The CU Physical Therapy Alumni Association Board of Directors is spotlighting our amazing Student Representatives. Get to know Class of 2024 member Jarod Maxson.
The CU Physical Therapy Alumni Association Board of Directors is spotlighting our amazing Student Representatives. Get to know Class of 2025 member Gabbi Fisher.
The University of Colorado Physical Therapy Program announces that Dr. Dan Malone has been named the director of the hybrid pathway, in partnership with the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS).
The CU Physical Therapy Program celebrated the graduation of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2023. Festivities were held over a three-day period, including the PT Alumni Association Graduation Party on Thursday, December 14th, the Convocation Ceremony on December 15th, and Commencement on December 16th.
On Friday, October 6, 2023, the CU Physical Therapy Program celebrated it's 75th Anniversary at the Anschutz Health and Sciences Building. Over 150 people were in attendance. There was a cocktail reception, followed by a formal program featuring speakers from across the CU PT Program and Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Jandel Allen-Davis, President and CEO of Craig Hospital, delivered the keynote address, and Dr. Roderick Nairn received the Mary S. Lawrence Award. A short documentary detailing the history of the CU PT Program was also debuted.
Dr. Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley was featured in The Aspen Times where she will be on a panel Wednesday, October 4, 2023, to discuss The Longevity Project: Maintaining mobility, balance, and athleticism throughout life.
The CU Physical Therapy Program faculty have much to celebrate this summer, including a promotion, acceptance into a grant writing workshop, earning new educational credentials, and successful passage of a residency cohort!
Colorado was selected as 1 of 3 states for the “Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems: Evidence to Impact” award. Sites will focus on strategies that “put families and equity first”. Dr. Dawn Magnusson will be serving in a consulting role and will be expanding the work that has been done around shared decision making to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of a statewide, comprehensive roadmap for early childhood developmental promotion, screening, and intervention that improves outcomes and reduces disparities for historically underserved/marginalized communities.
Editor-in-Chief of the Physical Therapy Journal Alan Jette discusses academic career earnings and the projected shortage of physical therapy researchers with Alexander Garbin and Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, whose recent study evaluated the short- and long-term financial impacts of a full-time PhD program for physical therapists with a DPT.
Robyn Gisbert, PT, DPT, assistant professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Margaret Schenkman, PT, PhD, FAPTA, professor emerita at the University of Colorado, studied the impact of heartfulness meditation on current health science students to measure reductions in anxiety, stress, and depression and boosts to resilience.