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• American Society for Investigative Pathology highlights Prof. Joseph Roche's COVID-19 research
  July 2, 2020
  The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) highlighted the COVID-19 research of WSU Applebaum Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Joseph Roche and his wife and co-author Renuka Roche, assistant professor of occupational therapy at Eastern Michigan University, in its Pathologists Fighting COVID-19 series. Their paper hypothesizes a bradykinin [BK] model for COVID-19 complications and they suggest use of the FDA-approved BK blocker icatibant in the treatment of patients with COVID-19 respiratory disease.
• Two WSU Applebaum students on GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team
  June 26, 2020
  PharmD student Jackie Feist and physical therapy student Teresa Diehl, both runners on the Wayne State University women's outdoor track and field team, maintained cumulative grade-point averages of at least 3.5.
• Interprofessional Home Visit (IPTV) program teaches team care for older adults
  June 15, 2020
  IPTV introduces Wayne State’s social work, medical, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy and physician assistant students, as well as University of Detroit Mercy’s dental students, to team care for older adults. Students learn how to assess an older adult’s health and social needs and to participate in an interdisciplinary team environment.
• PT student Haley Boccomino strives to improve health care for LGBTQ and other underrepresented populations
  June 1, 2020
  As the first openly transgender person accepted into Wayne State’s physical therapy program, Boccomino hopes to help educate fellow future medical professionals and ensure improved care for transgender patients.
• Fox 2 Detroit: Alum Mark Mitchell '13 on physical therapy's role in COVID-19 recovery
  May 29, 2020
  DMC Physical Therapist Mark Mitchell, a 2013 WSU Applebaum DPT graduate, says people underestimate the toll being immobile in the hospital takes, especially with a disease that attacks the lungs, and muscle atrophy leaves some COVID patients struggling to move.
• PT Prof. Joseph Roche and OT wife Renuka publish high-impact research on COVID-19 treatment possibility
  May 28, 2020
  Their submission to the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology's flagship journal hypothesizing that dysregulated bradykinin signaling is involved in COVID-19 respiratory complications was accepted within two days and published online less than two weeks later.
• Ask a Mentor series helps prospective students explore health sciences career options
  May 21, 2020
  On May 28-29 and June 11-12, a series of four one-hour virtual Q&A sessions will connect prospective students with those currently studying health sciences. Each panel will answer questions about their program — including physician assistant studies, physical therapy, radiologic technology and nurse anesthesia — and offer admission tips.
• 2019 Wayne State physical therapy graduate steps up to COVID-19 front lines
  May 8, 2020
  “Kristen went through a lot of change in a short time for a recent graduate,” said Assistant Clinical Professor Martha Schiller. “It required flexibility, adaptability, use of evidence-based practice skills, interprofessional collaboration — all goals of our DPT program.”
• Hanna Alzoubi selected as MPTA Federal Advocacy Student Liaison
  April 9, 2020
  As the Michigan Physical Therapy Association (MPTA) Federal Advocacy Student Liaison, Hanna Alzoubi will represent Michigan PT and physical therapist assistant students in nationwide advocacy issues and meetings, communicate information from state and federal levels back to her fellow students, and encourage other students to join in advocacy efforts.
• RESCHEDULED: Fulbright faculty information session at EACPHS rescheduled for May 13
  March 13, 2020
  The Fulbright information session at EACPHS originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, has been postponed until May 13.
• Interprofessional education sessions at WSU Applebaum bridge health disciplines for students
  February 28, 2020
  The first in a planned series of IPE events took place Jan. 14 and 16, 2020, with 240 students from five programs actively participating in large and small group sessions focused on interprofessional roles in pain management.
• Nora Fritz leads development of clinical physical therapy recommendations for Huntington disease
  February 27, 2020
  The Huntington Study Group (HSG), a world leader in spearheading research and conducting clinical trials in Huntington disease (HD), announced that the final Clinical Guidelines for Physical Therapy in Huntington's Disease and the final report for the Guidelines Development Group have been published in the journal Neurology. Development of the clinical guidelines was led by Wayne State Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Nora Fritz.
