Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff, RN, PhD, is an associate professor of nursing in Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Nursing. Dr. Pretzer-Aboff is an experienced nurse-scientist whose research focuses on developing and testing interventions to improve function and activity of people living with Parkinson's disease. Specifically, she is working on innovative non-medical interventions. Dr. Pretzer-Aboff received her doctorate in nursing from the University of Maryland in 2007.