Dana B. McCarty, PT, DPT, PhD

Dana B. McCarty, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy

Division of Physical Therapy
Department of Health Sciences
3024 Bondurant Hall, CB# 7135
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7135
Office: (919) 843-8792 Fax: (919) 966-3678

mailto: dana_mccarty@med.unc.edu

Education

• PhD in Maternal and Child Health, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2024
• Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2019
• Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency, Duke University Hospital, 2011
• DPT, University of South Carolina – Columbia, SC, 2008
• BA, Dance, Columbia College, Columbia, SC, 2005

Teaching

• PHYT 750: Psychosocial Aspects of Disability and Illness
• PHYT 880: Child and Family Assessment
• Course Lectures
  • Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Conditions in Pediatrics
  • Musculoskeletal Assessment and Intervention in Pediatrics
  • Prenatal and Neonatal Development
• UNC Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency Director and Didactic/Clinical Mentor
• UNC Neonatology Physical Therapy Fellowship Coordinator and Mentor

Professional Societies

• American Physical Therapy Association
  • Section Memberships: Pediatrics (Neonatal and Academic/Clinical Education SIGs), Research
• North Carolina Physical Therapy Association

Publications

Please see this PubMed Link for peer review publications

Funding

• Foundation for Physical Therapy Research
  • Promotion of Doctoral Studies I
  • Promotion of Doctoral Studies II
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
  • KL2 Supplement Award
    • Grant number: 3KL2TR002490-02S1
    • Source: NIH/NCCIH
    • Project: TEMPO: A feasibility study of a physical therapist-led program for parents of extremely preterm infants
    • Role: Primary Investigator/KL2 Scholar (funded 7/1/19-2/28/22)