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Class Challenge Campaign Celebration
Alumni, friends, and current students gathered to celebrate the successful completion of the UNC Physical Therapy Class Challenge Campaign on October 14, 2011. Gifts and pledges from more than 400 UNC PT alumni and friends surpassed the campaign’s $100,000 goal, matching the generous $100,000 gift from Paul and Louise Hall to build the Vanessa Louise Hall Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of their daughter.
UNC PT Adjunct Professor Co-Authors Landmark Study on Patient Access to PTs
UNC PT Adjunct Assistant Professor Janet K. Freburger PT, PhD, has co-authored a study that suggests giving patients direct access to physical therapists is more cost-effective than requiring physician referrals.
UNC Multiple Sclerosis Curriculum Grads Become MS Certified Specialists
Erica Byrne Gaskins (DPT ’10) and Melissa Mahon (DPT ’10) recently passed the Multiple Sclerosis Certified Specialist exam, the final step in a certification process sponsored by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC).
NCTraCS Funding Fuels Research by Three PT Faculty
Physical Therapy faculty members Mike Lewek and Karen McCulloch, as well as Professor and PT Division Director Rick Segal, have received funding from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NCTraCS) to help them pursue research in three different areas.
Segal Appointed Co‐Interim Director of Rehabilitation Engineering Center
UNC Physical Therapy Division Director and Professor Rick Segal, PT, PhD, FAPTA, has been named Co‐Interim Director of the newly formed Rehabilitation Engineering Center (REC) of the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, an academic department co-located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University.
Physical Therapy Students Serve Communities Near and Far
The Doctor of Physical Therapy program requires three years of full-time study, but this rigorous curriculum and schedule has not deterred UNC PT students from regularly volunteering to use their time and talents to help those in need.
New Pediatric PT Collaboration
The University of North Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) LEND fellowship and the Duke Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Pediatric residency have joined together to create a unique opportunity for the pediatric PT community.
UNC PT 54th Annual Commencement
The UNC Chapel Hill Division of Physical Therapy hosted its 54th annual commencement ceremony on August 6, 2011, in the Kenan Center’s Koury Auditorium. Twenty-five Doctor of Physical Therapy degree recipients and seven Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT) degree recipients were recognized during the ceremony.
