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Brooks Rehabilitation and University of Florida Researchers Conduct a Scoping Review to Explore the Unmet Rehabilitation Needs of Individuals Following Gender-Affirming Surgery

Dr. Meryl Alappattu, Brooks clinical research scientist and research assistant professor at the University of Florida (UF) College of Public Health and Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy, collaborated with Dr. Mark Bishop, professor & director of the UF Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and UF…

DPT Students Attend Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Annual Conference

This Summer, Dr. Claudia Senesac and Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2025 Students Jaden Anderson, Briana Dentry, Tara Kochey, and Melyn Jessell attended the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Annual Conference (PPMD) in Dallas, Texas, June 29-July 1,2023. This was a great opportunity for…

NeuroNines: Evans & Rock

Join us for our next Neuromuscular Plasticity Nines Seminar this Thursday August 3rd! Doctoral student Elizabeth Evans will be presenting “Allostatic Load and Cognition in Young Adults” and Postdoctoral Fellow Kelly Rock will be presenting “Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Quantify Skeletal Muscle in Neuromuscular Disease”. We will…

NeuroNines: Fusco & Olsen

Join us for our next Neuromuscular Plasticity Nines Seminar this Thursday July 27th! Doctoral student Anna Fusco will be presenting “Neurodegeneration and Spinal Cord Injury” and Postdoctoral Fellow Wendy Olsen will be presenting “Breathing Rhythm Complexity as an Indicator of Respiratory Compromise”. We will meet at Communicore Health…

Dr. Federico Pozzi leads new study on shoulder injury pain

  Federico Pozzi Dr. Federico Pozzi, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, is the lead investigator of a new College of Public Health and Health Professions study on the role of the central nervous system in perceiving rotator cuff tear pain in hopes…

Dr. Gordon Mitchell named MBI deputy director

Gordon Mitchell Dr. Gordon Mitchell, Preeminence Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Physical Therapy, was named deputy director of the McKnight Brain Institute (MBI). More about Dr. Mitchell’s history and his innovative plans for his new role with the MBI can be found here. Congratulations Dr.

Message from the Director: Mark Bishop, PT, PhD, FAPTA

Everyone, welcome to the Spring 2023 edition of the Gator PT. I hope you are doing well and that you are enjoying the spring season and sunny weather! We have had another big and busy Spring. In the past weeks, the class of 2023 graduated. We welcomed Dr John…