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Eleven second-year Â鶹ÊÓƵ DPT students presented their research work on April 17, 2015  in Chapel Hill.

Faculty from Department of Exercise Science (Caroline Ketcham, Eric Hall, Walter Bixby, Paul Miller and Kenneth Barnes), Department of Physical Therapy Education (Stephen Folger and Srikant Vallabhajosula) and Department of Sports Medicine (Kirtida Patel) and ESS alum Kelsey Evans '14 recently published articles in Journal of Visualized Experiments and International Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Paula DiBiasio and Diane Duffy in the School of Health Sciences designed weekly curriculum to include science and physical activity to promote wellness among the program participants.

The university is among 20 schools and state health agencies taking part in a program meant to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the North Carolina healthcare workforce.

The inaugural “Run for H.O.P.E. 5K Run/Walk/Roll” on April 18 benefits the Health Outreach Program of Â鶹ÊÓƵ, a clinic operated by Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Department of Physical Therapy Education to provide pro bono treatment to those who lack insurance or whose coverage has been exhausted.

The professor in the Department of Physical Therapy Education presented on a retrospective study involving the use of Nitroglycerin patches.

Sixteen Â鶹ÊÓƵ physical therapy research posters were recently presented at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections meeting in Indianapolis, Ind.

Six alumni were recently recognized as board certified clinical specialists at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting.