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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Graduate

2008 – 2011          University of Pittsburgh               PhD, 2011       Rehabilitation Sciences-Vestibular

                              Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2007 – 2008          University of Pittsburgh               MSc, 2008       Neurological Physical Therapy

                              Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Undergraduate

2001 – 2005          University of Jordan                     BSc, 2005       Physical Therapy

                              Amman, Jordan

APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Physical Therapy Licensure

Physical Therapist:                  Jordan

HONORS

The University of Jordan         Full scholarship for Master and PhD degrees                        2007   

CLINICAL TRAINING

September- December, 2007

 Traumatic Brain Injury clinic.

 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

 Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

May-August, 2007         

                        The Jordan Center of Balance and Hearing Disorder.           

Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

MEMBERSHIP

2011-Present                           Jordanian Physiotherapy Society (JPTS)

2016-Present                           The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS)

2016-Present                                   Association of Physiotherapists in Parkinson's Disease Europe (APPDE)

 PUBLICATIONS:

1. Alia Alghwiri, Gregory Marchetti. Occupational Back Pain Among Schoolteachers in Jordan: Estimated Prevalence and Factors Associated with Self-Reported Pain and Work Limitations. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2016;-----:1-21.

2. Susan Whitney, Alia Alghwiri, Ahmad Alghadir. An Overview of Vestibular Rehabilitation, Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 3^rd Series, V(137). Ed. by Joseph Furman and Thomas Lempert, 2016.

3. Susan L. Whitney, Ahmad Alghadir, Alia Alghwiri, Kefah M Alshebber, Mohammed Alshehri, Joseph M Furman, Martin Mueller, Eva Grill. The development of the ICF vestibular environmental scale. Journal of Vestibular Research, 2016; 26(3): 297-302.

4.      Ahmad Alghadir, Alia Alghwiri, Hamzeh Awad, Shahnawaz Anwer. Ten-year Diabetes Risk Forecast in the Capital of Jordan. Medicine, 2016; 95(12):E3181.

5.      Ziad Hawamdeh, Alia Alghwiri, Aseel Nassar. The Short-Term Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave in Treating Plantar Fasciitis: RCT. Jordan Medical Journal, 2016; 50(1):1-11.

6.      Alia Alghwiri, Ahmad Alghadir, Murad Al-momani, Susan Whitney. The activities-specific balance confidence scale and berg balance scale: Reliability and validity in Arabic-speaking vestibular patients. Journal of Vestibular Research, 2016; 25(5-6): 253-259.

7.      Alia Alghwiri. The Correlation between Depression, Balance, and Physical Functioning Post Stroke. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Accident, 2015; 25 (2): 475-479.

8. Patrick J. Sparo, Susan I. Fuhrman, Mark S. Redfern, Subashan Perera, J. Richard Jennings, Alia Alghwiri, Joseph M. Furman. Postural adjustment errors during lateral step initiation in older and younger adults. Experimental Brain Research, 2014; 232 (12): 3977-3989.

9. Susan L. Whitney, Alia Alghwiri, Ahmad Alghadir. Physical therapy for persons with vestibular disorders. Current Opinion in Neurology, 2015; 28 (1): 61-68.

10. Martin Mueller, Susan L Whitney, Alia Alghwiri, Kefah Alshebber, Ralf Strobl, Ahmad Alghadir, Murad O Al-momani, Joseph M Furman, Eva Grill. Subscales of the Vestibular Activities and Participation Questionnaire could be applied across cultures. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2014; 68 (2): 211.

11. Ali Al Ghuweri, Alia Alghwiri, Mohammad Bani Hani,  Magableh D, Al-Khazaleh M, Otom A. Functional Balance in People with Knee Osteoarthritis. JRMS 2014.

12. Ahmad Alghadir, Hamzeh Awad, Einas Al-Eisa, Alia Alghwiri. Diabetes risk 10 years forecast in the capital of Saudi Arabia: Canadian Diabetes Risk Assessment Questionnaire (CANRISK) perspective. Biomed Res, 2014; 25 (1): 88-96.

13. Alia Alghwiri, Ahmad Alghadir, Hamzeh Awad. The Arab Risk (ARABRISK): Translation and Validation. Biomed Res, 2014; 25 (2): 271-275.

14. Alia Alghwiri. Reliability and Validity of the Arabic-Dynamic Gait Index in People Poststroke. Top Stroke Rehabil, 2014; 21(2): 173-179.

15. Eva Grill, Joseph Furman, Alia Alghwiri, Martin Muller, Susan Whitney. Using core sets of the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF) to measure disability in vestibular disorders: Study protocol. Journal of Vestibular Research, 2013; 23 (6): 297-303.

