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

The UNC Student Physical Therapy Association (SPTA) and the Division of Physical Therapy officially welcomed 32 incoming students in the class of 2020 at a professionalism ceremony on Friday, September 8, 2017, in the Medical Biomolecular Research Building. Division director Deborah Givens, PT, PhD, DPT, said the ceremony is an opportunity to recognize the significance … Read more

The Division of Physical Therapy celebrated its 58th annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, August 5, 2017, at the William and Ida Friday Center. More than 30 graduates representing the Doctor of Physical Therapy and the transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy programs received their degrees. Three physical therapists who completed residencies in orthopedic and pediatric physical therapy … Read more

People with cerebral palsy (CP) are now living longer than they ever have before. But a longer life with CP can include more complex health issues that providers are struggling to accommodate. One physical therapist at UNC wants to change that. When Sarah Dowd was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2013, the news hit … Read more

The Division of Physical Therapy celebrated its 60thanniversary on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Alumni, friends, and family gathered at The Farm in Chapel Hill to recognize the program’s valuable contributions to the field of physical therapy. Dr. Stephen R. Hooper, associate dean and chair of the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the UNC School of Medicine, … Read more

Students in the Division of Physical Therapy have received honors from the 2016-2017 Foundation for Physical Therapy’s VCU-Marquette Challenge for their fundraising efforts; the challenge is an annual initiative to support new investigators in the field of physical therapy research. UNC-Chapel Hill physical therapy students sponsor an annual golf tournament to support the challenge. UNC-CH … Read more