{"id":7125,"date":"2025-02-24T10:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/?p=7125"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:02:52","slug":"pts-present-and-garner-awards-at-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/2025\/02\/24\/pts-present-and-garner-awards-at-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"PTs present and garner awards at annual meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Most of our physical therapy faculty and four students recently attended the largest physical therapy conference in the country, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/csm.apta.org\/\">Combined Sections Meeting<\/a>, in Houston, Texas. In addition to networking, engaging, and enjoying the conference, some also presented their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenae Pope, class of 2026, and Betsy Becker, PT, DPT, PhD, Program Director, Associate Professor, and Chair of the Department of Health &amp; Rehabilitation Sciences, were awarded a blue ribbon for recognition of work in promotion of social responsibility by the APTA Academy of Leadership and Innovation. Their poster was titled, &#8220;A Model for Advocacy, Advancing Policy Change in Support for Patients with Medicaid.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Pope also received the Nebraska Physical Therapy Foundation Scientific Dissemination Award.<br>The poster and abstract are available for <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.unmc.edu\/cahp_pt_pres\/45\/\">download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/02\/Rosenthal.-Ruda-presentation-CSM-2025-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/02\/Rosenthal.-Ruda-presentation-CSM-2025-1024x774.jpeg\" alt=\"Tanner Ruda and Mike Rosenthal stand beside their poster\" class=\"wp-image-7129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/02\/Rosenthal.-Ruda-presentation-CSM-2025-1024x774.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/02\/Rosenthal.-Ruda-presentation-CSM-2025-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/02\/Rosenthal.-Ruda-presentation-CSM-2025-768x580.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/02\/Rosenthal.-Ruda-presentation-CSM-2025-1536x1161.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alliedhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/02\/Rosenthal.-Ruda-presentation-CSM-2025-2048x1548.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pictured left to right: Tanner Ruda, class of 2026, and Mike Rosenthal, PT, DSc, ATC, Associate Professor and Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy, presented, &#8220;Spatiotemporal Gait Parameter Changes during Walking with Blood Flow Restriction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of our physical therapy faculty and four students recently attended the largest physical therapy conference in the country, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting, in Houston, Texas. 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