Meet Our Team
LaPricia Lewis Boyer
LaPricia Lewis Boyér is a Senior Research Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her responsibilities include screening, recruiting and consenting eligible patients into the ARBOR-Telehealth study. As a point of contact for study participants she will help schedule PT visits, answer study related questions and keep in touch with participants throughout their year in the study. LaPricia loves her job and believes it is giving her the opportunity to help improve lives of individuals living with chronic pain.
Gabrielle Martino
Gabriele Martino is a Research Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She will be responsible for screening, recruiting, and consenting eligible patients for participation in the ARBOR-Telehealth study. Gabrielle has been involved in previous studies among patients with chronic low back pain at Johns Hopkins in the past and is passionate about her role in improving outcomes among patients with chronic low back pain.
Directors
Kevin McLaughlin, DPT (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Kevin McLaughlin is a physical therapist at Johns Hopkins with over 10 years of experience treating patients with low back pain. His research is primarily focused on identifying disparities in access to physical therapy in underserved communities, as well as methods for improving access to care, such as telehealth.
Richard Skolasky, ScD (Principal Investigator)
Dr. Richard Skolasky is a health services researcher at Johns Hopkins. For more than two decades, his research has focused on supporting patient engagement in healthcare through the identification of risk factors for poor treatment outcomes and development of interventions aimed at supporting patients on their journey to recovery following musculoskeletal diseases and injuries.
Elizabeth Colantuoni, PhD
Dr. Elizabeth Colantuoni is a Research Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her previous work has focused on improving outcomes for critically ill patients. She will serve as lead statistician for this study, overseeing all analyses of collected data.
Stephen Wegener, PhD
Dr. Stephen Wegener is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University. His clinical activity is focused on providing psychological services to persons with traumatic injuries and chronic illness. His research focuses on theories and projects that improve function and reduce disability following injury or illness.
Kisha Ali, PhD, MS
Dr. Kisha Ali is a health services research and policy scientist at the MedStar Health Institute for Quality and Safety, with expertise in implementation science, quantitative and qualitative evaluation, content development, and training healthcare facilitates with heterogeneity in resources and setting. Her research focus is on improving patient care in U.S. rural and underserved hospitals and comminutes. Dr. Ali is also an Associate Faculty member at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Faculty
Robert Joyner
Dr. Robert Joyner is the Director of Research for TidalHealth and has over 20 years of experience providing care as a respiratory therapist. He regularly collaborates with researchers in the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network and will serve as site principal investigator for this study.
Jill Stone
Jill Stone is a physical therapist and the Senior Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Respiratory Department at TidalHealth. A graduate of University of Maryland Eastern Shore, she has over 20 years of experience providing physical therapy for patients living in the region.
Tricia Kirkhart
Tricia Kirkhart is a project coordinator at Johns Hopkins University in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has contributed to a number of studies focused on individuals with chronic pain, including those with extremity trauma, burns, and low back pain. She is serving as study manager for the ARBOR-Telehealth study.