Physical Therapy

Laurence N. Benz, president/CEO of PT Developlement LLC, delivered the commencement address to the 39 Elon DPT students who graduated from the university on Dec. 12, 2010.

Jenna Valaer, Class of 2011, was successful in writing an extract of the research article titled "Comparing exercise in Parkinson's disease--the Berlin LSVT®BIG study.” This extract was accepted to the American Physical Therapy Association's research database Hooked on Evidence and is published online.

DPT faculty members Deborah Stetts and Gray Carpenter partnered with DPT alumni Adam Autry and Mike Bourassa on a poster than has been accepted to the 2011 APTA national conference.

Thirty-nine candidates in Elon University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 12, 2010, in an afternoon ceremony that featured an address from the creator of Evidence in Motion, a highly regarded education and business practice consultation company within the physical therapy profession.

The Office of Graduate Admissions has launched a new Web site designed to showcase the benefits of an Elon graduate education and to simplify the admissions process for prospective students.

On November 5-6 over 20 physical therapy faculty from universities across the nation attended the University of Southern California's Evidence-Based Practice Institute for Physical Therapy Faculty, hosted by Elon University's Department of Physical Therapy Education.

Charity Johansson, a professor of physical therapy, was interviewed for the October issue of the children's science publication Odyssey Magazine regarding the therapeutic benefits of magic.

Janet M. Cope, Ph.D., OTR/L, associate professor of physical therapy, and Stewart Holt, Ph.D., molecular biology, have published an article in the Journal of Physical Therapy Education with Erin Sanders G'09, and third-year DPT students Laura Corriher and Davis Templeton.

Elon physical therapy alumna Blake Russell was featured in the Oct. 31 edition of The New York Times in a story about balancing motherhood with distance running.

WFMY News 2 covered Elon DPT students as they worked with elementary school children on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.