Regine Rossi, PT, DPT, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy
Regine Rossi is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Baylor University in Waco, TX. She received the Doctor of Physical Therapy from Baylor in 2020, the Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction from New York University in 2014, a graduate certificate in exercise prescription from the University of Connecticut in 2018, and the Bachelor of Arts in English (2002) and the Master of Education in English Education (2003) from the University of Florida. She completed a sports residency in Sacramento, CA in 2022 and is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (2018) as well as an NSCA Certified Performance and Sport Scientist (2022).
Prior to her time at Baylor, Dr. Rossi worked as a full-time clinician serving mostly athletes at levels ranging from youth to professional, and developed a particular emphasis on working with tactical athletes, especially firefighters, after years serving as a volunteer firefighter/EMT herself. She also spent several years as an adjunct instructor in exercise science at the University of Connecticut and in physical therapy at Baylor, and before that worked for nearly a decade as a full-time professor of education at a liberal arts college outside of New York City. She currently serves as a member of the Accreditation Review Committee of the NSCA, helping to prepare university exercise science programs for accreditation by that organization.
Her scholarly agenda is focused on personal and cultural factors in exercise behaviors, social determinants of health, health equity, pedagogy in the preparation of healthcare providers, and qualitative research, especially phenomenology, in healthcare.
Dr. Rossi lives in Wellington, FL with her family, where she enjoys powerlifting, watching (and occasionally trying out for) Survivor, building things, trying to become a better horseback rider, and spoiling her three rescue pups.
Current Research Interests
- Beliefs about exercise among marginalized populations and among healthcare providers
- Neck pain in high performance aircrew
- Maximizing teaching effectiveness in hybrid DPT education