Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Denise Gobert

  • Professor at Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Community Council. September 6, 2024 - Present.
  • Member, SOHA Williamson Fund Review Committee. April 2024 - Present.
  • Chair, Outcomes Committee, Department of Physical Therapy. September 1, 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Institutional Review Board. August 31, 2023 - Present.
  • Chair, Health & Wellness Committee, College of Health Professionals, Texas State University. January 1, 2014 - Present.
  • Member, Personnel Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. January 1, 2013 - Present.
  • Member, College of Health Professions, Faculty Development Committee. January 1, 2011 - Present.
  • Chair, Research Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Texas State University. January 1, 2007 - Present.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee. September 2024 - Present.
  • Speaker, Pre-Physical Therapy Society at the University of Texas at Austin. April 2, 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. November 1, 2023 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Faculty Development & Research Committee. September 1, 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Evidence-Based Practice SIG- Research Academy, American Physical Therapy Association. January 1, 2023 - Present.
  • Board of Directors, Power for Parkinson's. October 13, 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Texas Evidence-Based Programs Workgroup. January 1, 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Williamson County Health & Wellness Coalition. January 1, 2020 - Present.
  • Member, Community Outreach. August 1, 2019 - Present.
  • Chair, School of Nursing Personnel Committee. June 1, 2019 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, PLOS One Open Access Suite of Journals. January 1, 2017 - Present.
  • Member, Practice Committee, Texas Physical Therapy Association. January 1, 2017 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, MDPI Journals. January 1, 2017 - Present.
  • Member, Texas Physical Therapy Association. October 26, 2014 - Present.
  • Chair, Tom Waugh Leadership Program for the Texas Physical Therapy Association. October 1, 2014 - Present.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. January 1, 2013 - Present.
  • Member, Student Support Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. January 1, 2013 - Present.
  • Member, Research for Inactivity Disorders Special Interest Group, American College of Sports Medicine. January 1, 2004 - Present.

2027

  • Member, Presidential Commission on the Run to R1. September 15, 2022 - September 2027.

2026

  • Officer, Texas Physical Therapy Association. October 27, 2016 - January 2026.

2025

  • Speaker, Pre-Physical Therapy Society at the University of Texas at Austin. March 11, 2025.

2024

  • Organizer, Alliance for Researchers in Aging (ARIA). September 12, 2024.
  • Member, American Council for Academic Physical Therapy Education. October 1, 2021 - 2024.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Sports Health: A Multidiscipline Approach Journal. January 1, 2020 - 2024.
  • Member, APTA Health Systems Council Steering Committee. August 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024.
  • Member, CADS Search Committee. July 2024 - August 2024.
  • Judge, 8th Annual UT CARE Research Day. March 21, 2024.
  • Member, National Science Foundation: Phase I SBIR/STTR Review Panel: Assistive, Enabling and Rehabilitative Technologies. February 20, 2024.

2023

  • Chair, Department Physical Therapy Outcomes Committee. September 1, 2014 - September 1, 2023.
  • Secretary, Evidence Based Practice SIG- Research Section - American Physical Therapy Association. June 25, 2017 - December 31, 2023.
  • Member, Nursing Faculty Search Committee College of Health Professionals, Texas State University. October 15, 2021 - October 31, 2023.
  • Officer, American Physical Therapy Association House of Delegates. June 16, 2017 - October 31, 2023.
  • Chair, Institutional Review Board. August 20, 2017 - September 30, 2023.
  • Member, Item Writer for Federation of Physical Therapy State Boards. October 15, 2020 - June 2023.
  • Judge, 14th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference. April 5, 2023.
  • Judge, 7th Annual CARE Research Day. March 3, 2023.
  • Member, College of Science & Engineering- Tenure & Promotion Committee. December 1, 2022 - January 12, 2023.

2022

  • Chair, Historian Committee - Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy. February 25, 2018 - 2022.
  • Member, Professional Development Committee. September 1, 2017 - 2022.
  • Chair, Barbara Melzer Endowed Professorship Awards Committee. September 1, 2019 - October 2022.
  • Member, School of Health Administration Faculty Search Committee, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. August 1, 2016 - August 2022.
  • Organizer, WELLCHPs Committee. May 15, 2022.
  • Speaker, UT CARE Research Day. April 22, 2022.
  • Speaker, Pre-Physical Therapy Student Organization at University of Texas-Austin. March 8, 2022.

