Lauren Ashley Hinrichs-Kinney

Lauren Hinrichs-Kinney, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS holds the position of Assistant Professor within the Physical Therapy program at the University of Colorado, concurrently serving as a post-doctoral fellow at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center. She is a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist, having earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Northwestern University. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado, where she had the distinctive opportunity to merge her interests in pedagogy, implementation science, and the clinical application of evidence-based exercise therapy. Her current research endeavors focus on exploring innovative strategies for implementing exercise therapy within skilled nursing facilities. Simultaneously, her educational mission in the field of physical therapy revolves around developing a framework to enrich the delivery of exercise-related curriculum and foster the proficiency of e