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DPT Students Present at Primary Care Innovations Conference

On Friday, March 6, four UF DPT students –  Gabriela Lin, Joe Gayle, Paul Auth and Alyssa Morrison – attended and presented posters at the Primary Care Innovation conference in Gainesville. Dr. Pedro Greer, the keynote speaker, gave insight on the importance of humility, empathy and social accountability when treating patients.

Spring Break in the Yucatan

During spring break, DPT students and PT faculty traveled to Mérida,Yucatan for the second year to join the well-established University of Florida College of Medicine Project Yucatan to provide care in the rural areas outside of Mérida. The Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan (UADY) community volunteer group, similar to the Equal…

Research Connections Series: Dr. Lori Michener

The Brooks-UF/PHHP Research Collaboration is excited to kick off the first event of our two-part Research Connection series on Wednesday, March 4 from 5 – 7:30 p.m. at Brooks Rehabilitation, featuring guest speaker, Lori Michener, PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA of University of Southern California. Dr. Michener will deliver a compelling talk highlighting…

PT faculty published in Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy

Congratulations to UF PT faculty, Mark Bishop, PT, PhD, FAPTA, associate professor and director of physical therapy education; Joel Bialosky, PT, PhD, FAAOMPT, OCS, clinical associate professor, and Meryl Alappattu, PT, DPT, PhD, research assistant professor for being published in the Women’s Health Journal of Physical Therapy. The paper, “Riding…

Wellness Workshop for Surgeons

On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Dr. Kim Dunleavy and a group of volunteer second-year DPT students, Haylie Grant, Ashley Estanislao, Alyssa Hearing, Morgan Kosmala, Rose Easey, Angel Mestre, and Jessie Gitow, offered a class called “Strategies for limiting and addressing back and neck pain for surgeons” during the University of Florida…

Studer-Byrnes receives 2019 Clinical Excellence in Neurologic Physical Therapy Award

Rachelle Studer-Byrnes recently received notification that she has been awarded the 2019 Clinical Excellence in Neurologic Physical Therapy Award from the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy. Dr. Studer-Byrnes will receive this award during the ANPT Business Meeting at the APTA 2020 Combined Sections Meeting in Denver, Colorado in February. This…

Hausman appointed APTA Core Ambassador

Congratulations to second year DPT student, Alyse Hausman, who is the newly appointed 2019-2020 American Physical Therapy Association Core Ambassador for the state of Florida. As the Core Ambassador, her main role is to be the liaison between the APTA Student Assembly Board of Directors and all PT/PTA students in…