Author Archives: marycatr

Each spring, a panel of alumni from the Division of Physical Therapy’s DPT program spend an evening sharing their professional experiences and answering questions from current students about what to expect during the process of finding employment. This year, the conversation offered students the opportunity to learn about what to...

Dana McCarty, assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy within the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Allied Health Sciences, recently received a P.E.O. Scholar Award. P.E.O. Scholar Awards are merit-based and reserved for women pursuing doctoral degrees to support their studies and research. McCarty is currently a PhD...

Ryan Brooks, PT, DPT, MA, CSCS, USAW-L2, is a 2021 graduate of the division of Physical Therapy’s DPT program, housed within the Department of Allied Health Sciences. Following graduation from UNC, he began a PT residency program at the University of Miami where he works at a sports-based outpatient orthopedic...

Tanner Holden, PT, DPT, CSCS recently attended the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting (APTA CSM) for his first time as a UNC DPT graduate. The DPT program is housed within the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Allied Health Sciences. At the CSM, Holden presented his...

In an October 2021 perspective article published in PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal, authors Dana McCarty, PT, DPT, and Meghan Shanahan, PhD, MPH, explored how PTs can and should use the socio-ecological model to treat and motivate their patients. PT Magazine featured McCarty’s work in its latest issue. Click...

Dylan Sheedy, a recent Division of Physical Therapy graduate, has been successfully navigating his first year of clinical practice in Asheville. This fall he was nominated for and won the Best of the Blue Ridge: Physical Therapist award from the greater community in Hendersonville, NC, and was featured on a...

Jon Hacke, PT, DPT has retired from his position as assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Allied Health Sciences as of October 1, 2021. Hacke spent more than 25 years in the Division, bringing his unique background and experience to clinical, research and educational...

Louise M. Thoma, PT, DPT, PhD was recently featured in Healio Rheumatology to discuss her recent publication in Arthritis Care & Research. Thoma and her colleagues focus on the association of disease activity and disability with rehabilitation utilization in African Americans with rheumatoid arthritis.