Dustin Grooms

Dustin Grooms, PhD, ATC, CSCS, is a professor in the Division of Physical Therapy at Ohio University specializing in orthopedics and neuroscience. Dr. Grooms received his doctorate from the Ohio State University in health and rehabilitation sciences in 2015, with a focus on neuroscience and biomechanics. Before pursuing doctoral studies, Dr. Grooms was an athletic trainer, strength coach, and instructor at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, and completed a master’s degree from the University of Virginia in kinesiology, an internship with the Cincinnati Bengals, and a bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University in athletic training and mathematics. His current research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Defense to better understand how the brain and movement mechanics change after musculoskeletal injury and develop therapy breakthroughs to improve patient function via neuroplasticity.