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Dr Sarah Blanton is an Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Physical Therapy. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 1987 with a BA degree in biology, from Emory University in 1992 with her masters in physical therapy and received her clinical doctorate in physical therapy in 2003. She has a specialty certification in Neurology through the American Board of Physical Therapy. She spent nine years working as a staff physical therapist at the Emory Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, primarily in the inpatient neurology unit. 

Her research focus has been in the rehabilitation of the neurologic patient, primarily the use of constraint induced therapy for upper extremity recovery in stroke survivors. Current investigational interests are expanding in areas of stroke survivor and family quality of life, including depression, fatigue, caregiver/family functioning and post-stroke education. The long-term goals of her research efforts are: 1) to develop methods to combine stroke survivor therapies and caregiver education to support a family focused approach to neurorehabilitation; 2) develop awareness of mental health issues in clinical practice.