Laura Baehr, PT, DPT, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at Drexel University. She is a physical therapist-scientist with expertise in designing, assessing, and implementing community exercise to meet the values and needs of adults with chronic mobility limitations. Her work focuses on translating evidence-based exercise principles into accessible and adaptable movement strategies that support sustainable physical activity behavior.  She has over 10 years’ experience developing and leading adapted movement programs with teaching appointments at the Pennsylvania Center for Adapted Sports and as an inaugural OnDemand fitness instructor with Move United, a national adapted sports organization. Laura’s research integrates the assessment of personal, environmental, and social factors influencing physical activity with the development and implementation of  group exercise for people with chronic conditions such as spinal cord injury, arthritis, and chronic mobility limitations. Through this work, she advances practical blueprints to apply exercise progressions and regressions across diverse functional levels. Laura is funded by the Department of Defense, the Arthritis Foundation, and the Clinician-Scientists Transdisciplinary Aging Research Network. She serves as Treasurer of the APTA Academy of Research Qualitative and Mixed Methods Special Interest Group and is a member of the Academy of Geriatrics Academic Education Committee.

Hallie Zeleznik, PT, DPT, is Vice Chair of Clinical Education and Practice Innovation in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh and a board-certified neurologic clinical specialist. She has more than 20 years of experience in progressive clinical and leadership roles within the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Rehabilitation Institute. Her national service includes multiple roles with the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy, including serving as an article reviewer and as a member of the knowledge translation task force for the Clinical Practice Guideline: A Core Set of Outcome Measures for Adults with Neurologic Conditions Undergoing Physical Therapy. She currently serves as co-chair of the knowledge translation committee for the Clinical Practice Guideline: A Core Set of Outcome Measures to Assess Physical Function for Adults Participating in Physical Therapist Treatment in the Hospital through the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy. Her additional national service includes work with the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists as a member of the Specialization Academy of Content Experts, followed by a term on the Neurologic Specialty Council from 2017–2020. She is currently serving a four-year term on the ABPTS Board of Commissioners and represents Pennsylvania as a delegate to the APTA House of Delegates. In 2023, Hallie received the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy’s Outstanding Clinical Innovator Award for her work advancing evidence-based practice across the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute.