The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) recently held their annual Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in Indianapolis February 3rd through 7th. Faculty, students and alumni from the Rehabilitation Science program have historically been well represented at CSM and this 2015 was no exception. CSM provides programming from all 18 of APTA’s specialty…
Dr. Barnes (left) working with Treniere Moser, a 1500m runner and member of the Oregon Project Tell us a little about your experience in the PhD program. Having received both my…
Meryl Alappattu, DPT, PhD, was recently elected to the position of Director of Research for the American Physical Therapy Association’s Section on Women’s Health. The Director of Research oversees all research activities of the Section on Women’s Health, including grant submissions and research recognitions, and works with the Foundation…
The Rehabilitation Science program graduated five new PhD’s in fall 2014. Jose Dominguez, mentored by Dr. Terese Chmielewski – Dissertation Title “Lower Extremity Biomechanics in Jump Landing Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction” Charles Gay, mentored by Dr. Mark Bishop – Dissertation Title “Functional Connectivity Changes within the Pain Processing…
Dr. Maggie Horn, a 2013 PhD graduate, was recently awarded the New Investigator Fellowship Training Initiative through the Foundation for Physical Therapy. The fellowship entitled “Comparison of Healthcare Utilization and Costs in Physical Therapy Utilizers and Non-Physical Therapy Utilizers Seeking Care for Neck Pain.” will include training that will focus on describing and…
Congratulations to Dr. Heather Ross, Rehabilitation Science faculty member, who was recently awarded a research grant from the Foundation for Physical Therapy. The one year grant will fund a project titled “Rehabilitation to Elicit Maximum Stroke Recovery Following Stem Cell Transplantation,” Congratulations also to recent graduate, Rogelio Coronado, who was…
Isaac Sia has been chosen as a recipient of one of the 2014 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Graduate Student Scholarships. The ASHFoundation nurtures the best and brightest students in communication sciences and disorders programs. Isaac is a PhD student in Rehabilitation Science and is part of the Department of Speech, Language and…
Lim Recruitment Flyer…
Tell us a little about your experience in the RSD program. I entered the RSD program in the fall 2008 with a combination of tremendous excitement and some apprehension about commencing doctoral studies at UF. The apprehension faded as my mentor, Dr. Jamie Pomeranz, helped me to acclimate to…
The RSD program celebrates a new Ph.D. graduate this August.. Woo Taek Lim, mentored by Dr. Krista Vandenborne– Dissertation Title “Magnetic Resonance Characterization of Muscle and Spinal Cord in a New Model of Severe Contusion Spinal Cord Injury.” Congratulations and best of luck!…
