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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.

Deborah Thorpe, PT, PhD retired from her position as professor in the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Allied Health Sciences in August 2021. Thorpe steps down after nearly 22 years with UNC School of Medicine. She joined the faculty in 1999 as an assistant professor with a...

Deborah Givens, director of the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS), has been named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). The Catherine Worthingham Fellow is APTA’s highest membership category and serves as inspiration for all physical therapists to attain...

Jessica Cassidy and Louise Thoma, both assistant professors in the Division of Physical Therapy, have received Junior Faculty Development Awards from the University. The awards are internal fellowships that provide support for a professional or scholarly project. Cassidy, a well-known researcher in the area of stroke whose laboratory focuses on...

The University’s Office of the Provost has appointed Deborah Givens, the director of the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS), as the inaugural Dr. Margaret Lee Moore Distinguished Professor in Physical Therapy. About Deborah Givens, PT, DPT, PhD Givens directs the top-ranked Doctor of...

Mae Thomas (’15 DPT) practices pediatric physical therapy at the UNC Center for Rehabilitation Care, an area of specialization she knew she wanted to pursue since her second year as a PT student. Her interest in physical therapy began in high school, when she shadowed careers in health science. By...

As the physical therapy consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Exceptional Children Division, Laurie Ray, PT, PhD, provides consultation, technical assistance, professional development, and support to school-based physical therapists (PTs), PT assistants (PTAs), school administrators, parents, and families across the state. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic posed...

The program jumped from previous ranks of #11 (unadjusted) and #16 (adjusted) in 2015.

Laurie Ray, PT, MPT, PhD, was interviewed in APTA magazine regarding ways in which PT practitioners are serving, advocating and advancing practice in our public schools.

In a September APTA Magazine interview, DAHS alumna, retired Lt. Col. Drew Contreras, PT, DPT, says one reason for his successful career is that he does his best to treat every patient the same. That skill especially helped him not to be starstruck when he served from 2010 to 2017...

The Division of Physical Therapy and the UNC Student Physical Therapy Association (SPTA) officially welcomed 30 incoming students as part of the class of 2023 at a professionalism ceremony, held online in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony highlighted the division’s commitment to professionalism and to providing high-quality patient...