About Us

Dr. Saul is a Visiting Teaching Professor at Florida International University in the Rehabilitation and Recreational Therapy Program.  She’s also the Past President of the North Carolina Recreational Therapy Association. Amelia’s research interests include examining anxiety and depression in college students, assessing effectiveness of evidence-based stress management techniques, utilizing biofeedback technology to assess coping mechanisms, and implementation of prevention mechanisms for people with a family history of cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Bart-Knauer 

With a background in research and regulatory affairs, Dr. Bart-Knauer served the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in areas ranging from: protection of research participants as Special Projects Scientist with the Office of Research Protections; Senior Clinical Consultant and Pain & Brain Domain Manager with the Telemedicine and Advanced Technologies Research Center (TATRC); Chief Scientist for TATRC-South; Science Officer and Senior Clinical Consultant for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program; and member of NATO’s Research Technology Group-Human Factors and Medicine Panel.  She has received numerous awards to include: Commander’s Award and Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service; Certificate for Outstanding Performance in Support of Military Operational Medicine; and Certificate of Recognition by the U.S Army Surgeon General for work with The Medical Department Regiment.  A military spouse, her interest in HRV stems from a deep commitment to further technologies that assist military service members and Veterans.

Dr. Bolin, RN, ANP, BCB, FAHA, an educator, researcher, and clinician, specializes in cardiovascular disease prevention. As a Nurse Practitioner and Biofeedback Provider, she integrates interventions to enhance health, emotional well-being, and quality of life. She is board-certified in Biofeedback and a Fellow of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Gidron is Prof of health psychology at the faculty of health sciences, university of Haifa, Israel. He specializes in neurocognitive modulation of health and illness. Specifically he focuses on 1. the protective role of the vagal nerve in health and illness, 2. effects of hemispheric lateralization on health. 3. Health promotion using psychological inoculation, 4. PTSD prevention using a neuroscience based method He has over 130 scientific articles and is on the editorial board of 4 scientific journals. He believes in using health research as a bridge between people and countries.

Dr. Russoniello is Professor Emeritus at East Carolina University and founder ECU's  Max Ray Joyner, Sr.  Biofeedback Lab. He has a combined 30 years of experience in HRV in clinical experience research, education and  physiological measurement.  He is past-president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback and the American Therapeutic Recreation Association.  While at ECU he received several DoD grants to develop remote HRV telemedicine applications and to create technical based stress reduction interventions.  He has used HRV clinically and in cognitive performance research focusing on prediction, prevention, intervention and as an outcome indicator. In 2015 Dr. Russoniello received the Governor James E. Holshouser Award, the University of North Carolina System's highest award given for his service to Flood victims and Marines suffering from PTSD. 

Dr. Davis is currenlty a board member of the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. Most importantly shae has two young boys about a yeHer research interests include the use of biofeedback within the mental health and veteran populations.  Publishe

Dr. Saul is a Visiting Teaching Professor at Florida International University in the Rehabilitation and Recreational Therapy Program.  She’s also the Past President of the North Carolina Recreational Therapy Association. Amelia’s research interests include examining anxiety and depression in college students, assessing effectiveness of evidence-based stress management techniques, utilizing biofeedback technology to assess coping mechanisms, and implementation of prevention mechanisms for people with a family history of cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Bart-Knauer 

With a background in research and regulatory affairs, Dr. Bart-Knauer served the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in areas ranging from: protection of research participants as Special Projects Scientist with the Office of Research Protections; Senior Clinical Consultant and Pain & Brain Domain Manager with the Telemedicine and Advanced Technologies Research Center (TATRC); Chief Scientist for TATRC-South; Science Officer and Senior Clinical Consultant for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program; and member of NATO’s Research Technology Group-Human Factors and Medicine Panel.  She has received numerous awards to include: Commander’s Award and Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service; Certificate for Outstanding Performance in Support of Military Operational Medicine; and Certificate of Recognition by the U.S Army Surgeon General for work with The Medical Department Regiment.  A military spouse, her interest in HRV stems from a deep commitment to further technologies that assist military service members and Veterans.

Dr. Bolin, RN, ANP, BCB, FAHA, an educator, researcher, and clinician, specializes in cardiovascular disease prevention. As a Nurse Practitioner and Biofeedback Provider, she integrates interventions to enhance health, emotional well-being, and quality of life. She is board-certified in Biofeedback and a Fellow of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Gidron is Prof of health psychology at the faculty of health sciences, university of Haifa, Israel. He specializes in neurocognitive modulation of health and illness. Specifically he focuses on 1. the protective role of the vagal nerve in health and illness, 2. effects of hemispheric lateralization on health. 3. Health promotion using psychological inoculation, 4. PTSD prevention using a neuroscience based method He has over 130 scientific articles and is on the editorial board of 4 scientific journals. He believes in using health research as a bridge between people and countries.