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On April 17, 2019 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ celebrated its 4 annual National Biomechanics Day at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.

All 38 members of the program’s most recent graduating class passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination on the first try, the second time during the past five years the program has achieved that mark.

Neja Uhan, a podiatrist from Oxford, will be working with the Department of Physical Therapy Education for the next nine months, collaborating with biomechanical and clinical foot research for runners.

The grant will support their project titled "Do supervised home exercise programs improve compliance, physical functioning and emotional well-being in persons with Parkinson's disease after physical therapy care?"

The annual community event raised $6,500 for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s pro bono physical therapy clinic and partnered with Special Olympics for the day.  

Shefali Christopher, assistant professor of physical therapy, gave the keynote address at the Running Medicine 2019 conference held March 15-16 at the University in Virginia in Charlottesville.

The annual event offered academic, clinical and career guidance to 200 students from 13 of North Carolina's Doctor of Physical Therapy and Physical Therapy Assistant programs. 

Alamance County's science café meets on the second Tuesday of each month during the academic year. 

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Doctor of Physical Therapy Program students volunteered with the Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation to help make people with amputation, spinal cord injury and other physical challenges comfortable around water.

An article by Shaun Lynch, assistant professor and academic coordinator in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, was published in February’s issue of Clinician Reviews, a peer-reviewed clinical journal for nurse practitioners and physician assistants.