Nora Fritz, PhD, PT, DPT, NCS
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Nora Fritz, PhD, PT, DPT, NCS
Senior CMSC MAL (2022-2025)
About Me

Dr. Fritz is an Associate Professor in the Physical Therapy Program, Department of Health Care Sciences and Department of Neurology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Fritz is the Director of the Neuroimaging and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory (http://cphs.wayne.edu/research/nnl.php). The long-term goal of the laboratory aims to optimize recovery of individuals with neurodegenerative diseases. Her current research interests include examining the influence of cognition on motor performance and motor recovery, developing and testing exercise interventions to improve function, and linking clinically observable function to neuroimaging. Dr. Fritz’s research has been recognized by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, where she has twice won the Whitaker Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research, and the Huntington Study Group, where she was recognized as a Shoulson Scholar. Dr. Fritz serves on the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy Research Committee and is an invited member of the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy’s Balance and Falls Clinical Practice Guideline Development Group.

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