Dr. Clough grew up in Akron Ohio. After receiving her bachelor’s degree, she found her passion for chiropractic while working in the exercise rehabilitation department at a local chiropractic office.  Once she graduated Northeastern, Dr. Clough made her way to Colorado. She opened a successful practice located in one of the first free standing birthing centers in the state of Colorado. She was excited to shift her career to teaching because she wanted to help future generations of chiropractors. In her free time Dr. Clough likes to be outside hiking, gardening or near the closest body of water.

Dr. Lauren J Simmons received her B.S. in Biology from Spelman College and PhD in Biomedical Science/Neuroscience from Morehouse School of Medicine. In her role as a graduate student, Dr. Simmons was tasked with studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of stroke. Her work resulted in a first author publication in the Journal of Neuroinflammation. Her findings have major implications for the development of a clinical therapy for stroke and other inflammation-mediated disorders. She is currently an Associate Professor of Physiology in the Health Sciences Department. Her courses include Cell and Neuromuscular Physiology, and Physiology Labs.

John Downes, DC is a graduate of Life University '86 and has taught at Life University since 1991. Through 37 years of practice he has worked on the medical teams for Georgia Games, AVP (Professional Beach Volley Ball), Arena Football, USATF, Web.com tour, Chinese Olympic Gymnastics team (2000) and Olympics '96, '00, '08, '12 with the medical team for Costa Rica. He has served as President of the US Sport Chiropractic Federation, and is a board member of the Council on Extremity Adjusting, International Sport Chiropractic Federation and manuscript reviewer for Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy. He is a full professor and teaches in the Sport Health Science Master's program as adjunct faculty. He has served as the executive director of the Life University Sport Science Institute from 2008-2014. He is currently involved in research initiatives on campus and in Costa Rica and China. He lectures on neuromechanics in sport around the world. 

Tamisa Ridley is a librarian who serves as the Associate Director of Learning Resources. In addition, she also provides information literacy instruction in various research courses at Life University. Ms. Ridley serves on the Faculty Senate, Committee on Committees, and the Faculty Development Committee.

Ms. Ridley is passionate about advancing students’ information literacy knowledge and skills. She has over 20 years of academic experience working in private and public institutions. Ms. Ridley has provided information literacy instruction to Life University students for over five years, in person and online. She continues to seek ways to make information literacy instruction more accessible to the campus community.

Dr. T.J. Wuerth teaches in the Clinical Sciences department here at Life University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Life University and then continued his educational journey to obtain his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in 2011. Dr. Wuerth is a chiropractic extremity practitioner certified through the Council on Extremity Adjusting and he specializes in extremity adjusting, Grostic upper cervical care, torque release technique, and is a full-spine supportive chiropractor.

Dr. Wuerth began serving Life University in August of 2015 as a faculty clinician in the outpatient clinic on the Life U. campus. He currently serves in the Clinical Sciences department here at Life.

Dr. Wuerth’s approach to instruction is built upon his experience as a coach. Dr. Wuerth believes the best way to get the students to succeed is through accountability, transparency, communication, support, and repetition.

Dr. Wuerth’s goal as an instructor is to help the students rise beyond the challenges and rigor of the DC program and provide them with the tools necessary to be successful doctors and leaders in the chiropractic profession.

Geetha Sridaran, Librarian, Associate Professor at Drs. Sid E. & Nell K. Williams Library at Life University since 2006. She likes to explore outside of the limits of the library. She put Life University and the library at the national level with her National Institutes of Health (NIH) project awards three times. She acquired funding to educate The Life Center for Seniors on campus to search and find reliable health information and expanded it to the community with the first two awards. Through another funding partnered with the campus Service Initiatives Coordinator Rebecca Koch to highlight the newly established SafeSpace initiative on campus. Brought in a representative from the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) to educate campus community on LGBTIQ related online resources https://life.libguides.com/lgbtiq  

She worked with other teaching faculty on establishing the faculty promotion process for Librarians. through the newly established Rank and Promotion Procedural Review Committee R&P PRC. She went through it and proved the process to be working. She received the Life University Faculty Merit Award twice.

D.C., Life University

B.S., Eastern Michigan University

Cara Bradford B.S., D.C is a second-generation Chiropractor. She grew up in her father’s office in Lansing, Michigan and fell in love with the profession long before pursuing a degree in it. She graduated from Life in June of 2012 and was excited to return to her hometown to practice. In 2015 she and her husband, Dr. Blake Bradford, made the decision to move their family back down to Marietta, GA where their story began. Dr. Cara Bradford practiced locally for a few more years before coming back to her alma mater to teach. Dr. Bradford held a position in the Division of Chiropractic Sciences. She lecturer for the Medical Terminology course, and genuinely enjoyed the many technique labs she was involved in. Seeing that “light bulb” moment in a student fueled her fire for teaching. In July of 2021, Dr. Bradford made the move to the Clinic side of the University. She is passionate about receiving feedback from students and putting plans into action. While teaching was a true passion in her life, she was hopeful she could have an even greater impact in an administrative role. So, in 2022 she accepted a position as the Director of Clinical Education. In this role, Dr. Bradford has a new fire ignited within. It is the fire and passion for advancement of this incredible institution and this remarkable profession that she holds so dear.

When Dr. Bradford is not on campus, she is with her family! She and Dr. Blake Bradford have three incredible children who keep them busy with baseball and softball games. But if they are not at the Baseball Diamond, you can find them at the Rugby pitch cheering on Dad as he coaches one of his three spectacular teams!