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APTA’s Combined Section Meeting is always a highlight of the year in the Physical Therapy profession, and UNC’s Division of Physical Therapy will have multiple faculty and students attending and presenting at the event in Houston, TX taking place February 13-15, 2025. Those in attendance hope to connect with alumni,...

A first-year Doctor of Physical Therapy student, Jake Sentman, was recently awarded a $14,000 scholarship from the Rizing Tide Foundation. The foundation was founded in 2020 by Dr. Heidi Jannenga, PT, DPT, ATC, who wanted to increase diversity in the physical therapy profession. Rizing Tide Foundation awards scholarships annually to...

The UNC Department of Health Sciences in the School of Medicine and UNC Health Rehabilitation Services Physical Therapist Residencies are pleased to partner with Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. Thanks to the new partnership, which is a part of the UNC and Novant Health affiliation,...

Professor Vicki Stemmons Mercer, PT, PhD, a long-time faculty member in the Division of Physical Therapy, is retiring after more than 30 years of distinguished service in the field. Becoming a Tar Heel Mercer first came to UNC in 1985 to pursue a master’s degree in physical therapy. At the...

Associate Professor Michael Lewek, PT, DPT, imagines his Heelprint in this year’s UNC athletics commercial, which will be broadcast during football and other sporting events throughout the fall.

The Division of Physical Therapy, located within the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Health Sciences, hosted its second annual Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Exploratory Day on April 13 in Bondurant Hall. The full-day event was designed to extend the program’s reach to potential applicants and students from groups...

Timothy “Tim” Eckard, PhD, joins the Division of Physical Therapy, one of the eight divisions within UNC’s Department of Health Sciences, following his time as associate professor with tenure in the Department of Physical Therapy at Western Carolina University (WCU), where he has been a faculty member since 2018. Eckard...

Chris Lane, PhD student in the Human Movement Science Curriculum program, recently received a Southern Association of Health Professions Deans (SAHPD) Student Leadership, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Award. This award is given to students in an allied health related field who demonstrate leadership in DEI and/or reducing health disparities. “I...

A Human Movement Science Curriculum (HMSC) PhD student, Rachana Gangwani, was recently awarded the program’s Duquette Scholarship. Gangwani is a 4th year graduate student studying under the guidance of Division of Physical Therapy faculty Dr. Jessica Cassidy. The Duquette Scholarship was created in honor of Louis and Eleanor Duquette to...

APTA’s Combined Section Meeting is always a highlight of the year in the Physical Therapy profession, and UNC’s Division of Physical Therapy will have multiple faculty and students attending and presenting at the event in Boston, MA, taking place February 15-17, 2024. Those in attendance hope to connect with alumni,...