Nicole Miller PT, DPT, OCS

Graduate College of Health Sciences - Department of Physical Therapy

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

EDUCATION:

PhD Health Sciences, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (anticipated completion date: Fall 2024)

DPT Physical Therapy, Chapman University

BS Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara

CERTIFICATIONS:

Selective Functional Movement Assessment Level 1, Functional Movement Systems (2022)

Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy, American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (2009 & 2019 - recertified)

Clinical Instructor Certification, California Physical Therapy Association (2009)

Dr. Nicole Miller joined Hawai'i Pacific University as an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy in 2024. Before this, she was an assistant professor at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences from 2017 to 2024, having been a contributing faculty member there since 2012. Dr. Miller graduated from Chapman University with her Doctor of Physical Therapy. She has worked as a physical therapist in the outpatient orthopedic setting since 2007. She completed an orthopedic residency at Rancho Physical Therapy in 2008. In 2009 she became board certified as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) re-certification in 2019. Her interests include functional biomechanics of the lower quarter, and she ran a clinical-based biomechanics laboratory for 5 years. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Health Sciences. 

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: 

Smith K, Miller N, Laslovich S. The reliability of the GNRB® knee arthrometer in measuring ACL stiffness   

and laxity: Implications for clinical use and clinical trial design. International Journal of Sports Physical  

Therapy. 2022;17(6):1016-1025; https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.38252.   

Miller N, Ivey C. Posttraumatic Malunion Following Comminuted Scapular Fracture.  Journal of Orthopedic    

and Sports Physical Therapy. 2020;50(3):167.