Student Achievements

The first DPT class graduates in August, 2007. During class night ceremonies the following awards were presented to students: Faculty Award – Lauren Susco, Diane Cornman-Levy Award – Rachael Ross, Class Award – Jordan Bicher, Service Awards – Christina Beaulieu, Laura Chowansky, Tricia Del Monaco, Rachael Ross, Meghan Silverman and Lauren Susco.  Five students were inducted into the Alpha Eta Society, a National Honor Society for Health Professionals – Erin Blaustein, Tricia Del Monaco, Caroline D’Antuono, Meghan Silverman and Lauren Susco.

Meghan Silverman was the recipient of the Otho Davis Scholarship Award from the Otho Davis Scholarship Foundation. The award is given to a student in the discipline of sports medicine, sports marketing or related field and is based on merit and financial need.

Karlene Lihota and Nicole Neidig spent five weeks at the UMC St. Radboud Hospital, Nijemgan, NL.  They participated in a collaborative research project: Implicit vs. explicit training for the NSD powerball in healthy subjects, under the direction of JAAP Brunnekreef.

PT students and faculty continue to provide healthcare and education to culturally diverse and underserved populations in the community setting through Hands of Hope, a student-run clinic at the Ridge Shelter in Philadelphia.  This year, fundraising efforts by the students enabled them to purchase a new treadmill and home gym set for the Hands of Hope clinic.

Students from physical and occupational therapy and faculty raised $2300 for the American Cancer Society, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fund raising event.


Faculty Achievements

Awards:

Dr. Paul Howard was recognized as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the first year students in the Jefferson Medical College at the Black and Blue Ball in December 2006.

Faculty Presentations:

Workshop presentation. Rinehart-Ayres ME. Exercise program adherence. International World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress, Vancouver, Canada June 1, 2, 2007.

Invited Presentation. Rinehart-Ayres ME. Psychosocial issues of cancer throughout the continuum of care. Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, April 26, 2007.

Poster and Abstract. Rinehart-Ayres ME, Fish K, Lapp K, Nagle C, Rucker B. Systematic review of the use of compression pumps for upper extremity lymphedema following treatment for breast cancer, Combined Sections Meeting, Boston, MA. February 16, 2007.

Presentation and abstract. Besser MP. A tool to predict risk of falling in community-dwelling older adults, invited presentation, 3rd International GAITRite Meeting: Clinical Applications of Temporospatial Gait Analysis, Kuopio, Finland, August, 2006.

Presentation and abstract. Besser MP, Marpet MI, Medoff HP. In-Vivo Method to Characterize the Effects of Selected Contaminants and Walking Speed on Tendency to Slip During Walking, 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Antonio, TX.  February, 2007.

Presentation and paper. Marpet MI, Medoff HP, Besser MP. Uncertainty Issues in Walkway-Safety Tribometric Testing: Isolating the Contribution of the Tribometric Instrument, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2007.

Poster Presentation. Duff SV, Mulcahey MJ, Betz RR. Retention of Control Strategies During Lifts of Familiar Objects in Children with Spinal Cord Injury.  33rd Annual American Spinal Cord Injury Association, Tampa, Fl. June 1, 2007.

Poster Presentation. Desai S, Stanley C, Adeniyi-Jones S, Duff S, Damle V, Greenspan J. Neonatal Course and Early Outcome of Infants with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) Treated with Selective Brain Cooling.  The Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. Co-sponsored by the Society for Pediatric Research, Toronto, Canada, May 5, 2007.

Platform Presenation. Dayahindi S, Duff S, Kozin S, Scapular Mobility in Children with Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy, 29th Annual American Society of Biomechanics. Richmond, Virginia, September 7, 2006.

Invited Presentation. Levinson, M. They are only little people: Who’s in Control? 9th Annual ELECT/CTC Teen Summit: Your Purpose, Your Future, Your Choice, Stop the Violence!, Pennyslvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, May 9, 2007.

Poster presentation. Mount J, Kern S, Delicana J, Levitsky B, Michlik E, Tran T. Environmental Supports and Barriers to Physical and Occupational Therapists Using Evidence Based Practice in a Neurological Rehabilitation Setting.  Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA, Boston, MA, February 16, 2007.

Presentation. Mount J. Evidence-based Practice for Clients with Multiple Sclerosis. Physical Therapy Neurological Residency Program, Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, Elkins Park, PA, November 7, 2006.

Publications:

Raikin SM, Elias I, Zoga AC, Morrison WB, Besser MP, Schweitzer ME. Osteochondral lesions of the talus: Localization and morphologic data from 424 patients using a novel anatomical grid scheme. Foot & Ankle International. 28(2): 154-61, 2007.

Duff S, Dayanidhi S, Kozin S. Asymmetrical shoulder Kinematics in children with brachial plexus birth palsy. Clinical Biomechanics 22:630-38. (2007).

Duff S, Sainburg RL, Lateralization of motor adaptation reveals independence in control of trajectory and steady-state position. Experimental Brain Research 179(4):551-61 (2007).

Sainburg RL, Duff SV. Does motor lateralization have implications for stroke rehabilitation? Journal of Rehabilitation, Research and Development 43(3):311-322. (2006).

Reger PO, Barbe MF, Amin M, Renna BF, Hewston, LA, MacDonnell SM, Houser SR, Libonati JR.  “Myocardial hypoperfusion/reperfusion tolerance with exercise training in hypertension”. Journal of Applied Physiology 100 (2):541-7. (2006).

 Mount J, Pierce S, Parker J, DiEgidio R, Woessner R, Spiegel L. Trial and Error verses Errorless Learning of Functional Skills in Patients with Acute Stroke. NeuroRehabilitation 22:1-10, 2007.

Mount J, Kern S, Delicana J, Levitsky B, Michlik E, Tran T. Environmental Supports and Barriers to Physical and Occupational Therapists Using Evidence Based Practice in a Neurological Rehabilitation Setting. Journal of Neurological Physical Therapy, 30 (4):210, 2006.