2021

  • Co-Chair, Texas State Continuity of Research Group. May 1, 2020 - 2021.
  • Chair, Texas State CoVID-19 Subcommittee for Risk Reductions. March 1, 2020 - 2021.
  • Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Seton Traumatic Brain Injury Program, University Medical Center at Brackenridge, Austin, Texas. January 1, 2009 - 2021.
  • Member, Minority Mentor's List, American Physical Therapy Association, Arlington, VA. January 1, 2005 - 2021.
  • Member, Speaker's Bureau, American Physical Therapy Association, Arlington, VA. January 1, 2005 - 2021.
  • Chair, Governance Review Task Force, Texas Physical Therapy Association. October 27, 2016 - October 1, 2021.
  • Chair, DPT Department Faculty Tenure-line Search Committee. January 15, 2021 - July 31, 2021.
  • Member, PT Chair Search Committee. January 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021.
  • Member, Office of Research & Sponsored Projects Search Committee - IACUC Chair. February 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021.
  • Member, Seton Spinal Cord Injury Steering Committee, University Medical Center at Brackenridge, Austin, Texas. January 1, 2009 - March 1, 2021.
  • Chair, DPT Faculty Search Committee - Non_Tenure_Line. October 1, 2020 - February 15, 2021.
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Review Committee, College of Health Professionals, Texas State University. January 1, 2014 - January 2021.

2020

  • Chair, Historian Committee - Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy. June 15, 2018 - June 1, 2020.
  • Chair, Technology Task Force, Texas Physical Therapy Association. January 1, 2014 - 2020.
  • Member, Minority Health Special Interest Group, American College of Sports Medicine. January 1, 2009 - December 2020.

2019

  • Member, Geriatrics Special Interest Group, American College of Sports Medicine. January 1, 2001 - December 2019.
  • Member, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Search Committee. September 10, 2018 - August 2019.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Program. January 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019.
  • Member, Personnel Committee, Radiation Therapy Program, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. January 1, 2013 - June 30, 2019.
  • Member, Nursing Faculty Search Committee College of Health Professionals, Texas State University. January 1, 2012 - June 30, 2019.

2018

  • Volunteer, Pre-Physical Therapy Organization at Texas State University. April 8, 2016 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Federation of Physical Therapy State Boards. November 1, 2015 - November 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas Physical Therapy Association Research Abstract/Poster Reviewer. October 1, 2014 - October 31, 2018.
  • Member, School of Nursing Search Committee. April 1, 2016 - June 30, 2018.
  • Member, Personnel Committee, Clinical Lab Sciences Program, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. January 1, 2013 - June 30, 2018.
  • Member, College of Health Professions, Research Enhancement Program Committee. January 1, 2011 - June 15, 2018.

2017

  • Member, Special Collaborative Working Group at Texas State University, Wimberley Community Project 2015 – 2017. January 2015 - December 2017.
  • Expert Witness, Kemp Smith Law. May 5, 2017 - October 2017.
  • Officer, Texas Assembly, Texas Physical Therapy Association. October 1, 2014 - October 2017.
  • Officer, Executive Board, Texas Physical Therapy Association. January 1, 2009 - October 2017.
  • Chair, College Research Enhancement Program Committee. September 1, 2015 - September 30, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, School of Physical Therapy , Texas Woman's University. June 5, 2017 - September 15, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Tenure & Promotion Committee, School of Health Professions & Studies, University of Michigan-Flint. June 8, 2017 - September 1, 2017.
  • Member, Institutional Review Board, Texas State University. January 1, 2008 - August 2017.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Texas State University. August 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017.
  • Member, College of Health Professions Promotion & Tenure Review Committee. September 1, 2015 - August 1, 2017.
  • President, Texas Physical Therapy Association. June 2017 - July 2017.
  • Member, 2017-2023 Graduate Education Read-Across Committee. March 10, 2017 - July 2017.
  • Chair, Texas Physical Therapy Association- ED Search Committee. April 1, 2017 - July 31, 2017.
  • Member, Texas State Ethics Committee, Texas State University. January 1, 2014 - June 30, 2017.
  • Participant, Texas State Employee Health Fair. April 10, 2017.
  • Participant, University of Texas Health Careers Fair. March 3, 2017.
  • Officer, Legislative Day for the Texas Physical Therapy Association. February 21, 2017.

2016

  • Volunteer, Exhibitor - 2016 Health Professions Fair at University of Texas at Austin - College of Natural Sciences. February 28, 2016 - 2016.
  • Member, Health Administration Faculty Search Committee College of Health Professionals, Texas State University. January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2016.
  • Graduation Commencement Ceremony College Marshall, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. August 12, 2016 - August 2016.
  • Other, Candidate, American Physical Therapy Association. June 1, 2015 - June 10, 2016.
  • Participant, Legislative Day 2016, Texas Physical Therapy Association. February 17, 2016.

