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Tooles to become president of APTA PA

Jazmine Tooles, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, has been voted president-elect of the American Physical Therapy Association Pennsylvania (APTA PA). In January 2025 she will begin a three-year term as president of APTA PA, a chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association that represents more than 5,700 physical therapy professionals and students across the state. “I'm shadowing the current president, getting up to speed on the issues,” she says. Tooles earned her bachelor of science in kinesiology a...

Physical Therapy

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Faculty

Scholarly activities and accolades: February 2023

Every month, faculty in the College of Public Health take part in a range of scholarly activities; below are the activities for the month of February 2023. For news on research publications and grants, please see the college's news feed for in-depth stories and reports. If you are a faculty member and would like your activities included, please contact Lisa Litzinger-Drayton, director of communications and marketing, at lisalitzinger@temple.edu. Presentations Inkyu Han and Heather Gardiner presented on "Climate and Health" at the Community Forum of the New Kensington Co...

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Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Kruth stresses patience and empathy in his DPT clinical work

Between earning his undergraduate degree from Temple and starting in the college's doctor of physical therapy program, Kevin Kruth took a year off. For him, that year “off” involved working at children’s hospitals and outpatient clinics and getting experience in physical therapy, “just to confirm if this was the right path for me,” he says. Now, Kruth is set to receive his doctoral degree in May, with support from Temple’s Matt Williams Scholarship. He values the scholarship for helping him pursue his studies, but he sees more to it than that. Established in mem...

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Students

PT program honors Richard T. Lauer through memorial scholarship

The College of Public Health has established the Richard T. Lauer Memorial Scholarship Fund, supporting students in their pursuit of academic excellence, in remembrance of Associate Professor Richard Lauer, who passed away suddenly in mid-February. Faculty and students from the college’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program raised around $3,500 to assist Lauer’s family with immediate needs, and through the DPT program seed funding has been provided for the scholarship in Lauer’s name. “It will be an endowed fund and live on in perpetuity at the university, so Rich’s...

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Connecting early spinal cord injury treatment with long-term outcomes

Between 250,000 and 500,000 people worldwide suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI) each year. These are life-changing injuries. Only about one third of patients recover enough to return to work. Research has suggested links between the type of injury, methods of acute care, and rehabilitation outcomes, but there remain gaps in connecting specific early treatment events to long-term patient outcomes. A study led by Shivayogi Hiremath, assistant professor in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, will apply new methodologies to examine patient data, seeking links bet...

Physical Therapy

Health and Rehabilitation Sciences