Faculty Activities

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Daniel Ferraro for being selected as a Tom Waugh Leadership Development Program Mentee (http://www.tpta.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=272).

CONGRATULATIONS TO Dr Conny White for having her and her colleagues' poster "Assessment of the Acromiohumeral Distance during Isometric Shoulder External Rotation with and without Adduction in Healthy Participants" accepted for presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association's Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego in January 2013.

CONGRATULATIONS TO Dr Loretta Dillon for having her poster "Creating an Innovative Interprofessional Environment during a Simulated Hospital Day" accepted for presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association's Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego in January 2013.

CONGRATULATIONS TO Dr Celia Pechak for having her and her colleague's poster "Capacity Building in Guatemala: Lessons Learned from an Early Partnership Between Universidad Mariano Galvez and Health Volunteers Overseas" accepted for presentation at the American Physical Therapy Association's Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego in January 2013.

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Melissa Carroll for acceptance to and participation in the Assessment Residency of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM)/National Science Foundation (NSF) Biology Scholars Program. The Biology Scholars Program was developed with the support of the National Science Foundation under grant number DUE-1022542 and is sponsored by ASM with support from the NSF, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and American Association for the Advancement of Science BioSciEdNet Collaborative.

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Deborah Diaz for the pending publication of her and her colleagues' work: Anderson D, English E, Varee K, Diaz D, Lowe D. Reliability and validity of an iPhone® inclinometer as compared to a universal goniometer as a tool for measuring joint motion of the shoulder in apparently healthy subjects. Ortho Phys Ther Prac. Accepted July 19, 2012. (Estimated date of publication January 2013).

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Ellen Dengler for successfully defending her dissertation at the University of New Mexico in July 2012: "Exploring the Use of Synthetic Delivery Platforms and Small Molecule Adjuvants to Improve the Efficacy of Spinal Interleukin-10 Gene Therapy for Chronic Neuropathic Pain"

CONGRATULATIONS TO Dr Loretta Dillon for presenting at the American Physical Therapy Association's Education Leadership Conference: Dillon L, Wholeben M. Creating an innovative interprofessional environment during a simulated hospital day. American Physical Therapy Association Education Leadership Conference, Greenwich, CT. October 5, 2012.

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Conny White for publication of her and her colleagues' work: White CE, Dedrick GS, Apte GG, Sizer PS, Brismée J.The Effect of Isometric Shoulder Internal and External Rotation on the Acromiohumeral Distance. Am J Phys Med & Rehab. 2012;91(3):193-199.

CONGRATULATIONS TO Dr Loretta Dillon for publication of her and her colleagues' work: Luedtke-Hoffman K, Dillon LS, Utsey C. Is there a relationship between performance during physical therapy clinical education and scores on the National Physical Therapy Examination? J Phys Ther Educ. 2012;26:41-49.

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Celia Pechak for publication of her work: Pechak C. Survey of international clinical education in physical therapist education. J Phys Ther Educ. 2012;26(1):69-77.

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Conny White for publication of her and her colleagues' work: White CE, Dedrick GS, Apte GG, Sizer PS, Brismée J. The Effect of Internal and External Rotation on the Acromiohumeral Distance in Healthy Participants. Abstract. J Ortho Sports Phys Ther. 2012;42(1): A86.

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Celia Pechak for publication of her and her colleague's work:
Lattanzi JB, Pechak C. Educating globally minded physical therapist students: curriculum strategies to equip the next generation. J Phys Ther Educ. 2012;26(1):55-60.

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr Celia Pechak for presenting at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting: Dunleavy K, Lattanzi J, Pechak C, Salzman A. Going Global: Preparing for Engagement in Underserved Areas. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, February 8.

Revised on 3/11/2013