Maureen Dwyer PhD, ATC

Maureen Dwyer, Ph.D., ATC, is a certified licensed Athletic Trainer who earned her Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 2009. Dr. Dwyer completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Muscle Mechanics at the University of Kentucky, where she was awarded a grant from the Arthritis Foundation. She then completed a second postdoctoral fellowship in Joint Fluid Mechanics at the Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Education in Houston, Texas. Her research interests and expertise include the design and application of clinical and translational research models to identify mechanistic contributors to the onset and progression of joint disease.

Dr. Dwyer is currently the Director of Research for the Kaplan Joint Center at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She is involved in implementing the Harris Joint Registry at the Kaplan Joint Center to examine outcomes for patients following joint arthroplasty, as well as the development of collaborative research projects to examine the clinical and mechanical sequelae associated with traumatic joint injury. She is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (2000) and the American College of Sports Medicine (2010).