16. Alia Alghwiri, Ahmad Alghadir, Susan Whitney. The Vestibular Activities and Participation Measure and Vestibular Disorders. Journal of Vestibular Research, 2013; 23(6): 305-312.

17. Alia Alghwiri, Susan Whitney, Carol Baker, Patrick Sparto, Gregory Marchetti, John Rogers, Joseph Furman. The Development and Validation of the Vestibular Activities and Participation Measure. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2012; 15:1822-1831.

18. Alia Alghwiri, Gregory Marchetti, Susan Whitney. Content Comparison of Self-Report Measures Used in Vestibular Rehabilitation Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Physical Therapy, 2011;19:346-357.

19. Alia Alghwiri, Susan Whitney. Balance and Falls, Geriatric Physical Therapy, 3^rd ed. Ed. By Andrew Guccione, Rita Wong and Dale Avers.

Conference Proceedings

1.      Alia Alghwiri, Hanan Khalil, Alham Al-Sharman, Khalid El-Salim. Balance and Mobility Evaluation in People with Multiple Sclerosis. The Second Conference of Jordan Universities in Rehabilitation Sciences. Irbid, 2016.

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3.      Alia Alghwiri, Hanan Khalil, Alham Al-Sharman. Reliability and Validity of the Arabic Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale in People with Multiple Sclerosis. MENACTRIMS, Amman, 2016.

4.      Alham Al-Sharman Hanan Khalil, Mohammad Nazzal, Sarah Alshalabi, Alia Alghwiri, Khalid El-Salem. Perspective and Experiences of Jordanian People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Qualitative Study. MENACTRIMS, Amman, 2016.

5.      Alghwiri AA. The Vestibular Activities & Participation (VAP) Measure. Southampton Audiology Symposium, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 2015.

6.      Alghwiri AA. Are our self-report measures consistent with the ICF?. Southampton Audiology Symposium, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 2015.

7.      Alghwiri AA, Kholoud Kaabneh, Osama Hamarneh. Vestibular Rehabilitation: Case studies in Hearex. The 3rd Conference of the Advances Arab Academy of Audiovestibulogy. Amman, Jordan, 2015.

8.      Alghwiri AA. Reliability and Validity of the Arabic-Dynamic Gait Index in People Poststroke. The 7^th International Conference of The Royal Medical Services, The Dead Sea, Jordan, 2014.

9.      Alghwiri AA. HydroMax Multipurpose Device. Sofex. Amman, Jordan, 2014.

10.  Alghwiri AA. Vestibular Disorders and Disability. The Arab Confederation for Physical Therapy. Amman, Jordan, 2013.

11.  Alghwiri AA. Reliability and Validity of the Arabic-Dynamic Gait Index in People Post Stroke. APTA Combined Section Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2013.

12.  Alghwiri AA. Vestibular Rehabilitation. The 6th International Conference of the Royal Medical Services, the Dead Sea, Jordan, 2012.

13.  Alghwiri AA, Whitney SL, Baker CE, Sparto PJ, Marchetti GF, Rogers JC, Furman JM. The Reliability and Validity of the Vestibular Activities and Participation (VAP) Measure in People with Balance and vestibular Disorders. APTA Combined Section Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2012.

14.  Alghwiri AA, Whitney SL, Baker CE, Sparto PJ, Marchetti GF, Rogers JC, Furman JM. The Development of the Vestibular Activities and Participation (VAP) Measure using the Delphi Technique. APTA Combined Section Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 2011.

15.  Alghwiri AA, Marchetti GF, Whitney SL (2010) Content Comparison of Self-report Measures Used in Vestibular Rehabilitation Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. North American Collaborating Center (NACC): “Enhancing Our Understanding of the ICF”, Bethesda, MD, 2010.

16.  Alghwiri AA, Marchetti GF, Whitney SL (2010) Content Comparison of Self-report Measures Used in Vestibular Rehabilitation Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. APTA Combined Section Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2010.

LECTURES

1)      " Physical Therapy" lecture for special education students. Faculty of Educational Sciences. 18/11/2015 and 21/3/2016.

2)      “Cerebral Palsy" awareness lecture. Kings Academy. 8/9/2015.

3)      "The Correlation between Symptoms of Knee Osteoarthritis and Functional Balance". First Scientific Day of Allied Health Professions, Royal Medical Services, May/10/2015.

4)      "The Development and Validation of the Vestibular Activities and Participation Measure. The 7^th Scientific day, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Jordan, 2013.

5)      "The role of physical therapy with patients with Down Syndrome". The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. 2011.

6)      "The role of physical therapy with patients with Multiple Sclerosis". Scientific day of MS, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Jordan, 2011.

