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Congratulations Dr. COOK! - The AAOS Public Relations Oversight Group (PROG) has chosen Dr Cook's review study, The Impact of Glycemic Control and Diabetes Mellitus on Perioperative Outcomes after Total Joint Arthroplastyfor a consumer press release from the July 2009 edition of JBJS. Co-authors on the study include Dr Milford Marchant (lead), Dr Michael Bolognesi (Senior), and Dr Nick Viens
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Faculty in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Division have active research programs in a wide range of topic areas including: aging, biomechanics, osteoarthritis progression, pediatric muscle disorders, stroke prevention, vestibular rehabilitation, walking recovery after stroke, and women’s health. Current proposals in development include: clinical trials examining rehabilitation technology and studies examining, implementing guidelines for falls and balance risk assessment, and surgical outcomes in orthopaedics and joint replacement.
DPT faculty collaborates with departments throughout the
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Strategies To Predict Osteoarthritis Progression
(PI: Kraus, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
DPT Faculty Member: Ted Worrell, Ph.D. – Co-Investigator
National Institutes of Health
8/15/02 – 7/31/08
Annual Direct Costs: $211,168
Functional Performance of Patients with Partial Hand Amputations Measured with and without Prosthetic Replacements
PI: Gwyer, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division).
Association and Construct Validity of 2 Measures of Arch Height
(PI: Hegedus, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division).
Reliability, Sensitivity, and Specificity of Physical Examination Tests of the Shoulder
(PI: Hegedus, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division).
Diagnostic Value of Clinical Special Tests for Upper Motor Neuron Lesions in Patient's with Cervical Pain
(PI: Cook, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division).
Criterion Validity and Responsiveness of the NHANES ADL Scale in a Population of Patients with Reported Spine Pain
(PI: Goode, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division).
A standardized checklist for reporting of clinical prediction or clinical decision rule studies. (PI: Cook, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division).An Exploratory Open-Label Study of the Safety and Efficacy
(PI: Kishnani, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics)
DPT Faculty Member: Laura Case – Lead Ther
Genzyme Corporation
8/8/07 – 8/7/09
Annual Direct Costs: $35623
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
(PI: Wechsler, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology)
DPT Faculty Member: Laura Case, DPT – Clinical Associate
PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
7/1/08 – 6/30/10
Annual Direct Costs: $89,943
Claude D. Pepper Center
(PI: Pieper, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics)
DPT Faculty Member: Pamela W. Duncan, Ph.D. – Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
9/15/06 – 6/30/11
Annual Direct Costs: $198,297
Geriatric Education Center
(PI: Heflin, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics)
DPT Faculty Member: Kathy Shipp, Ph.D. – Key Faculty
Health Resources and
9/1/02 – 6/30/210
Annual Direct Costs: $200,000
Compensatory Mechanisms Following Vestibular Loss
(PI: Clendaniel, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division)
National Institutes of Health
9/19/06 – 8/31/08
Annual Direct Costs: $48,550
Locomotor Experience Applied Post-Stroke (LEAPS)
(PI: Duncan, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division and Center for Clinical Health Policy Research)
National Institutes of Health/NINDS
9/25/05 – 6/30/10
Annual Direct Costs: $1,002,046 |
Pelvic Floor Disorders
(PI: Visco, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology)
DPT Faculty Member: Carol Figuers , PhD – Investigator
National Institutes of Health
9/1/01 – 6/30/11
Annual Direct Costs: $162,137 Immunoprotective Effects of Surfactant Proteins in Asthma
(PI: Wright, Department of Cell Biology)
DPT Faculty Member: Amy Pastva, Ph.D. – Research Professor
National Institutes of Health
9/1/06 – 7/31/11
Annual Direct Costs: $194,512
Role of Surfactant In Innate and Adaptive Immunity
(PI: Wright, Department of Cell Biology)
DPT Faculty Member: Amy Pastva, Ph.D. – Research Associate
National Institutes of Health
4/1/06 – 3/31/11
Annual Direct Costs: $243,721
Jaw Muscle Fiber Architecture and Skull Form in Primates
(PI: Taylor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division)
National Science Foundation
3/15/05 – 2/28/09
Annual Direct Costs: $38,323
Linking Feeding Ecology and Craniodental Morphology in Wild Orangutans: A Quantitative Approach
(Co-PI: Taylor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy Division)
The Leakey Foundation
8/1/07 – 8/31/08
Annual Direct Costs: $20,700
The Development of Direction Selectivity in Visual Cortex
(PI: Fitzpatrick, Department of Neurobiology)
DPT Faculty Member: Leonard White, Ph.D. – Co-Investigator
National Institutes of Health
8/1/96 – 2/29/12
Annual Direct Costs: $245,000
Basic Predoctoral Training in Neuroscience
(PI: McNamara, Department of Neurobiology)
DPT Faculty Member: Leonard White, Ph.D. – Training Faculty
National Institutes of Health
7/1/092 – 6/30/12
Annual Direct Costs: $247,632
Candidate Genes and Longitudinal Disability Phenotypes
(PI: Purser, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics)
National Institutes of Health
5/15/06 – 4/30/11
Annual Direct Costs: $125,733
Neurosciences Microarray Center
(PI: Skene, Department of Neurobiology)
DPT Faculty Member: Len White, Ph.D. - Analyst
National Institutes of Health
8/15/02 - 5/31/10
Annual Direct Costs: $860,869 Bugher Foundation Center for Stroke Prevention Research
(PI: Goldstein, Department of Neurology)
DPT Faculty Member: Pamela W. Duncan, Ph.D. – Investigator
American Heart Association/Bugher Foundation
7/1/07 – 6/30/2011
Annual Direct Costs: $610,000 |
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