School of Health Sciences

Fifth grade students from nearby Sylvan Elementary School get a lesson from DPT students, and offer thanks to LabCorp executives for research funding.

Top local business and civic leaders on Tuesday toured Elon University’s new home for physical therapy education and physician assistant studies.

Eileen "Ellie" Sorge '09 and Mark Archambault DHSc, PA-C, founding Chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, were formally recognized at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine's Department of Physician Assistant Studies Hooding and Award ceremony on May 15.

Elon DPT is hosting a 24-hour relay walk to raise money for childhood cancer research.

Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Education Daryl Lawson and three year III DPT students were invited to speak at North Carolina State University on Monday, Feb. 20. by the president of the Pre-Health Minority Interest group, DeMonica Gentry.

The first clinical affiliation agreement for the university's physician assistant studies program is with Alamance Regional Medical Center.

Daryl Lawson, assistant professor of physical therapy education, was selected for the second annual Wound Management Research Award by the American Physical Therapy Association Special Interest group in Wound Care during the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting in Chicago on Feb. 9, 2012.

Dr. Charity Johansson, professor of physical therapy education, and Dr. Susan Chinworth, associate professor of physical therapy education, signed copies of their new book, Mobility in Context: Principles of Patient Care Skills, at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in Chicago February 8-11.

Bill Andrews, PT, EdD, NCS, an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy Education, has published an article in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation.

Physical therapy research posters were presented by Elon DPT faculty and alumni at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting.