Debra J. Rose, Ph.D. Balance and Mobility Program    Office: P-146 Phone: (714) 278-5846 Email: drose@fullerton.edu Vita: drose_vita.pdf Dr. Debra Rose currently serves as the Co-Director of the Center for Successful Aging at the California State University at Fullerton and an Associate Professor in the Division of Kinesiology and Health Science. A native of Australia, Debra completed her undergraduate education at the University of Melbourne before heading to the United States to complete her Masters degree in Exercise Science at the University of Oregon and her Ph.D. at Penn State University. Prior to arriving at California State University, Fullerton, Debra was a faculty member in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at Oregon State University from 1985 to 1997. Her area of academic expertise is motor control and learning. Her research focus is in the area of postural control and fall risk reduction in the elderly. She has received approximately $1.5 million in external funding to develop and study the efficacy of multidimensional fall risk reduction programs in community and residential care settings with the aim of identifying the key variables that predict successful intervention outcomes. She has published widely in the area of motor control/learning and balance research, in particular. She has been an invited speaker on the assessment and treatment of balance disorders among the elderly within the United States and internationally.
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