Kim Dunleavy PT, PhD, OCS recently traveled to Rwanda for the final component of the Advancement of Rwandan Rehabilitation Services grant funded by the United States Agency of International Development. The goals of the grant (awarded to Health Volunteers Overseas, a private non-profit volunteer agency, in collaboration with the…
The Department of Physical Therapy welcomed 70 Doctor of Physical Therapy students at the new student orientation event on August 20th. These students were selected from an applicant pool of over 750 prospective students, and join the 54th class of physical therapy students admitted to the University of…
Steven Z. George, Ph.D., P.T., Associate Professor, Director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and Director of the Brooks-PHHP Research Collaboration, has received the American Physical Therapy Association’s 2016 John H.P. Maley Lecture Award for contributions to physical therapy clinical practice. Read more here. Dr.
The American Heart Association has awarded a $154,000 grant entitled “A Novel Strategy to Improve Gait and Increase Fall-Related Efficacy Post-Stroke” to Principal Investigator Dr. Dorian Rose and Co-Investigators Drs. Steven George and Carolynn Patten. As part of the Brooks-PHHP Collaboration, this award will be conducted at Brooks…
Physical Therapy department Associate Professor Carolynn Patten, PhD, PT has been awarded a SPiRE (Small Projects in Rehabilitation Effectiveness) grant from VA Rehabilitation R&D, “Neural Mechanisms Mediating Interlimb Transfer Following Stroke.” The study investigates acute adaptations in intracortical and interhemispheric circuits that mediate interlimb transfer following stroke. The two…
Second year Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) students Dallis Rossi and Ryan Specie were two of 29 individuals from eight different countries selected to participate in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Summer Overseas Exchange Subsidy Scheme (SOESS). The program was hosted by the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and…
Read the article here: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/17/6871 and read additional information about the Journal of Neuroscience cover photo here: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/35/17.cover-expansion…
Dr. Carolynn Patten, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, is one of 34 UF faculty members to be named a University of Florida Research Foundation Professors for 2015-2018. Read more about this prestigious award and Dr. Patten’s achievements here. Dr. Patten has also been named winner of the…
The findings of a study led by Steven George, PhD, PT, associate professor and director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program and Brooks Rehabilitation research collaboration at the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions, could help researchers develop better ways to help patients manage…
Congratulations to the following PT department Rehabilitation Science students who received awards at the 2015 PHHP Research Day: Alison Barnard and Dominique DuBose (The Highest Ranking Abstract Award; $800 travel award); and Harneet Arora (Top Abstract Award; $600 travel award)…
