Jill Whitall教授任教于马里兰大学-巴尔的摩分校医学院的物理治疗与康复学系。来美国之前，她在英国的Keele大学获得学士学位，伦敦大学获得硕士学位。她在马里兰大学-学院园（College Park）获得博士学位，研究方向是动作发展和学习。

    Jill Whitall博士拥有22年的本科及研究生教学经验，最初在英国的9年里，她一直担任中小学的身体教育和生物学教师的工作。之后从教于威斯康星-麦迪逊大学人体运动系，讲授动作发展和小学身体教育教法等课程。在现所在的马里兰大学，她现在教授动作发展、学习及控制原理，这些课程与人体康复相关。

    Jill Whitall博士现主要从事两个方向的研究，并获得相关的经费支持。一个研究方向，是研究给予偏瘫病人上肢锻炼干预对其肢体间协调配合及功能活动的促进作用。另一个研究方向，是对肢体协调发展障碍儿童的认定，及对其与感觉—动作关联的内在机制。这一研究课题的长远目标是能够对肢体协调发展障碍儿童制定出个性化的干预措施。Jill Whitall博士曾发表了五十多篇经同行审定的文章和章节，并在19年内持续获得来自校内外的研究资助。

Bio:
    Jill Whitall, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She received a B.Ed from KeeleUniversity and an M.A. from the University of London, England before coming to the USA for her Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, College Park where she studied motor development and learning.

     Dr. Whitall has 22 years of experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate students, first in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and subsequently in her present position.  She currently teaches students the principles of motor development, control and learning as they relate to rehabilitation but formerly taught motor development and elementary physical education teaching methods at Madison since she was originally a physical education and biology school teacher for 9 years in England. 

    Dr. Whitall is currently pursuing two lines of research; both of which are funded. One project is investigating an upper arm intervention in patients with hemiplegia with the goal of improving interlimb coordination and performance of functional activities. The second project concerns the identification of children with developmental coordination disorder and the investigation of possible underlying mechanisms related to sensory-motor coupling. In this project the long-term goal is to individualize optimal intervention strategies for these children. Dr. Whitall has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and chapters and has been continuously funded from internal or external sources for 19 years.