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| UTMB Rehabilitation Sciences PhD
Curriculum, offered through the graduate program in
Preventive Medicine and Community Health, was ranked 8th
among a group of Kinesiology, exercise science,
and rehabilitation programs. Rankings of
top research universities are published by the Chronicle
of Higher Education and based on faculty scholarly
productivity.
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| June
2008 |
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Steven Fisher
successfully defended his dissertation entitled, "In
Hospital Functional Assessments in the Elderly and Their
Association to Post Discharge Health Outcomes," on June
24th. |
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| April
2008 |
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Betty Abreu, Director of Occupational Therapy at the
Transitional Learning Center, received the distinguished
A. Jean Ayres award from the American Occupational
Therapy Association in recognition of exemplary
contributions to scholarship in practice, education, and
research. |
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Aerobic
capacity and growth hormone deficiency after traumatic
brain injury: study concluded that individuals with
traumatic brain injury with normal growth hormone
secretion have below normal aerobic capacity and those
patients who have GH insufficiency/deficiency are
further deconditioned... By
Kurt Mossberg, published in the
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology & Metabolism.
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/jc.2008-0368v1 |
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| March 2008 |
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| Medical
rehabilitation after stroke: Study of hospitalized
patients in the US suggests that poststroke
rehabilitation outcomes vary among racial and ethnic
groups... by
Ken
Ottenbacher, published in Stroke.
http://www.medwire-new.md/39/73880/stroke. |
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Betty Protas,
Dean of Allied Health Sciences, was elected as a
Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical
Therapy Association to recognize her significant
contributions to the education, science and practice of
physical therapy. She'll be presented with the
award at the annual APTA conference in San Antonio in
June. Grand
shape at any age - important of mobility and physical
activity for senior citizens, by
Betty Protas, Dean of
Allied Health Sciences, published in the Galveston
County Daily News.
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=3dc835ac08836949. |
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Dissertation findings - Former student, John DeWitt,
publishes findings from dissertation research on effect
of inertia in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
Dr. DeWitt received his PhD from UTMB in 2006 and works
at NASA - Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/vol211/issue7/. |
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| February
2008 |
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| No match
for internship - problems placing psychology students in
internship programs... by
Jeff Baker (co-author),
Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences, special issue of
Training Education in Professional Psychology.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/02/27/psychology.
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Ivonne Berges, Assistant Professor in
Rehabilitation Sciences, presented work on "Positive
Emotion and Function after Stroke," at International
Stroke Conference as American Heart Association Scholar. |
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Findings in hypertrophy animal studies:
Study shows that downregulation of muscle cell
growth/hypertrophy-associated signaling appears to be
important component of long-term muscle loss... by
Hans
Dreyer, Assistant Professor in Physical Therapy,
published in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
http://www.mworld.com/m/m.w?1p=GetStory&id=294697081. |
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| Research
on life sciences: Cross-sectional study aimed to assess
the impact of age and gender on measures of grip and
pinch force... by
Caroline Jansen,
Associate Professor in Physical Therapy, published in
the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity.
http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?1p=GetStory&id=294635801.
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