Ben Carrion and I had the privilege of organizing the 12th Annual UNC Division of Physical Therapy Golf Tournament on September 29, 2017 at the Golf Course at Chapel Ridge. This was a fun event for students, alumni, local clinicians, and supporters of the UNC PT program to come together to socialize, play golf, and … Read more

This scholarship will honor the dedication and research of Dr. Carol Giuliani. All donations to this scholarship will provide financial assistance to PT PhD students in the Human Movement Science Curriculum in geriatrics and/or neurology. Donate now

Twenty-one students and three faculty members from UNC-Chapel Hill traveled to Tyrrell County, North Carolina, to work with community partners on a variety of community activities related to the social determinants of health. The 2018 trip marks UNC’s ninth year of interdisciplinary teams traveling to Tyrrell County to engage in service-learning activities during spring break. … Read more

As of the fall of 2017, UNC physical therapy students have begun to attend Urban Ministry of Durham, a nonprofit that connects poor and homeless neighbors to food, shelter and a future, to provide PT evaluations and treatments to individuals with limited resources and/or the uninsured. UNC pharmacy students have worked with UMD for many … Read more

First-year students in the Division of Physical Therapy gathered on Friday, February 9, 2017, to participate in a baby lab as part of a course in motor development and human movement across the lifespan. The experience is hosted by the program and community-based physical therapists. As part of the baby lab, first-year physical therapy students … Read more

The UNC PT Board of Advisors has challenged all PT alumni to support this golden opportunity. Thanks to a generous donation from the Dr. Margaret L. Moore estate, the Division of Physical Therapy has the unique opportunity to establish its first professorship. Dr. Moore made a generous estate commitment to establish the first endowed professorship in her name … Read more

Ruth U. Mitchell, PT, PhD, of Apex, North Carolina, passed away on January 7, 2018 at UNC Hospitals after a brief illness. She was 85 years old. Dr. Mitchell was a Professor Emerita in the Division of Physical Therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was nationally known for her expertise … Read more

Faculty from UNC’s Physical Therapy (PT) division and the Department of Exercise and Sports Science met in early November on the UNC campus with fellow PT faculty from the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University to brainstorm ideas for future collaboration. As the group of 20 shared current research, they realized avenues of … Read more

Vicki Mercer, PT, PhD, has received the award of Outstanding Physical Therapist, an annual award given by the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association (NCPTA). Mercer, who has been a physical therapist for more than 35 years, has maintained a love for clinical practice. In her nomination letter for the award, Deborah Givens, PT, PhD, DPT, and … Read more

In October, the Division of Physical Therapy participated in the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association’s Outreach Challenge at the Association’s fall conference. The challenge aimed to recognize the program whose students logged the most collective volunteer hours outside of program requirements. Of all the NCPTA schools that participated, UNC had the most hours documented and … Read more