Cory Christiansen, PT, PhD, Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, has been recognized as a 2024 Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (FAPTA) at the APTA Leadership Congress in Kansas City. The fellow designation is the association’s highest membership category which is awarded to physical therapists whose careers demonstrate unwavering commitment to the profession and demonstrated leadership across education, practice, research, and advocacy.

On Saturday, July 13, 2024, our inaugural hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy cohort participated in the Class of 2026 White Coat and Oath Ceremony at the Hybl Center located at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS Campus).

The findings of the longitudinal study titled ‘Prognostic value of tissue bridges in cervical spinal cord injury: a longitudinal, multicenter, retrospective cohort study’ that are described in this article have the potential to change clinical practice and were just published in The Lancet Neurology which is the world-leading Clinical Neurology journal.

The CU Physical Therapy Program was featured in Chancellor Elliman's At the Forefront Newsletter for our exciting innovations and collaborations in physical therapy education.