Mattie Elizabeth Pontiff

Dr. Mattie Pontiff is physical therapist, Health Research Science Specialist at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center and assistant professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus. Dr. Pontiff completed her PhD in Cell Biology & Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. In her time as a trainee, she also served as a faculty member in the department of physical therapy and taught courses related to anatomy, biomechanics, and musculoskeletal physical therapy. Her doctoral work focused on muscle structure and function and its impacts on walking activity and participation in children and adults with Cerebral Palsy, including optimizing exercise dosing to improve performance. She has published and consistently presented this work at local and national conferences including CSM over the last 5 years. Dr. Pontiff is currently focused on power training, optimizing mobility and using implementation science approaches t