Physical Therapy

Vallabhajosula, associate professor of physical therapy education, collaborated with Ganges Valley School in Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India to conduct a hands-on STEAM-based learning session on Biomechanics as part of National Biomechanics Day celebrations.

The associate professor in Elon's Department of Physical Therapy Education was awarded Fellowship at the recently held Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Faculty members and students from Department of Performing Arts, Department of Exercise Science and Department of Physical Therapy Education led an interactive, hands-on STEAM-based session for students from Elon Academy at the Francis Center.

Elon's Doctor of Physical Therapy program was represented strongly at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Denver, CO. Alicia Wilson and James Gerosa, second-year DPT students, also won awards at the conference.

Ann Heil, third-year DPT student, and Kelly O'Daniel, second-year DPT student, came together last year to found the Dance Special Interest Group (SIG).

Tracey Thurnes, Antoinette Polito and Crystal Ramsey traveled internationally in recent months to share their scholarship on topics that included the use of design thinking when approaching difficult conversations, destigmatizing patients with obesity, and treatments for traumatic brain injuries.

Zac Ormond DPT'23 and Alicia Wilson DPT'24 were recognized at the 30th annual Phillips-Perry Black Excellence Awards Celebration on April 22.

Tiffany Morris, associate professor and chair of the Department of Nursing, and Elizabeth Van Horn, associate professor in nursing, presented at the Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC) held in Washington, D.C.

The APTA North Carolina and the Student Special Interest Group (SSIG) hosted its 6th annual Student Conclave on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at Wingate University. The co-chairs of the event were third-year Doctor of Physical Therapy students Deanna DeMarco, SSIG director of student involvement, from Elon and Morria Heilman, SSIG chair, from Duke University.

An innovative research collaboration between Elon’s departments of Physical Therapy Education and Computer Science is shedding light on ways mixed, virtual and physical realities can assist patients.