• Wayne State PT student research project first to examine music’s effect on electromyographic fatigue threshold
  February 27, 2020
  Graduates from the Wayne State Doctor of Physical Therapy program Jacob Centala, Cameron Pogorel and Scott W. Pummill, along with their faculty mentor Associate Professor Moh Malek had their student research project, “Listening to Fast-Tempo Music Delays the Onset of Neuromuscular Fatigue,” published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
• PT professor Joseph Roche brings health science to Bloomfield Township seniors
  February 21, 2020
  Wayne State Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Joseph A. Roche, BPT, PhD, was the invited speaker at a health literacy promotion event at Bloomfield Township Senior Center.
• Student Bana Odeh published on physical therapy specific to Muslims in APTA Pulse blog
  February 21, 2020
  Second-year WSU DPT student Bana Odeh wrote a Pulse Blog for the APTA discussing the specific physical therapy needs of the Muslim community. She is one of the founding members of the Wayne State PT student organization IDEA: Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity in Action.
• Faculty Impact: Andrew Moul leads PT program efforts to support local sled hockey team
  February 11, 2020
  Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Physical Therapy Andrew Moul was featured in the Winter 2020 issue of Faculty Impact, a newsletter published by the Wayne State University Office of the Provost. His story discusses PT student support of the adaptive Metro Detroit Sled Hockey team.
• Two EACPHS students among women's cross country GLIAC All-Academic honorees
  February 5, 2020
  The two student-athletes from WSU Applebaum receiving All-Academic Excellence Team honors for maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 were Doctor of Pharmacy student Jackie Feist (Beverly Hills, Mich. / Birmingham Groves) and Doctor of Physical Therapy student Teresa Diehl.
• Student Abby Skallerud chosen as APTA student liaison for Michigan
  February 4, 2020
  The Michigan Delegation to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) House of Delegates voted to elect Wayne State University Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) student Abby Skallerud as its student liaison for 2020.
• Book edited by PT professor Moh Malek sells over 39,500 copies
  January 10, 2020
  Sales of the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Essentials of Personal Training, second edition, have topped 39,500. The book was co-edited by Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Moh Malek.
• PT students raise over $1,000 for Metro Detroit Sled Hockey
  December 13, 2019
  Physical therapy students from the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences presented the Metro Detroit Sled Hockey youth team with a $1,028 donation collected through two fundraisers leading up to the program’s PT Day of Service.
• WSU Applebaum student-athletes recognized by GLIAC
  December 9, 2019
  Two WSU Applebaum student-athletes, Jackie Feist and Stephen Charron, recently received All-GLIAC recognition. 
• Fox 2 Detroit: Physical therapy alumna part of teen's major recovery at RIM
  October 2, 2019
  Recent Doctor of Physical Therapy alumna Mahtab Koochaki was on Fox 2 Detroit news talking about one of the wonderful stories of recovery that happen at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan.
• Community Homeless Interprofessional Program (CHIP) bridges gap between classroom and real-world experience
  October 1, 2019
  From providing blood pressure medication, counseling and routine physical evaluations to community recourse education and bus passes, since 2014 CHIP has given much-needed healthcare to the homeless, a community with traditionally unreliable access.
• Wayne State Interprofessional org hosting opioid panel
  September 26, 2019
  All are invited to hear a panel of experts from pharmacy, medicine, physical therapy and social work discuss how opioids have affected various health care practices. Food and drinks will be provided.
• Beyond the glass ceiling: Beverly Schmoll ’67 is a role model, advocate for PT students
  September 20, 2019
  Beverly Schmoll is nothing short of a trailblazer. A graduate of the Wayne State physical therapy program’s inaugural class and the first woman to lead the university’s pharmacy and health sciences college as dean, she has forged pathways not only for the profession, but also for women in health care careers.