Lisa Riolo, Ph.D., PT, NCS
Dr. Lisa Riolo Professor and Department Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Indiana University, Affiliated Scientist, Center for Aging Research, Indiana University, Affiliate Faculty of Indiana University Center for Bioethics, and Adjunct Associate Professor University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center ,College of Allied Health Sciences.
Dr. Riolo earned her BS in Physical Therapy from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT , her MEd in Motor Learning from Temple University in Philadelphia , and her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from University of Connecticut . Dr. Riolo had been on faculty at Quinnipiac University, Emory University, and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center before joining Indiana University in 2004. Her teaching concentration has been in the areas of neurologic rehabilitation and pathology, learning and memory, cognitive aging, research methods, professional issues, and psychosocial aspects of practice. She has mentored doctoral and masters students in their research. Her teaching responsibilities at IU include Medical Conditions and Pathophysiology and Clinical Decision Making.
Dr. Riolo's clinical experience has focused on neurologic and geriatric rehabilitation, specifically acute rehabilitation for patients with brain injury and stroke and balance retraining for elders.
Dr. Riolo is interested in the interface between cognition and mobility and the role of attention in falling in older adults. She has received federal funding to study the interaction between attention and fall risk in older adults.
Dr. Riolo is immediate past-President of the Neurology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. She is on the Editorial Board for Physical Therapy and serves as a Scientific Review Committee member for the Foundation for Physical Therapy. Her previous professional service includes Editor of Neurology Report and editorial board member of Journal of Physical Therapy Education. She is a board certified specialist in Neurological Physical Therapy. She serves as reviewer for several journals including Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society . She is an active member in the American Physical Therapy Association, American Psychological Society, and Gerontological Society of America. She was awarded the Lucy Blair Service Award by the American Physical Therapy Association.
Contact info:
Lisa Riolo, Ph.D., PT, NCS
Email: lriolo@iupui.edu
Tel: 317-278-1875
