Faculty

Heidi Ojha

P.T., D.P.T., M.S., O.C.S., C.O.M.T.

Dr. Ojha received her Bachelors and Masters in Physical Therapy from Boston University in 2001.  She began her clinical career at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, California while she earned her Certification in Orthopedic Manual Therapy (COMT) through Maitland Australian Physiotherapy Seminars at Kaiser, Hayward.  Subsequently, she has graduated from both the orthopedic clinical residency program in 2006 and the Post-Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy program in 2007 at the University of Southern California.  She completed two six month advanced course series in Manual Therapy and Movement Science and integrates this knowledge into her ongoing practice.  She is a board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Her responsibilities at Temple University include directing clinical services offered by the department, development of continuing education programming, and teaching in the entry and transitional level physical therapy programs.  Her research interests are in the areas of fall prevention and biomechanical causes of low back pain.  Recently, she has collaborated to investigate the attentional demands of older adults during functional tasks with implications for the development of proactive falls prevention programs.

Selected Publications:

Ojha, HA, Kern, RW, Lin, C-HJ, Winstein, CJ (submitted).   Effect of Age on the Attentional Demands of Stair Ambulation:  Evidence from a Dual-Task Approach.

Selected Presentations:

Ojha, HA, Kern, RW, Lin, C-HJ, Winstein, CJ.  The effect of Aging on the Attentional Demands of Stair Climbing: A Dual Task Approach.  North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Conference, San Diego, June 2007.

Ojha, HA, Kern, RW, Lin, C-HJ, Winstein, CJ.  The effect of Aging on the Attentional Demands of Stair Climbing: A Dual Task Approach in the Clinic.  Combined Sections Meeting, Nashville, February 2008.