Author: Fran Higgins

PA faculty member lobbies in the UK

On February 13, 2013, Tami Ritsema, MPH, MMSc,PA-C, attended a meeting at the United Kingdom House of Commons as a member of a delegation from the UK Association of Physician Assistants (UKAPA)  along with Jeannie Watkins, past president of UKAPA, and Kate Straughton, who is the current president of UKAPA. (Tami’s the tall one in the […]

Feb 27, 2013

Kudos to PT2, Emily Hemingway

Emily Hemingway, a second year physical therapy student, received a third place award at the Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum for her poster describing work she conducted with Laura Bilek, PhD, PT, while on a College of Medicine Summer Research Scholarship. Her Co-Investigators were Stephanie Borst, PT, Molly Lang, MS, Graham Sharp, PhD – GCBA, […]

Feb 26, 2013

Up and at ‘em: a reflection and review

Sick of sitting? Two years ago, I was. Literally. Too much sitting can make you sick and I was feeling it – back pain, fatigue, poor circulation, weight gain, just to name a few symptoms. My job, though, requires me to spend about 90% of my time in front of a computer, so I looked […]

Feb 21, 2013