The DPT program graduated 53 students and recognized the following award winners during the Spring Commencement Awards Banquet at UF’s Touchdown Terrace: • Rolf and Anne Kuhns Endowment for Physical Therapy Scholarship: Kevin Strehler • Martha C. Wroe Outstanding Clinical Student: Catherine Boissoneault • The Dr.
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)…
61 golfers and numerous volunteers and supporters raised over $5,000 at the 4th Annual Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) Charity Golf Tournament, hosted by the UF SPTA. A giant thank you to our 2015 sponsors: Florida Custom Marble, Florida Farm Bureau, Kids on the Move, Kinetix Physical Therapy and…
UF Student Physical Therapy Association (SPTA) representatives Vivian Albert, Cortney Halstead, Kelly Crews, Meghan Dooley and Ashely Gibbens raised $3,255.74 in contributions for the Children’s Miracle Network at UF Shands by standing and dancing for 26.2 hours during the UF Dance Marathon. The group took second place for the…
Monday Wellness Walks commence this summer at 6:30 p.m. every Monday from June 1 – July 6 at Fred Cone Park, 2841 E. University Ave. Participate and win free prizes and take advantage of free screenings and discussions on stretching, nutrition, walking with arthritis, foot care, and diabetes. Click…
Join us for Weekly Wellness Walks! The walks are held from 8 to 10 a.m. every Saturday through February 28th at the Santa Fe College track located at Northwest 39th Avenue and 83rd Street. Read more about the walks in this Gainesville Sun article which highlights the many…
After 17 years as Chair of the Department of Comparative Biosciences at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Gordon S. Mitchell has joined the Department of Physical Therapy as a Professor hired under the UF Foundation’s Preeminence campaign. Dr. Mitchell will start the new Center for Respiratory Biology and Rehabilitation…
The UF Student Physical Therapy Association is hosting a charity golf scramble at Ironwood Golf Course at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 17th to benefit The Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy which is dedicated to the cure of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Please direct inquiries to golfscramble2015@gmail.com…
