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Ask a Mentor gives prospective OT and PT students the inside scoop during virtual Q&ACurrent students from the Occupational Therapy program will answer questions from 2-3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, and students from the Physical Therapy program will be available to talk from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7. RSVP to join them!
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Vox: Roche COVID-19 research on bradykinin signaling highlightedHow COVID-19 can prompt an inflammatory cascade gets complicated, but Roche and other experts now think bradykinin might be the key to the vascular changes, lung damage and even neurological symptoms the disease can cause.
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Two Wayne State PT students win Mary Free Bed Minority ScholarshipTwo Wayne State University Doctor of Physical Therapy students – Aya Abusalah and Mario Suarez – were honored with the Mary Free Bed Minority Scholarship for 2020-21 for their commitment to serving diverse populations.
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Moh Malek leading statistics workshop in Graduate School's professional development seriesAssociate Professor of Physical Therapy Moh Malek is teaching a three-session workshop, "Advanced Statistics and SPSS," as part of the Wayne State University Graduate School's fall professional development series.
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APTA podcast series on diversity in the physical therapy profession features Wayne State students, alumni and facultyThe APTA MI Waves podcast features WSU Applebaum alumna Andrea Moore, a senior physical therapist at the DMC; the second features DPT student and Class of 2021 Vice President Bana Odeh, who discusses her own journey and how she plans to help the Muslim community.
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WATCH: Professors Joseph and Renuka Roche discuss health care in the aftermath of COVID-19Published COVID-19 researchers Joseph A. Roche (Wayne State University assistant professor of physical therapy) and Renuka “Ray” Roche (Eastern Michigan University assistant professor of occupational therapy) debate and discuss health care in the aftermath of COVID-19.
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PT student Haley Boccomino on APTA blog: Five ways to be an LGBTQ patient ally"Although Pride Month is over, it's essential to remember that the importance of allyship doesn't only exist during the month of June. As physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students, you can help LGBTQ patients feel safe and supported year-round by implementing these five simple accommodations."
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DBusiness: WSU, EMU researchers to host post-COVID health care webinarWayne State University and Eastern Michigan University are hosting a webinar titled “Health Care in the Aftermath of COVID-19” on Thursday, July 30, from 7-8 p.m. via Zoom. The webinar will feature Joseph A. Roche, a Wayne State University assistant professor of physical therapy, and the husband and wife team of Renuka ‘Ray’ Roche, an EMU assistant professor of occupational therapy.
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American Society for Investigative Pathology highlights Prof. Joseph Roche's COVID-19 researchThe 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.
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Two WSU Applebaum students on GLIAC All-Academic Excellence TeamPharmD 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.
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Interprofessional Home Visit (IPTV) program teaches team care for older adultsIPTV 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.
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PT student Haley Boccomino strives to improve health care for LGBTQ and other underrepresented populationsAs 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.
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Fox 2 Detroit: Alum Mark Mitchell '13 on physical therapy's role in COVID-19 recoveryDMC 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.
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PT Prof. Joseph Roche and OT wife Renuka publish high-impact research on COVID-19 treatment possibilityTheir 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.
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Ask a Mentor series helps prospective students explore health sciences career optionsOn 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.
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2019 Wayne State physical therapy graduate steps up to COVID-19 front lines“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.”
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Hanna Alzoubi selected as MPTA Federal Advocacy Student LiaisonAs 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.
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RESCHEDULED: Fulbright faculty information session at EACPHS rescheduled for May 13The Fulbright information session at EACPHS originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, has been postponed until May 13.
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Interprofessional education sessions at WSU Applebaum bridge health disciplines for studentsThe 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.
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Nora Fritz leads development of clinical physical therapy recommendations for Huntington diseaseThe 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.
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Wayne State PT student research project first to examine music’s effect on electromyographic fatigue thresholdGraduates 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.
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PT professor Joseph Roche brings health science to Bloomfield Township seniorsWayne 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.
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Student Bana Odeh published on physical therapy specific to Muslims in APTA Pulse blogSecond-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.
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Faculty Impact: Andrew Moul leads PT program efforts to support local sled hockey teamAssistant 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.
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Two EACPHS students among women's cross country GLIAC All-Academic honoreesThe 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.