Gregory E. Hicks, PT, PhD, FAPTA is Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences in the Department of Physical Therapy and Associate Vice President for Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Delaware, as well as Director for the NIH-funded DE-CTR ACCEL Program. His work has been consistently funded by NIH since 2008. He is also the founding director of the department's Advancing Diversity in Physical Therapy (ADaPT) program, designed to increase diversity in rehabilitation.