Woei-Nan Bair, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Background
Woei-Nan Bair is an assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy at Binghamton University's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She joined Binghamton in September 2024.
Bair received her physical therapy education and practiced in university-affiliated teaching hospitals in Taiwan for over 10 years. She specialized in treating balance and gait issues across the lifespan. To further develop her ability to provide evidence-based interventions, she earned a PhD in movement science and completed two postdoctoral trainings.
Her research involves working in transdisciplinary teams, typically including experts in public health, geriatrics and engineering. She is establishing a laboratory to study mechanisms of falls, balance and gait impairments by inducing falls in a controlled, safe environment, either physically or perceptually using virtual reality.
Education
- PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
- MS, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Canada
- BS, physical therapy, School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy Division, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Research Interests
- Falls assessments and evidence-based interventions
- Balance issues and interventions, emphasizing reactive balance responses
- Walking (gait) issues and interventions
Clinical Interests
- Geriatric physical therapy
- Interventions for balance and gait impairments across the lifespan
Teaching Interests
- Geriatric physical therapy
- Biomechanics
