Vice President, Research and Quality Improvement
Joyce is responsible for the CP Research Network’s research and quality improvement programs. She manages the research director, registries director and the quality improvement director, as well as the relationship with our Data Coordinating Center. Joyce manages the day to day operations of the entire network program and partners with Paul Gross, CEO, and Michele Shusterman, Director of Education and Engagement, for the remaining programs outside of research and quality including our education, wellness and community engagement programs.
Joyce has 32 years of clinical, research and administration experience with an expertise in gait and motion analysis serving as the Director of Research for 15 years at Gillette Children’s. In that role, she established, directed, and drove the strategy for Pain, Spine, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation, Neuroscience, Motion Analysis, and Health Services Research programs led by MD/PhD dyads. She developed a portfolio of funding that included industry, grant and philanthropy, cultivated relationships with many different collaborators, and prioritized scientific rigor and systematic data collection processes. In conjunction with team members, helped design Gillette’s Center for Gait and Motion Analysis database, built Sponsored Project Administration, and revolutionized the organization’s research governance, compliance, and study start-up process while shaping the organization into a research leader in cerebral palsy and pediatric rare diseases. A passion of hers is involving those with lived experience in the research process. Her interest in physical therapy and exercise’s impact on muscle was sparked as a pre-teen when she had a life altering figure skating accident. Years later, Dr. Trost’s doctoral work focused on the impact of exercise on muscle in males with DMD. Her ongoing research interests are in early intervention and outcomes of exercise and interventions on muscle and function for those with cerebral palsy. In her personal life, she is married, the mom to 4 young adults, and spends free time working on their farm, fishing or out on bike trails with her family.
