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PAUL LASTAYO

Professor

Physical Therapy & Athletic Training

  • Professor
    Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
  • Adjunct Professor
    Orthopaedics

BIO

Paul LaStayo, PT, PhD, CHT is a physical therapist (MPT-Hahnemann University) trained in biology (PhD- Northern Arizona University) and applied physiology (Postdoc-University of Arizona) in the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training. His trainees include graduate students in the clinical doctoral program (DPT) while his research trainees stem primarily from his department's Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD) program. Dr LaStayo's adjunct appointments across various departments/operations underlie his collaborative approach in rehabilitation research focused on aging, rehabilitation, skeletal muscle and the upper and lower extremities.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Physical Therapy & Athletic Training1 Jul 2016 - present
  • Adjunct Professor
    Orthopaedics1 Jan 2014 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training1 Jul 2003 - 30 Jun 2008
  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training1 Jul 2008 - 30 Jun 2012
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Biomedical Engineering24 Jun 2011 - 30 Jun 2012
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Health & Kinesiology1 Jul 2003 - 31 Dec 2013
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Orthopaedics1 Jul 2003 - 1 Jan 2014
  • Professor
    University of Utah, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training1 Jul 2012 - 30 Jun 2016
  • Adjunct Professor
    University of Utah, Health & Kinesiology1 Nov 2012 - 30 Jun 2016
  • Adjunct Professor
    University of Utah, Biomedical Engineering1 Jul 2012 - 1 Jul 2018
  • Adjunct Professor
    University of Utah, Health-Kinesiology1 Jul 2016 - 1 Jul 2020

LANGUAGES

  • English

FIELDS OF RESEARCH