2015

  • Member, School of Health Administration Search Committee. October 1, 2014 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, College of Education Faculty Search Committee for Department of Health & Human Performance Texas State University. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2015.
  • Speaker, Speaker of the Assembly, Texas Physical Therapy Association. January 1, 2009 - October 1, 2015.
  • Speaker, Public Data Panel for the City of Austin. September 1, 2015.

2014

  • Member, Program for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Texas State University. November 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014.
  • Member, College of Education Faculty Search Committee for Department of Health & Human Performance, Texas State University. January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014.
  • Member, Professional Development Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Texas State University. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2014.

2013

  • Officer, Tom Waugh Leadership Development Program, Annual Meeting Coordinator, Texas Physical Therapy Association, Arlington, Texas. October 1, 2013.
  • Speaker, Texas Assembly, Texas Physical Therapy Association Annual Meeting. October 1, 2013.
  • Member, Nursing Faculty Search Committee College of Health Professionals, Texas State University. January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013.
  • Member, Clinic Education Committee, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2013.
  • Organizer, Balance & Gait Program, PT Clinic, Texas State University. January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2013.

2012

  • Officer, Texas Assembly, Texas Physical Therapy Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. October 1, 2012.
  • Member, College of Education Faculty Search Committee for Department of Health & Human Performance, Texas State University. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Proposal Management Software Committee Texas State University. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Faculty Excellence Awards Committee, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012.

2011

  • Speaker, Texas Assembly, Texas Physical Therapy Association Annual Meeting, Woodlands, TX. October 1, 2011.
  • Organizer, Texas State BobCat Heads-Up Program, Texas State University. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011.

2010

  • Speaker, Texas Assembly, Texas Physical Therapy Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. October 1, 2010.
  • Speaker, Texas Assembly, Texas Physical Therapy Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. October 1, 2010.
  • Coordinator, Special Program for Student College Access Program, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. February 1, 2010.
  • Chair, Capital Area District Communications Committee, Texas Physical Therapy Association. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010.

2009

  • Participant, Cancer Awareness Month Student Health Fair, "Exercise is Medicine" Health Screenings, Texas State University-San Marcos. April 1, 2009.
  • Organizer, Coordinated Visiting Speaker Presentation by Dr. Russell MacGregor, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, "The Glasgow Method", Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, Texas. March 1, 2009.
  • Chair, Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group Forum. American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section. Nashville, TN. February 1, 2003 - February 1, 2009.
  • Organizer, Brain Awareness Week Activities, Texas State University-San Marcos. January 1, 2009.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Texas State University. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009.

2008

  • Organizer, Brain Awareness Week Activities, Texas State University-San Marcos. January 1, 2008.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Texas State University. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008.
  • Member, Nursing Faculty Search Committee College of Health Professionals, Texas State University, San Marcos. January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2008.
  • Member, Medical Advisory Board, National Acoustic Neuroma Assoc.-Midwest States, Denver, CO. January 1, 1998 - January 1, 2008.

2007

  • Chair, Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group Forum. American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section, Boston, MA. February 1, 2007.

2006

  • Chair, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Special Interest Group Forum. American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section, San Diego, CA. February 1, 2006.
  • Member, Board of Directors, American Stroke Foundation, Kansas City, KS. January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2006.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Kansas City, MO. January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2006.

2005

  • Chair, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Special Interest Group Forum. American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section, New Orleans, LA. February 1, 2005.

2004

  • Chair, Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group Forum. American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section. Nashville, TN. February 1, 2004.
  • Chair, Professional Development Committee, School of Allied Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2004.
  • Member, Board of Directors, KU Health Partners, Inc., University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2004.
  • Member, PhD Committee, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center. January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2004.

2003

  • Chair, Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group Forum, American Physical Therapy Association, Neurology Section, Tampa, FL. February 1, 2003.
  • Member, International Medical Advisory Board, Smith & Nephew, Inc., London, UK. January 1, 2003.
  • Member, Safety Committee, Research Division, Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2003.

2002

  • Chair, Vestibular Rehabilitation Special Interest Group Forum, Neurology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. New York, NY. October 1, 2002.

2000

  • Trustee on the Board of Directors, Texas Physical Therapy Ed & Research Found, Kansas City, MO. January 1, 1998 - January 1, 2000.
  • Medical Advisor, Dizziness and Meniere's Community Support Group, Austin, Texas. January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2000.