PHYS THER
Vol. 89, No. 6, June 2009, p. 617
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2009.89.6.617
Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants |
News from the Foundation for Physical Therapy
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Recent Publications by Foundation-Funded Researchers
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"Effect of Laterally Wedged Foot Orthoses on Rearfoot and Hip Mechanics in Patients With Medial Knee Osteoarthritis," by Robert J. Butler, Joaquin A. Barrios, Todd Royer, and Irene S. Davis, has been published in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Joaquin Barrios, PT, DPT, PhD, received a Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) scholarship of $7,500 from the Foundation in 2006 to study "Biomechanics and Movement Science."
"Neural Correlate of the Contextual Interference Effect in Motor Learning: A Kinematic Analysis," by Chien-Ho Lin, Beth E. Fisher, Allan D. Wu, Yi-An Ko, Lung-Yee Lee, and Carolee J. Winstein, appeared in the May 2009 issue of the Journal of Motor Behavior.
Beth Fisher, PT, PhD, received several awards from the Foundation: a $6,500 scholarship in 1997–1998; a $15,000 PODS II scholarship in 1998 to study "Functional Brain Correlates for Pre-movement Planning and Compensatory Scaling in Rapid Aimed Movements"; and a $40,000 Research Grant in 2008 for "Comparison of Two Locomotor Training Programs on Brain and Behavior in Early Parkinson Disease."
Carolee Winstein, PT, PhD, FAPTA, received a $4,462 grant in 1986 to study "Relative Frequency of Information Feedback in Motor Performance and Learning" and a $25,942 grant in 1993 for "Deficits in Movement-Related Information Processing After Stroke: A Behavioral and Kinematic Study." She also was primary investigator of the Foundation's $1.5 million Clinical Research Network, a multisite study from 2003 to 2007 of the effects of strengthening exercises in 4 patient groups: adults poststroke, children with cerebral palsy, adults with chronic spinal cord injury and shoulder pain, and adults with orthopedic low back pain.
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Foundation Announces Student Intern
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The Foundation for Physical Therapy has announced that MaryEllen Petrie (Figure), Marquette University, is joining the Foundation as a summer intern. In this position at the Foundation office, Petrie will help build the Research Match database, a new APTA/Foundation initiative, by inputting physical therapist researcher biographical data. She also will help to develop the 22nd Marquette Challenge, which kicks off in October at National Student Conclave in Miami, Florida.
Petrie, who is from the St Louis area, will graduate in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish for the Medical Professions and will continue working toward a Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree, also at Marquette University, with graduation targeted for 2012.
| Foundation's Dinner Dance at PT 2009—Celebrating 30 Years of Research The Foundation for Physical Therapy will celebrate 30 years of research at the annual Dinner Dance on June 11th during the APTA Annual Conference in Baltimore. Dinner Dance tickets must be purchased before PT 2009. Tickets can be purchased when registering for annual conference online at www.apta.org or by calling 800/999-2782, ext 3395. The Dinner Dance will take place at the Holiday Ballroom in the Hilton Baltimore, at 6:30 pm to midnight.
New this year, Georgia State–Marquette Challenge winners will be announced during the reception, sponsored by Preferred Therapy Providers Inc. The complimentary Dinner Dance reception is open to all conference attendees.
Special thanks to HPSO/CNA, title sponsor of the Foundation Dinner Dance for the 9th consecutive year. For more information, contact Barbara Malm at 800/875-1378, ext 8502, or barbaramalm{at}apta.org.
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