Miriam Rose Rafferty

Miriam Rafferty, PT, DPT, PhD is the Director of Implementation Science at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Medical Social Sciences; and Psychiatry & Behavioral Science. She is also an active clinician, specializing in neurologic physical therapy for people with Parkinson disease. Dr. Rafferty’s research focuses on health services delivery models for people with Parkinson disease, particularly proactive delivery models. She also uses implementation science methodology to study the implementation of evidence-based practices and novel technologies into real-world rehabilitation settings. She is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Parkinson's Foundation, and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.