Rebecca Abbott PT, DPT, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Physical Therapy Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Campus. Dr. Abbott is a biomechanist and rehabilitation scientist whose primary interest is improving the clinical management of patients with hypermobility disorders (such as hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome). Her research investigates biomechanisms underlying chronic joint pain and develops mechanistically informed diagnostics and interventions. Dr. Abbott earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Minnesota.