Physical Therapy

Associate professors of physical therapy Bill Andrews and Susan Chinworth have published an article in the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy along with third-year DPT students Michael Bourassa, Miranda Garvin, Dacia Benton, and Scott Tanner.

Department of Physical Therapy Education faculty, staff and students visited R. Homer Andrews Elementary School in Alamance County and Raskis Elementary School in Orange County to talk with students about the importance of the human skeleton.

Students studying for their doctor of physical therapy degree paid tribute Tuesday afternoon to the deceased men and women who donated their bodies to science by serving as “teachers” for the graduate program’s Class of 2012.

Four 2010 Physical Therapy graduate students, Ashley Davis, Blair Harrison, Mara Hutton and Veronica Zych, will travel to Romania Aug. 19-31, 2010, as part of a Christian mission trip called "Wheels for the World – Romania," organized by Joni and Friends International Disability Center.

Danielle Gilbert '08 and a current Elon DPT student has been awarded a fellowship through the Foundation of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers.

Department of Physical Therapy Education (DPTE) faculty, staff and students visited Michelle Noronha’s seventh grade science class at Burlington Day School to talk with students about the importance of the human skeleton.

Paula DiBiasio and Doctor of Physical Therapy student volunteers Ashley Davis (2010), Heather Honeycutt (2010), Dana Tischler (2010), Jackque Scott (2011), Tracey Vincent (2011), Christina Ridenour (2012) , Angela Watkins (Elon DPT alumna), and friends Lucy Goodwin-Johansson, Megan Phillips, and Matthew McLaughlin participated in BikeAbility 2010, a bike clinic for individuals with disabilities, Saturday April 24th in Chapel Hill.

Elon University hosted Special Olympics Alamance County on Friday as athletes from surrounding communities visited campus for the nonprofit’s annual spring games. Several university students volunteered for the program, which included appearances by Elon Phoenix football players, cheerleaders and the Phoenix mascot.

Tiffani Bacon, a 2003 graduate of the Elon DPT program, spent a week in Haiti providing much needed physical therapy services to children at the Love a Child Disaster Recovery Center. To read her touching personal story, please click the link to the right. Blog photos courtesty of Victor Banta and Justin Ide.

Thirty-eight students enrolled Jan. 4, 2010, in the DPT program in the Department of Physical Therapy Education. Their enrollment marks Elon’s eighth class of DPT students.