7)      "Content Comparison of Self-report Measures Used in Vestibular Rehabilitation Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health". The 5^th Scientific day, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Jordan, 2011.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

April 20-21, 2016                   

                                                The First Arab Congress of Sign Language Interpreters. Amman, Jordan.

October, 9-10, 2010               

American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section: “Expanding Neurologic Expertise: Advanced Practice in Vestibular Physical Therapy”.  Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

June 23 and 24, 2010             

North American Collaborating Center (NACC): “Enhancing Our Understanding of the ICF”.

Bethesda, MD, USA.

May 14-16, 2010                    

American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section: “Vestibular                                    Rehabilitation: An advanced course and update”.  Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

October 16-18, 2008              

The annual meeting of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ACRM-ASNR Joint Educational Conference): Rehabilitation Research.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

October 14 &15, 2008           

The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes and Effectiveness: “International Symposium on Measurement of Participation in Rehabilitation Research”.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

June 16, 2007                         

Eleventh Annual “Living with ALS” Symposium. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

October 10, 2012                    Association of Arab Universities        “Determining research              

                                                                                                              priorities in Arab world”

January 29, 2009                     University of Pittsburgh                     “Writing Research Articles”

                                                Pittsburgh, PA

November 8, 2008                              University of Pittsburgh                     “Teaching”

                                                Pittsburgh, PA

Neuro-Rehabilitation workshops, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA   

October 7, 2008          “Neuro Rehabilitation: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS) after stroke”.

  Lois E. Pendrod, MD and Laura Ebbert, PTR/L

November 7, 2007      “The Smart House-Facilitating Independent Through Advanced Technology”. Robert Walters, PE, MSSE; John Bertoty, M.ED; and Jim Osborn, MS.

July 26, 2007               “Provision and justification of optimally configured manual wheelchairs”. Kendra Betz, MSPT, ATP; Mark Schmeler, M.S., OTR/L, ATP.

May 9, 2007                “Augmentative Communication (ACC) options for people with severe Aphasia”. Kathryn L. Garret, PhD, CCC-SLP.

Physical Therapy Training Courses, Amman, Jordan.

May, 20, 2016                         MDS-AOS                                                      Rehabilitation Updates in        

                                                                                                                        Parkinson's Disease

April, 12-13, 2013                   Edgar Wilson, BA, MCSP, HPC                    “Trigger Points, Pain and

                                                Integrated Soft Touch Techniques, UK          Muscle Tone”

March, 29-20, 2013                 Amjad Mohammad, PT                                  “Osteopathy I

                                                Future Health Institute, Switzerland               Lumbosacral Spine”

April, 4-7, 2012                       Josef Andersen, PT                                         “Mulligan Concept-

                                                                                                                             Part A&B”

February, 17-18, 2012             Lilian Aqiqi, PT                                             “Medical Taping”

                                                Tape-Concept 

January, 16-24, 2012               Grant Watson, PT                                          “McKenzie Concepts and

                                                                                                                         Techniques-Part A&B”

December, 23-25, 2011           Thaer Manaseer, PT, AT                                 “Leg, Ankle, and Foot

                                                                                                                         Assessment and Taping”

September , 2011                    Rami Bkhaitan, PT                                          “Therapeutic massage”

July, 2^nd, 2012                         Ali Nweiri                                                       "Theratogs / Sure step

                                                                                                technique for children with disabilities

COMMUNITY SERVICE

March 1st, 2016          "Reject Extremism": An initiative to spread awareness against extremism and                               terrorism in collaboration with Jordanian Peace Community Center. 

Fabruary 11, 2016       "Light of Hope": An initiative to gather volunteers to help in providing blind                                 students with the academic courses recorded or typed.

July, 2015                    "Kursi wa Kitab": An initiative to spread conductive education (a neurological

                                    approach to treat people with cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple

                                    sclerosis, and stroke) in Jordan with collaboration with Peto institute-Austria.

2014-Present               "Qusai": A royal initiative that was launched by the crown prince Husain to                                  improve the readiness of sports' therapists in Jordan.                                                                         (http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/first-batch-sports-therapists-graduate-                              under-crown- prince-initiative)

May, 2014                   “How to avoid back pain”: Awareness lectures to school teachers clarifying                                 wrong  postures and activities that cause back pain and the correct ones.

April, 2014                  “Your mother in your mind”: An activity to honor mothers with disability or

mothers who raised children with disability.

January, 2014              “From Amman we begin”: An initiative that aims to raise the public awareness

of disability and the rights of people with disability and to improve the

environmental accessibility for them.

April, 2013                  “How to avoid diabetes”: An initiative that aims to raise awareness of how to

 avoid getting diabetes mellitus in 6 Jordanian cities (Amman, Salt, Madaba,

Ajloun, Jerash and Aqaba).    

REFERENCES