Maura Daly Iversen, PT, DPT, SD, MPH, FNAP, FAPTA is Dean of the College of Health Professions at Sacred Heart University and Professor of Public Health and Physical Therapy. She is a Senior Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and serves as the Senior Behavioral Scientist and Clinical Epidemiologist in the Section of Clinical Sciences, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA and as a Professor Emeritus In Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University. Dr. Iversen also holds appointments as a Foreign Professor, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore, and adjunct faculty, HERACLEIA Human Centered Laboratory, University of Texas, Arlington. She was the scientific advisor to the Physical Therapy Research Initiative in Denmark and Honorary Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK.

After graduating from Harvard with her doctoral degree, Dr. Iversen completed her postdoctoral training in clinical epidemiology in the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Iversen is a U.S. Fulbright Research Scholar, a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of American Physical Therapy Association, a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow in the National Academy of Practice, and a Distinguished Research Scholar and a Distinguished Lecturer, Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP), American College of Rheumatology. In November 2019, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Rheumatology. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Rheumatology Research Foundation, American College of Rheumatology, Former Trustee of the Arthritis Foundation of Massachusetts and Past President of the ARHP. She reviews grants for national and international funding agencies. She is currently the arthritis media spokesperson for the American Physical Therapy Association, a Board Member for the Easter Seals of Massachusetts and consultant to the Singapore Ministry of Health.

Dr Iversen’s research focuses on clinical trials of exercise, behavioral interventions to improve adherence to pharmacologic/non-pharmacologic therapies and technologies to promote physical activity in persons with arthritis; with over 150 publications and 15 book chapters. She has mentored numerous students who have gone onto to become leaders in higher education and research. Dr. Iversen has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Arthritis Foundation, the National Science Foundation, Foundation for Physical Therapy, Rheumatology Research Foundation (formerly REF), and the Farnsworth Foundation. She has also received awards for advocacy, research and/or professional service from the Arthritis Foundation, the American College of Rheumatology and the American Physical Therapy Association.

Education and Leadership Training:

 

HERS - Leadership Training Institutes for Women in Higher Ed

U.S. National Higher Education Leadership Program

 

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Faculty Mentorship Leadership Program

 

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION

Leadership Program

 

HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, Cambridge, MA Management Development Program for Academics

 

MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS, Boston, MA

 Doctor of Physical Therapy

 

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Boston, MA

Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Epidemiology/Rheumatology

   

MEDICAL FOUNDATION FELLOW, Boston, MA

Clinical Epidemiology

 

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Boston, MA

Doctoral Research Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology & Allergy

 

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Boston, MA

Doctor of Science, Health & Social behavior

 

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Boston, MA

Master of Public Health

 

SIMMONS UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science, Certificate in Physical Therapy