Dr. Florence is Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. She presently serves as Director of Clinical Studies for the Neuromuscular Division. Her training was at Washington University School of Medicine and includes a bachelors in Physical Therapy, masters in Health Science and doctorate in Physical Therapy.

Dr. Florence has been active in the design, implementation and documentation of the reliability, sensitivity and validity of outcome measures and endpoints in the assessment of individuals with neuromuscular diseases as well as serving as a clinical evaluator or coordinator in multiple therapeutic trials. Besides her activity in clinical trials Dr. Florence is on faculty at the WU Program in Physical Therapy and serves as a consultant on outcome measure design and implementation to a variety of academic institutions, biotech and pharmaceutical companies.