Physical Therapy

Marianne Janssen, Director of Clinical Education and associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy Education (DPTE) will be presenting a poster presentation on the collaboration between the Anton de Kom Universiteit (AdeKUS) in Paramaribo, Suriname; Health Volunteers Overseas, and the Flanders Institution University Cooperation (VLIR).

Jane Freund, an associate professor in Elon University’s physical therapy education department, was featured in an article in the Jan. 22 edition of the Burlington Times-News about her ongoing work with a patient working to regain mobility following an automobile accident.

Elon’s three-year, full-time Doctor of Physical Therapy program enrolled the Class of 2013 this week.

Laurence N. Benz, president/CEO of PT Developlement LLC, delivered the commencement address to the 39 Elon DPT students who graduated from the university on Dec. 12, 2010.

Jenna Valaer, Class of 2011, was successful in writing an extract of the research article titled "Comparing exercise in Parkinson's disease--the Berlin LSVT®BIG study.” This extract was accepted to the American Physical Therapy Association's research database Hooked on Evidence and is published online.

DPT faculty members Deborah Stetts and Gray Carpenter partnered with DPT alumni Adam Autry and Mike Bourassa on a poster than has been accepted to the 2011 APTA national conference.

Thirty-nine candidates in Elon University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 12, 2010, in an afternoon ceremony that featured an address from the creator of Evidence in Motion, a highly regarded education and business practice consultation company within the physical therapy profession.

The Office of Graduate Admissions has launched a new Web site designed to showcase the benefits of an Elon graduate education and to simplify the admissions process for prospective students.

On November 5-6 over 20 physical therapy faculty from universities across the nation attended the University of Southern California's Evidence-Based Practice Institute for Physical Therapy Faculty, hosted by Elon University's Department of Physical Therapy Education.

Charity Johansson, a professor of physical therapy, was interviewed for the October issue of the children's science publication Odyssey Magazine regarding the therapeutic benefits of magic.