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Three School of Health Professions faculty members shared research presentations at The University of Texas System Kenneth I. Shine Academy of Health Science Education 2024 Innovations in Health Science Education Conference held in Austin on Feb. 22–23. Angela Benfield, PhD, OTR , assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, and Gustavo Almeida, PT, PhD , assistant professor…
Teaching future physician assistants is something Paul B. Allen Sr., DSc, MPAS, PA-C, FAAPA , associate professor and program director and chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, plans to do for as long as possible. That commitment is reflected in Allen’s selection as one of the recipients of the 2024 Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence–Sustained. “My career trajectory…, here, .
Donning her white coat was a moment to savor for first-year Respiratory Care Master of Science student Brianna Guerin. “The whole purpose of the white coat ceremony is to celebrate us moving from the didactic setting to the clinical setting. A lot of people got more emotional than we thought it would be,” said Guerin, vice-president of the Class of 2025. “This is a big turning point for us.”…
After volunteering at a recent pro bono clinic, physical therapy students recognized a need for shoes among those served by Alpha Home, a local nonprofit that supports residential addiction recovery treatment for women. A good pair of shoes makes all the difference in rehabilitating a lower-extremity injury, said Julie Barnett, PT, DPT, MTC, an assistant professor in the Department of Physical…
Department of Physical Therapy faculty presented research on topics ranging from communication barriers when providing therapy to Afghan refugees to depression after traumatic brain injury at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting 2024, held in Boston in February. The faculty’s participation at the meeting included: Michael Geelhoed, PT, DPT, associate professor…, , Ski Mactaggart and Kristina Morrelli were co-authors. Subramanian and Assistant Professor Selina Morgan, PT, DPT, NCS, partnered to present a poster entitled, “Single and Dual Task Upper Limb Performance in Individuals with Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries.” The poster won second place in a poster contest in TBI rehabilitation by the Brain Injury Special Interest Group of the Academy of…
The Mandell PhD Student Research Showcase will be held April 5–6, 2024. This annual one-day conference brings together students and faculty advisors and mentors from all tracks and years of the Health Sciences PhD program. The conference offers a unique forum for PhD students to present their research before a panel of judges, faculty and student colleagues and attendees and to network and…
School of Health Professions Associate Dean for Research Timothy Reistetter, PhD, OTR, FAOTA , a professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, has secured more than $1.5 million in RO1 grant funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to support his research on the effect of social determinants of health on rehabilitation outcomes before and after COVID-19 in the United…
For Grace Holliday, a second-year Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology student graduating in May, participating in the School of Health Professions’ Distinction in Research program just might have changed the trajectory of her career. “I feel like it has opened this whole other world to me that I never thought I would be a part of,” said Holliday, whose research project studies the…, “, We studied the proteins involved in DNA repair, and these are super important for avoiding cancer,” Palacios said. “If these proteins are mutated it a lot of the time results in cancer. If we can better understand these mutations, it allows us to develop better therapies for the patients.” “I am now considering research in my future, because I really like it,” she said. Both Holliday and…
Faculty and students from the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders attended the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in Fort Worth in February. The program’s team of three second-year students competed in a multi-round Praxis Bowl competition among Texas universities. Teams answered timed practice…
By Kate Hunger Angela Kennedy, SLP-D, CCC-SLP, assistant professor and director of clinical education for the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was elected vice president for education and scientific affairs of the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Elected in March, Dr. Kennedy’s two-year term will begin in January. As a member for TSHA’s executive board, she will lead…