Laura A. Baehr, DPT, PhD

Laura A. Baehr is a rehabilitation scientist and physical therapist who develops and studies community-based physical activity programs as a vehicle for creating access, equity and empowerment for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions. Her work is informed by her interdisciplinary trainings in rehabilitation science, physical therapy and dance to center evidence-based interventions on the lived experience of the individual.

For over 10 years she has taught regionally and nationally as an adapted movement instructor informed by mind-body practices, including dance, Pilates and yoga. She has teaching appointments at the Pennsylvania Center for Adapted Sports and as an inaugural OnDemand fitness instructor for Move United, a national adapted sports organization.

Baehr directs the PACEE Lab (physical activity, access, community, equity, empowerment) at Drexel University, which leverages community-engaged practices, mixed methodology, digital health and social networking principles to maximize the health and quality of life of adults living with disabilities and chronic health conditions through community-based physical activity.

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