PHYS THER
Vol. 89, No. 2, February 2009, pp. 191-192
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.2.191
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants |
News from the Foundation for Physical Therapy
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First-Generation Foundation-Funding Recipients Mentor CORRT Scholars
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Now in its 30th anniversary year, the Foundation for Physical Therapy will celebrate the more than 600 physical therapist researchers whose careers were launched with Foundation grants, scholarships, and fellowships. The Foundation is proud of their successes. Their findings have increased the evidence that clinicians can use in managing a wide range of patient needs. Their work has strengthened the profession, and their impact reverberates today through the next generation of researchers.
The expanding influence of those researchers can be seen through the National Institutes of Health's new $4.6-million Comprehensive Opportunities in Rehabilitation Research Training program (CORRT). The program aims to build investigative skills by matching 10 young researchers, most of whom have been awarded Foundation grants, with senior researchers.
Michael Mueller, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is principal investigator and Anthony Delitto, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and Stuart Binder-Macleod, PT, PhD, FAPTA, are program directors of CORRT. Mueller received a Foundation research grant in 1987 to conduct a clinical trial of wound treatment for people with diabetes. His study set the "gold standard" for treatment with total contact casting. This experience started his 20-year exploration of ways to limit physical stresses on extremities and ultimately avoid amputation. His findings have changed the way the medical community views diabetic foot wounds—from a vascular problem to neuropathic weakness—and, as a result, interventions now include muscle-strengthening exercises.
As a full-time professor and researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, Mueller continues to explore and publish his ideas. He also is passing on his expertise to young researchers. Mueller is mentoring Marcie Harris Hayes, PT, DPT, OCS. "The CORRT program is giving all of us the opportunity to participate in something much bigger than ourselves," Mueller said.
Other CORRT mentors and scholars include (Figure):
- Linda Van Dillen, PT, PhD, Washington University, mentoring Joanne Wagner, PT, PhD, ATC, St Louis University
- G Kelley Fitzgerald, PT, PhD, OCS, University of Pittsburgh, mentoring Fabrisia Ambrosio, PT, PhD
- James (Cole) Galloway, PT, PhD, University of Delaware, mentoring Stacey Dusing, PT, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD, University of Iowa, mentoring Laura Frey-Law, PT, PhD
- Lynn Snyder-Mackler, PT, ScD, ATC, SCS, University of Delaware, mentoring Gregory Hicks, PT, PhD
- Richard Shields, PT, PhD, FAPTA, University of Iowa, mentoring Glenn Williams, PT, PhD
- Steven Wolf, PT, PhD, Emory University, mentoring Jeanne Charles, PT, PhD
- Amy Bastian, PT, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, mentoring Ya-Weng Tseng, PT, PhD, Temple University
- James Becker, PhD, mentoring Margo Holmes, PhD, OTR/L, University of Pittsburgh, and Elizabeth Skidmore, PhD, OTR/L.
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Figure. Stuart Binder-Macleod, Michael Mueller, Anthony Delitto (seated, left to right), and the rest of the CORRT scholars and mentors.
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Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Director of the Program in Occupational Therapy at Washington University in St Louis, and Joan Rogers, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy at University of Pittsburgh, serve on the Executive Committee of CORRT.
"You can see how the Foundation's funding keeps coming back," Mueller noted. "The Foundation helped start the careers of most of the CORRT mentors. It also provided seed money for these young researchers to conduct studies that generate a track record. That helped to qualify them for this program and will enable them to seek larger grants afterward. The Foundation fills a niche that can’t be filled by any other institution."
For more about CORRT and the Foundation-funded researchers, see the Foundation Web site at www.FoundationForPhysicalTherapy.org. Click on "Program Information."
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Introducing the Foundation's 2009 Scientific Review Committee Appointees
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The Foundation for Physical Therapy Board of Trustees announces the selection of 2 physical therapist researchers to serve as members of the Foundation's Scientific Review Committee (SRC). The 9 member SRC reviews all doctoral scholarship and research grant applications received by the Foundation for funding. Their terms began January 1.
Linda Resnik, PT, PhD, OCS, is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Community Health at Brown University and a Research Health Scientist at the Providence VA Medical Center. Her research portfolio includes both qualitative and quantitative research studies. Her substantive areas of research include rehabilitation service delivery, rehabilitation outcomes measurement, use of assistive technologies and home modifications, and rehabilitation of active duty service members and veterans with combat wounds. Dr Resnik has received over $2.5 million in research funding as principal investigator on 8 research grants, (3 NIH-funded RO3s, 2 VA HSR&D grants, 2 VA RR&D grants, and an RI foundation award). Additionally, she is or has been co-investigator on 4 project/center grants. She is an integral member of 3 dynamic research teams: the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown; Providence VA's HSR&D Research Enhancement Program on Quality of Care for Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation; and the Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine, a VA RR&D Center of Excellence. Dr Resnik serves as Editorial Board Member of PTJ and the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy and as Chairperson of the Research Committee of APTA's Section on Health Policy and Administration.
Katherine S Rudolph, PT, PhD, a Foundation doctoral research recipient in 1997, has been reappointed to the Scientific Review Committee and will begin a second 3-year term. Dr Rudolph is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomechanics and Movement Science at the University of Delaware, specializing in knee biomechanics and movement analysis of people with neurologic injuries. She has had experience as both an NIH principal investigator/co-investigator and an NIH grant reviewer. In addition, she serves as a manuscript reviewer for a number of publications, including the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, PTJ, and Arthritis Care and Research.
| Nominations Requested for Scientific Review Committee The Foundation is seeking recommendations for individuals to serve on its Scientific Review Committee (SRC). Well-qualified physical therapist researchers will review doctoral, fellowship, and research grant applications received by the Foundation. To be considered, individuals must meet the criteria for SRC membership posted on the Foundation's Web site (www.FoundationForPhysicalTherapy.org) under Program Information. Self-nominations are welcome. Please e-mail your recommendations to evadonley{at}apta.org.
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