Dr. Jereme Wilroy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received his doctorate in health education and promotion from the University of Alabama. Dr. Wilroy’s research focus on the design and testing of exercise trials in populations of disability. His research studies utilize adaptive intervention designs to promote adherence and telehealth technology for convenient home delivery. He currently holds an R01 studying the cardiometabolic effects of exercise in wheelchair users.

Additionally, Dr. Wilroy is the Co-director of the UAB Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems overseeing a study looking at changes in gut microbiome during first year of spinal cord injury. He is also the Director of Research at Lakeshore Foundation, a non-profit aimed to empower individuals with disability to live an active lifestyle. Lakeshore is a state-of-the-art, universally designed fitness and recreation center and a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training site. Dr. Wilroy is also the founding program director for the UAB Disability Health Studies Graduate Certificate and is the behavior health expert for the National Center on Health Physical Activity and Disability.