the torch Fall 2015, Issue 3 | Page 20

ch a ir profile SIMON DRIVER, PH.D. In January 2014, Simon Driver, Ph.D., joined Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation (BIR) as the new director of rehabilitation research. This summer, Dr. Driver was given the honor to hold the Ginger Murchison Chair for Traumatic Brain Injury Research. Dr. Driver has considerable experience with individuals with disabilities. Over the past 13 years, he has applied his scientific and medical expertise toward improving the health behaviors, e.g., physical activity, resilience, psychosocial health, of i