Prof. Babatunde will ascend this new post on the 1st of November when he will take over from Stacy Lutter D.ED., R.N.-B.C. an Associate Professor of Nursing and Chair of The Stabler Dept of Nursing who have been serving the post on an interim capacity for a while.
Until his new appointment, John was Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Physical Therapy at Chapman University in Irvine, California, USA.
An alumni of a Nigerian prestigious University of Lagos (UNILAG) has also served as Associate Professor and Director of Research for the School of Physical Therapy at Touro University Nevada, and as an Associate Professor at Radford University in Roanoke, Va.
He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Physiotherapy at one of the Nigerian leading private universities: Chrisland University, in Abeokuta, Ogun State where he has helped them review and developed their academic curriculum to be in tandem with global academics and best practice.
The Okitipupa, Ondo State born John earned a bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria; a Ph.D. in rehabilitation science from the University of Kansas Medical Center; a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Alabama State University, Montgomery; an MBA from Louisiana State University, Shreveport; and a Master of Public Health from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
He is a Credentialed Fellowship Graduate of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Educational Leadership Institute.
His research spans four areas: the effects of age, gender, and neurological lesions on the sense of motor effort; the effects of virtual reality rehabilitation and robotic rehabilitation interventions on the sense of motor efforts; the effects of discharge destinations and socioeconomic factors on motor function recovery after stroke; and the impact of brain-drain on physical therapy education in developing countries
John serves in leadership roles for a number of professional organizations, including as secretary and a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for the American Council on Academic Physical Therapy. He is also a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and Executive Director of the Nigeria Physiotherapy Network.
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