
American Physical Therapy Association, and the
Gerontological Society of America.
Education
Richard Bohannon received his BS and MS in Physical Therapy from
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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. He then received his Doctor of Education from
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...
, followed by his Doctor of Physical Therapy from
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
.
Career
Bohannon served as a tenured Full Professor of Physical Therapy at the
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...
in
Storrs for over 30 years, serving twice as Acting Director. He also served as a tenured full professor at the
University of Connecticut Health Center in
Farmington. He was later named a Full Professor at
Campbell University in North Carolina.
Research
In addition to his physical therapy practice, Bohannon is a physical therapy researcher. He has more than four hundred publications,
Bohannon has served as Editor-in-Chief of two peer-reviewed medical journals, the ''Journal of Human Muscle Performance'' (where he was also the Founding Editor) and the ''Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy''.
In 1996 he received the Helen Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Professional Literature, in 2005 he was the recipient of the Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy, and in 2008 he was awarded the Jules Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing, each award given by the
American Physical Therapy Association.
As a physical therapy researcher, Bohannon has more than 500 peer-reviewed publications. Richard's research has been mentioned in Roy J. Shephard's book ''Objective Monitoring of Physical Activity'', and his papers have been cited in more than 40 different journals.
Teaching
Bohannon served as a Professor of Physical Therapy at the
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...
in Storrs and Professor of Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.
He later became a Professor at
Campbell University in North Carolina. He has also served as principal of Physical Therapy Consultants.
Affiliations and fellowships
In 2010 he was named a Fellow of the
American Society of Neurorehabilitation. He is also a Fellow of the Stroke Council of the
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and death ...
and the American Physical Therapy Association.
In 2018 he became a Fellow of the
Gerontological Society of America.
*American Society of Neurorehabilitation
*Stroke Council of the American Heart Association
*American Physical Therapy Association
*Gerontological Society of America
*Society for Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders (2020)
*American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
Recognition
In 1996 he received the Helen Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Professional Literature. In 2005 Bohannon was the recipient of the Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy, and in 2008 he was awarded the Jules Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing, given by the
American Physical Therapy Association.
References
External links
Google Scholar
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Living people
1953 births
Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Sargent College) alumni
Campbell University faculty
University of Connecticut faculty
North Carolina State University alumni
Medical journal editors
American physiotherapists
American medical researchers