Karen McCulloch, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and professor in the Division of Physical Therapy, will be honored as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at the PT NEXT conference in June 2019. The award is the association’s highest honor. McCulloch is board certified and recognized as a national expert in neurologic physical … Read more

Students and faculty members from the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and the Division of Physical Therapy traveled to Tyrrell County, North Carolina, for an interdisciplinary service learning trip over spring break. During the trip, students learned how people’s health is impacted by where they live and how to build a culture of health. Doctor … Read more

Melissa Kay, a student in the Human Movement Science curriculum, a joint program between the Division of Physical Therapy and the Department of Exercise and Sports Science, has received a Horizon Award from the Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her work focuses on enhancing athletic trainers’ role in decisions affection student-athlete health.  

The Student Health Action Coalition (SHAC), a student-led organization that provides health services at no cost to local uninsured and underinsured populations, has selected its incoming cohort of student leaders from the Division of Physical Therapy. SHAC creates a unique interdisciplinary service-learning environment for students across health science programs at UNC-Chapel Hill. To achieve its … Read more

Chris Lane is a third-year Doctor of Physical Therapy student whose journey to pursue becoming a physical therapist stemmed from a back injury in high school. “I became a patient in a physical therapy clinic,” Lane said. “I ended up returning to the clinic to help out and volunteer and really, I just enjoyed it … Read more

Be sure to check out our faculty, alumni, and student work at CSM! We are proud of their work and appreciate your support. Name Title Details Deborah Givens DiMarco LA, Ramger B, Howell G, Serrani A, Givens DL, Rhon D, Cook CE Differences in Characteristics and Downstream Drug Use among Opioid Naïve and Prior Opioid … Read more

Fostering a diverse population of physical therapists starts here While enrollment of underrepresented students in physical therapy programs continues to rise in the United States, there is still a gap in the representation of socioeconomic and racial diversity among physical therapy practitioners that leads to challenges in building crucial relationships with patients. While students in … Read more

Deanna Sipes, a third-year student in the Division of Physical Therapy, integrates service into her life, and it’s a mission she hopes to continue when she earns her Doctor of Physical Therapy. “I think it’s very important within this profession,” Sipes said. “It’s a very giving profession.” Sipes’s family is from Venezuela, and she said … Read more

For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine showed they could target one brain region with a weak alternating current of electricity, enhance the naturally occurring brain rhythms of that region, and significantly decrease symptoms associated with chronic lower back pain. The results, published in the Journal of Pain and presented at the Society for … Read more