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Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences

  Dr. Jamie Holloway was recently awarded the Linda Crane Research Grant by the Florida Physical Therapy Association at their annual conference in Orlando. The Linda Crane Research Grant has been given out each year in honor of Dr. Linda Crane who was a dedicated member of the profession of ph … [read more]

The Veterans Health Administration Office of Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Services recently welcomed M. Jason Highsmith, PT, DPT, PhD, CP, FAAOP to the role of National Program Director, National Director for Clinical Orthotist & Prosthetist Service effective September 17, 2018.  Dr. Highsmith … [read more]

               The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) recently announced which presentations and posters were selected for the Annual Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) Conference this January 2019.  The APTA is one of the largest national organizations for physical therapy with over 100,00 … [read more]

University of South Florida School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Professor, Dr. William Quillen presented a poster, “Relationship between Time of Day Tested and Lumbar Spine Strength and Endurance” at last week’s Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) held in Orlando, F … [read more]

The School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences welcomed the DPT Class of 2021 to campus recently. This incoming class is composed of over half Florida residents, and other half hailing from states such as Ohio, Georgia, New Jersey, and as far as California. Their average undergraduate G … [read more]

                Two University of South Florida (USF) School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science (SPT&RS) Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) 2020 students, Nicole Harder and Sandrine Urias  have been selected as scholars in the USF MS STEP UP (Multiple Sclerosis Standardized Train … [read more]

Congratulations to Dr. Jeannie Stephenson of the University of South Florida (USF) School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences (SPT&RS). Dr. Stephenson received the National MS Society’s Impact Series 2017 “Care Partner of the Year” award for Florida. She was nominated by Carroll Fr … [read more]

Dr. Douglas Haladay has been accepted as a Fellow in the Education Leadership Institute (ELI) of APTA.  A total of 18 fellows have been accepted for the 2018-2019 term which begins in July of 2019. This fellowship is designed to explore all aspects of higher education leadership and its relationship … [read more]