Robert Vance Benjamin Pounders

Vance Pounders, PT, DPT, MS, NCS is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Education in the Department of Physical Therapy at Western Kentucky University. He earned a BS in Cell and Molecular Biology from University of Tennessee at Martin, an MS in Molecular Biology from Lipscomb University, and his DPT from Tennessee State University. He is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy and maintains clinical practice in outpatient rehabilitation. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Pounders worked in the clinical research industry, managing clinical trials and supporting research operations across multiple healthcare settings. Dr. Pounders teaches foundational and clinical sciences within the DPT curriculum, including anatomy, neurologic assessment and rehabilitation, pharmacology, biophysical agents, and research. His research teaching responsibilities include research design, methodology, critical appraisal of evidence, and the developme